State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF · Financial Services
The State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P Emerging Markets Dividend Opportunities Index (the "Index")Seeks to provide exposure to the 100 emerging market stocks with highest risk-adjusted yield that have passed stability and dividend growth screensThe index is weighted based on trailing 12-month dividend yield. For potential diversification, no single country or GICS sector weight can be greater than 25%, and no stock weight can be greater than 3% in the Index
Financial Services
Asset Management
2011-02-24
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Insider Activity

Making its debut on 02/23/2011, smart beta exchange traded fund State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (EDIV) provides investors broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market.

JPMorgan Chase and Co. acquired a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:EDIV) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 49,946 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately

Retirees hunting for income above what Treasuries offer have been gravitating toward emerging market dividend ETFs, and SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF ( NYSEARCA:EDIV ) sits near the top of that conversation.

Drake and Associates LLC lifted its position in shares of SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:EDIV) by 15.6% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 275,996 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 37,255

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (EDIV) debuted on 02/23/2011, and offers broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market.

The SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (EDIV) uses a yield-weighted approach to select 100 companies from the universe of dividend-paying emerging market equities. This is a strategy which has underperformed traditional market-cap weighted emerging market funds, while also achieving less than 9% of the total return of the S&P 500 since inception. EDIV is excessively concentrated in just a few markets, with 70% of assets represented by just five countries.
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