The funds listed below are those funds that focus on dividend paying stocks. Because of the cash dividends these stocks pay they are typically lower volatility and are considered defensive in nature. This page also includes SPY and DIA for reference.

Below you will see the Total Return for these funds over the past year. The default order is by Relative Strength but you can sort on any other column by clicking either the Ascending or Descending arrows. ( ).

Include: Short Funds yes --- yes no only Leveraged Funds yes ---- yes no only

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Data Timeliness Current Last Close

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	82.53	-1.53	-0.71	-4.00	0.58	4.63	23.65	31b
	WisdomTree High Yield	DHS	73.21	-1.44	-1.84	-5.67	-1.92	7.40	15.05	3m
	Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF	VYM	70.13	-1.45	-1.12	-3.66	-1.60	5.79	16.08	198m
	WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend	DLN	69.47	-1.51	-1.15	-4.82	-2.53	4.56	17.74	20m
	SPDR Dow Jones Ind Avg ETF	DIA	69.02	-1.60	-1.05	-5.79	-1.31	5.94	13.27	1b
	WisdomTree Total Dividend	DTD	68.95	-1.52	-1.13	-5.05	-2.35	4.58	17.08	4m
	Vanguard Dividend ETF	VIG	67.02	-1.52	-1.05	-4.18	-2.63	4.71	15.84	289m
	Invesco Div Achievers Port	PFM	66.95	-1.47	-1.10	-4.51	-2.73	4.60	15.68	2m
	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity	DXJ	64.29	-3.00	-2.67	-0.72	0.96	-4.30	22.78	47m
	WisdomTree MidCap Div	DON	62.95	-1.83	-1.76	-7.30	-1.65	5.17	12.24	10m
	iShares Select Dividend	DVY	60.70	-1.76	-1.90	-7.30	-3.64	4.82	12.17	96m
	WisdomTree Small Cap Div	DES	60.07	-2.16	-2.99	-9.23	-1.83	4.55	8.77	6m
	FirstTr Morningstar Dividend Leaders	FDL	51.44	-1.29	-1.39	-6.56	-5.36	3.44	12.77	25m
	Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio	PEY	49.04	-0.81	-1.61	-6.15	-2.85	4.89	3.40	5m
	First Trust Value Line Dividend ETF	FVD	41.52	-1.82	-1.93	-6.84	-5.40	3.47	6.95	26m
	Invesco Intl Dividend Achievers	PID	31.38	-1.19	-0.60	-4.45	-5.72	0.17	3.32	2m
	iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund	PFF	28.76	-1.30	-2.33	-4.25	-5.68	-0.65	4.13	156m
	SPDR Dividend ETF	SDY	25.83	-1.61	-1.93	-8.17	-8.44	0.21	5.43	47m
	WisdomTree Intl Large Cap Div	DOL	22.46	-1.51	-0.24	-4.04	-6.67	-4.81	4.34	1m
	WisdomTree Intl MidCap Div	DIM	21.54	-1.36	-1.27	-5.40	-7.29	-3.45	2.86	488k
	iShares Intl Select Dividend	IDV	19.50	-1.21	-1.28	-6.48	-8.12	-4.67	2.12	21m
	WisdomTree Japan Small Cap Div	DFJ	18.62	-1.46	-3.23	-5.93	-6.68	-2.69	-0.34	2m
	WisdomTree Intl SmallCap Div	DLS	16.99	-1.57	-2.67	-5.55	-7.90	-5.13	1.70	2m
	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High-Yielding Equ	DEM	14.95	-1.36	-1.39	-6.10	-8.15	-8.55	5.13	14m
	First Trust DJ STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index	FDD	11.18	-1.34	-1.16	-6.91	-7.95	-7.57	-2.60	967k
	WisdomTree Europe Small Cap Dividend	DFE	8.99	-1.33	-2.54	-5.22	-9.44	-10.33	-1.14	765k

26 symbols listed

The dynamics of Relative Strength are illustraded below for the past quarter. From this you can visualize which funds are improving on a relative basis and which are deteriorating.

