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Top International Dividend ETFs for your portfolio – 2017
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Top International Dividend ETFs
Diversification remains the only free lunch that comes with investing – Modern Portfolio Theory.
According to this theory – one that remains embraced by most financial academics – we can enhance portfolio returns while suppressing volatility through diversification. Diversification then, via different asset classes (bonds, stocks), via different economic sectors (banking sector, utilities sector), and via different countries other than your own can be a very good thing to manage risk.
To help you with diversification, I recently shared these top dividend Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to consider for your portfolio:
Top International Dividend ETFs
Diversification remains the only free lunch that comes with investing – Modern Portfolio Theory.
According to this theory – one that remains embraced by most financial academics – we can enhance portfolio returns while suppressing volatility through diversification. Diversification then, via different asset classes (bonds, stocks), via different economic sectors (banking sector, utilities sector), and via different countries other than your own can be a very good thing to manage risk.
To help you with diversification, I recently shared these top dividend Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to consider for your portfolio:
Top Canadian dividend ETFs: ZDV, VDY, XDV, XEI, XIU, DXM.
Top U.S. dividend ETFs: XHD, CUD, VGG, ZDY, UXM.B, DVY, HDV, SPYD, VYM, NOBL.
These funds above are by no means recommendations for your portfolio (your mileage may vary) but I personally consider these solid picks for investors who want the ETF hat-trick: diversification, steady income, for a modest to low-fee…
