Small-Cap Stocks, ETFs Can Still Perform if Interest Rates Rise
Many believe smaller companies could struggle if the Federal Reserve begins hiking interest rates. However, small-cap stocks and category-related exchange traded funds…
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41 Small-Cap ETFs Making Big Waves
The smaller companies and small-cap exchange traded funds (ETFs) are beginning to pull ahead. Over the past week, the Russell 2000 Index…
Outperforming Small-Cap ETF Strategies
Small-capitalization stocks have led the rally off the February lows, nimbly outpacing their larger counterparts. Within the small-cap asset category, exchange traded…
Payouts Power This Small-Cap ETF
In what can be considered a positive sign for the risk-on nature of the current rally in stocks, 23 U.S.-focused small-cap exchange…
A Slow First Quarter for Dividend Increases
Dividends paid by S&P 500 member firms rose in the first quarter with companies from the benchmark U.S. index having paid out…
Small-Cap ETFs Become Sources of Dividend Growth
Benchmark small-cap indexes, including the Russell 2000 and the S&P SmallCap 600, are not known for high dividend yields, but small-caps and…
The Right Dividend ETFs for Rising Rates Protection
Ten-year Treasury yields inched lower Friday, but that decline did little to dent the benchmark yield’s recent surge. Entering Wednesday, 10-year yields…
An Old Friend and a New Face Among Dividend ETFs
Expectations are in place for another strong year of dividend growth by U.S. companies and that ongoing trend is likely to prompt…
Even More Monthly Dividend ETFs
Now here is something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: Even more exchange traded funds that deliver their dividends on a monthly…
More Monthly Dividend ETFs
Investors continue to embrace dividend exchange traded funds. That devotion is highlighted by the over $8 billion that has flowed into dividend…
Beyond BOND: Negligible ETF Fallout After Gross Departure
The big news out of the world of exchange traded funds Friday is Bill Gross’ departure from PIMCO, the bond house he…
Small-Cap Dividend ETFs Prove Less Bad
That does not sound like the most encouraging headline, but with all the talk of this year’s laggard status for small-cap stocks…
Schwab Expands Commission-Free ETF Lineup
Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW), one of the largest discount brokers in the U.S., announced Thursday that is made significant additions to its…
Index Differences Crucial in Evaluating Small-Cap ETFs
There are plenty of broader market U.S. exchange traded funds with “small-cap” in their names, but different small-cap ETFs track different indices.…