In the ever-growing sea of ETFs, U.S. equities largely dominate. Hundreds of ETFs focus on U.S. firms and their securities.
Once again, the S&P 500 is trouncing the MSCI EFA Index. That's potentially prompting some investors to think international equities aren't worth their trouble.
Designed to provide broad exposure to the Broad Developed World ETFs category of the market, the ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (IDOG) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 06/28/2013.
In the first quarter, global dividends ascended to another all-time high. Not surprisingly, the U.S. again led the charge.