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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Five ETFs Paying Surprisingly High Dividends |
Seeking Alpha - June 30, 2011 - By Harry Domash
By now, you probably know about the advantages of using exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) to hop on and off market sector swings. But you might be surprised to learn than many ETFs pay significant dividend yields (next 12-month’s dividends divided by the price you pay for the shares).
For instance, more than 100 ETFs are paying at least 3% yields and more than 20 are paying 5% or higher. In fact, four are paying at least 8%. Here’s a rundown on the top five yielding exchange-traded-funds.
iShares Mortgage Plus (REM) 9.6% Yield
The iShares NAREIT Mortgage Plus Capped Index Fund tracks an index that, in theory, measures the performance of the residential and commercial real estate, mortgage finance, and savings associations sectors of the U.S. stock market. However, when I checked, five of the fund’s top ten holdings were mortgage REITs (a special type of real estate investment trust that invests in mortgages backed by real estate). The remaining five were relatively small banks.
Mortgage REITs typically pay double-digit dividend yields compared to 4% to 5% for the small banks. For reasons that I don’t have room to go into here, even with the weak housing market, mortgage REITs are not particularly risky stocks. However, the fund’s index can be rebalanced quarterly. Its sky-high dividend yield would drop if, at some point, the fund deemphasizes mortgage REITs.
SPDR International Real Estate (RWX) 8.5% Yield
The SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate Fund tracks an index that measures the performance of publicly traded real estate operators outside the U.S., both in developed and emerging markets. Its biggest holding is Westfield Group, a Australian-based shopping mall operating with assets in the U.S., the United Kingdom, New Zealand, as well as in Australia. Its next biggest holding is Unibail-Romeco, a Paris-based shopping mall operator with operations in several European countries besides France.
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