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

Volume Filter dolVol21 ----- dolVol21 Vol60 > < 0 ----- 0 100,000 500,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 Right Column:      default ----- default Price Volume cGroup $vol-21 Rtn-10d Rtn-2mo Rtn-4mo Rtn-5mo Rtn-3-6-12 Rtn-YTD RRS-21 RRS-42 RRS-63 RRS-126 RRS-189 RRS-252 1stDate

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✓	Name	Symbol	RSf	Rtn-1d	Rtn-5d	Rtn-1mo	Rtn-3mo	Rtn-6mo	Rtn-1yr	$vol-21
	First Trust DJ STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index	FDD	97.77	1.55	7.82	-1.11	19.93	14.36	24.98	5m
	iShares Intl Select Dividend	IDV	95.88	1.01	6.61	-1.30	12.43	5.55	20.10	31m
	WisdomTree Intl MidCap Div	DIM	94.25	1.01	5.64	-2.15	10.00	4.78	15.33	379k
	WisdomTree Intl Large Cap Div	DOL	94.17	1.01	5.61	-2.92	10.32	5.29	14.81	1m
	WisdomTree Europe Small Cap Dividend	DFE	90.83	1.17	5.99	-2.60	9.72	2.45	11.78	772k
	WisdomTree Japan Small Cap Div	DFJ	90.42	0.59	5.29	-1.96	8.40	3.22	8.31	3m
	WisdomTree Intl SmallCap Div	DLS	87.57	0.98	5.19	-2.91	6.22	0.29	10.04	2m
	Invesco Intl Dividend Achievers	PID	85.82	1.44	5.43	-2.16	3.48	-2.21	13.08	2m
	WisdomTree High Yield	DHS	78.95	1.30	2.94	-6.51	-2.62	-2.56	15.39	6m
	FirstTr Morningstar Dividend Leaders	FDL	68.19	1.24	2.85	-8.03	-1.96	-5.21	12.58	49m
	First Trust Value Line Dividend ETF	FVD	63.55	0.77	2.19	-4.17	-2.36	-5.63	8.80	34m
	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High-Yielding Equ	DEM	60.76	0.52	3.79	-5.58	0.89	-5.71	3.98	13m
	WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend	DLN	56.83	0.77	1.90	-5.69	-5.32	-5.97	10.30	24m
	iShares Select Dividend	DVY	53.90	1.12	2.99	-5.96	-6.02	-7.20	10.86	73m
	WisdomTree Total Dividend	DTD	53.04	0.80	1.86	-5.87	-6.13	-6.40	9.41	3m
	SPDR Dividend ETF	SDY	51.82	1.08	2.54	-4.70	-2.79	-9.28	5.16	49m
	Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF	VYM	50.93	0.32	1.40	-6.57	-6.95	-5.97	8.31	245m
	Invesco Div Achievers Port	PFM	50.22	0.56	1.59	-5.70	-6.32	-6.97	8.48	2m
	Vanguard Dividend ETF	VIG	47.85	0.41	1.26	-5.42	-6.61	-7.27	7.64	289m
	WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity	DXJ	46.81	2.42	4.82	-10.11	-3.47	-2.09	-0.49	71m
	SPDR Dow Jones Ind Avg ETF	DIA	36.53	-1.31	-1.04	-6.87	-9.13	-8.25	4.67	2b
	iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund	PFF	33.44	0.75	1.03	-5.84	-6.79	-11.30	-0.15	168m
	SPDR S&P 500	SPY	31.07	0.14	0.35	-7.18	-11.03	-9.21	5.20	53b
	Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio	PEY	29.58	0.62	2.09	-9.97	-9.88	-11.18	4.15	5m
	WisdomTree MidCap Div	DON	27.88	1.29	2.96	-7.24	-11.15	-10.08	2.79	11m
	WisdomTree Small Cap Div	DES	14.07	1.13	2.78	-9.47	-14.74	-14.38	-1.00	6m

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	04/17	04/10	04/03	03/27	03/20	03/13	03/06	02/27	02/20	02/12	02/05	01/29	01/22
FDD	97.8	96.4	96.9	97.0	97.0	96.5	95.6	92.1	71.1	70.1	41.7	34.7	17.6
IDV	95.9	93.0	94.4	94.8	94.1	93.8	90.5	77.1	47.5	55.6	36.1	26.1	18.0
DIM	94.2	91.1	90.9	91.6	92.6	91.7	89.9	78.1	58.6	58.3	45.8	43.8	30.4
DOL	94.2	90.5	92.5	92.5	93.5	92.8	92.4	85.0	61.8	62.0	46.4	41.9	24.4
DFE	90.8	79.9	85.2	87.1	88.7	84.6	79.8	42.9	40.1	38.7	28.4	15.2	10.7
DFJ	90.4	81.7	68.2	85.4	85.0	86.2	80.6	57.7	47.0	45.0	41.4	42.8	14.5
DLS	87.6	73.1	78.0	83.3	85.1	84.5	78.8	57.2	48.3	47.7	41.8	32.1	18.5
PID	85.8	64.5	84.3	79.6	83.3	70.8	62.0	42.7	45.1	48.0	45.7	36.2	25.2
DHS	79.0	78.8	91.6	93.0	92.5	91.8	89.8	90.9	78.3	76.6	71.0	72.5	64.3
FDL	68.2	71.1	88.9	91.0	92.9	90.5	88.6	89.6	75.7	69.5	55.6	57.8	50.7
FVD	63.5	69.5	77.6	75.8	74.5	64.2	62.4	55.1	43.3	43.0	46.5	49.4	45.7
DEM	60.8	44.1	56.4	67.1	77.6	73.2	61.2	26.7	38.5	28.9	24.6	18.9	20.2
DLN	56.8	60.9	72.6	81.4	79.4	77.2	83.2	86.5	76.9	75.5	72.7	74.3	67.9
DVY	53.9	56.0	68.8	81.4	77.8	70.2	60.1	78.7	64.2	62.2	59.5	63.8	59.1
DTD	53.0	57.3	66.7	79.3	77.7	72.7	79.9	82.4	74.3	73.2	71.4	72.9	68.0
SDY	51.8	55.4	60.4	65.4	48.7	42.7	37.4	33.8	31.2	20.8	28.2	26.3	22.2
VYM	50.9	60.2	67.1	81.3	80.1	80.2	80.3	86.4	77.3	77.9	76.1	74.9	71.5
PFM	50.2	55.9	55.1	71.8	68.1	63.4	78.5	81.5	72.0	74.4	72.9	71.4	67.0
VIG	47.8	55.2	53.1	70.1	58.4	56.3	76.0	78.7	71.5	73.0	73.4	71.0	66.5
DXJ	46.8	21.6	26.9	87.6	90.3	86.4	75.0	66.0	48.8	71.1	68.0	66.3	56.5
DIA	36.5	57.0	48.3	69.9	62.8	43.8	67.0	69.9	66.3	73.9	77.2	81.3	71.3
PFF	33.4	34.5	27.8	22.7	26.9	31.2	24.2	25.7	15.2	15.5	19.2	28.4	32.6
SPY	31.1	35.1	30.2	38.7	35.8	40.4	66.1	77.2	80.5	79.7	80.0	82.2	82.4
PEY	29.6	38.0	52.4	77.4	77.0	66.6	62.8	62.9	53.7	54.6	52.1	53.0	48.1
DON	27.9	28.9	34.2	51.3	38.5	29.4	25.9	35.9	48.7	53.9	65.8	70.0	68.3
DES	14.1	17.3	18.4	25.4	22.0	21.0	17.3	19.3	34.0	37.1	59.3	55.6	55.3