5-day Intervals 21-day Intervals

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Symbol	01/10	01/02	12/24	12/17	12/10	12/03	11/25	11/18	11/11	11/04	10/28	10/21	10/14
SPY	82.5	83.7	85.0	83.5	78.1	78.7	74.6	80.0	77.9	81.4	83.7	83.0	82.3
DHS	73.2	78.5	77.0	74.8	76.3	78.2	88.3	89.7	79.6	82.2	74.3	75.2	83.4
VYM	70.1	73.7	73.9	69.8	67.0	67.3	71.9	72.8	67.7	65.8	66.3	70.5	75.7
DLN	69.5	73.6	74.5	68.5	70.0	70.8	75.0	78.7	72.8	77.1	77.4	80.0	85.5
DIA	69.0	71.5	73.7	71.1	72.4	72.2	74.9	69.8	69.9	61.3	62.9	69.1	72.1
DTD	68.9	73.2	73.9	69.2	71.3	72.3	77.9	81.2	74.3	76.1	76.0	77.9	83.5
VIG	67.0	70.6	72.8	67.0	62.4	64.4	65.0	64.7	63.9	63.6	68.2	71.7	77.0
PFM	67.0	70.8	72.0	67.7	63.2	65.2	68.5	68.7	65.9	66.2	71.0	74.8	79.5
DXJ	64.3	79.8	70.4	70.0	63.3	54.2	50.7	55.5	57.2	71.3	38.0	29.6	32.8
DON	63.0	69.5	69.4	72.2	77.1	81.7	88.4	86.3	81.5	72.5	65.2	67.1	69.4
DVY	60.7	67.3	67.5	64.1	73.0	74.1	88.3	88.3	76.2	77.7	73.7	78.6	83.8
DES	60.1	71.5	67.9	76.5	84.6	81.8	88.6	85.3	85.8	62.7	53.5	53.8	60.2
FDL	51.4	59.6	59.4	57.3	67.2	69.9	83.2	81.7	67.1	77.9	73.1	77.6	86.6
PEY	49.0	58.3	57.1	57.7	65.1	60.9	77.5	66.5	59.2	49.1	48.9	56.5	59.4
FVD	41.5	50.6	53.6	51.8	57.1	57.2	64.9	62.3	59.9	55.6	61.4	67.8	69.7
PID	31.4	31.9	28.7	36.0	40.3	43.5	45.9	40.8	44.0	45.5	57.5	66.7	61.2
PFF	28.8	39.3	29.1	34.9	37.6	39.6	48.9	49.3	47.4	47.6	49.1	53.9	58.1
SDY	25.8	31.5	42.1	46.4	51.4	54.3	63.0	61.0	58.2	57.5	63.0	74.5	77.7
DOL	22.5	19.8	17.3	17.1	15.6	13.1	10.8	17.2	30.4	42.5	41.1	40.1	44.4
DIM	21.5	23.4	22.3	22.2	31.3	27.8	19.4	30.8	35.4	42.2	44.6	43.5	46.6
IDV	19.5	19.3	18.2	16.6	38.4	30.3	22.9	36.3	34.1	49.6	48.7	54.4	61.9
DFJ	18.6	28.2	20.2	22.8	26.8	36.6	14.2	16.2	26.1	27.0	8.1	21.8	27.5
DLS	17.0	24.8	22.5	21.5	32.0	25.4	14.8	22.2	30.3	36.3	32.3	38.3	42.1
DEM	15.0	15.5	23.6	30.0	38.3	22.5	12.8	16.1	26.7	46.2	47.5	53.3	53.3
FDD	11.2	11.8	11.6	10.5	29.6	10.7	11.1	17.4	24.7	43.7	35.9	36.2	34.7
DFE	9.0	13.9	12.6	9.9	11.1	6.6	6.8	9.6	17.6	27.3	31.2	34.9	31.3