FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund·Financial Services

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Making its debut on 12/14/2012, smart beta exchange traded fund FlexShares Quality Dividend ETF (QDF) provides investors broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Blend category of the market.

If you want exposure to dividend-paying stocks with strong fundamentals but don't want to build a portfolio from scratch, the FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (NYSEARCA:QDF) offers a packaged solution. This ETF targets companies that can sustain their payouts over time rather than simply chasing the highest yields available today. Built for Income Stability, Not... Retirees Should Know One Third of FlexShares Dividend Fund Is Actually Technology Stocks.

Launched on 12/14/2012, the FlexShares Quality Dividend ETF (QDF) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Blend category of the market.

FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (NYSEARCA:QDF - Get Free Report) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 117,235 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the December 15th total of 97,366 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 40,502 shares, the
For investors seeking an investment that emphasizes US quality.The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index (Underlying Index).
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2012-12-19
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