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WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Fund

IQDG tracks an index of dividend-paying total market stocks from developed markets outside the US and Canada. The index is weighted by dividends paid.

While the S&P 500 set an impressive pace in the first quarter, gaining 10.4%, some ex-U.S. developed markets benchmarks showed signs of life. For example, the widely followed MSCI EAFE Index gained 6% in the first three months of 2024.

An Intelligent Idea for International Diversification

WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund

By Alejandro Saltiel, CFA, Head of Indexes, U.S. The WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Index (WTIDG) and the WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Index (WTIDGH) will have their 10-year anniversary at the end of November.

WisdomTree's International Quality Dividend Growth Strategy: 10 Years Later

WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Fund selects ex-North America dividend stocks with quality and expected earnings growth characteristics. The fund is well-diversified across countries, sectors, and holdings, with a focus on Europe. IQDG has outperformed at least four close competitors in 2023 and has the best 5-year dividend growth rate in its group.

IQDG: Finding Dividend Growth In Quality And Forward Earnings

Entering this year, there was optimism that bond yields would decline and the U.S. dollar would weaken, potentially boosting export-driven companies while dealing a blow to the concept of currency hedging. The opposite has played out.

There's Still a Case for Currency Hedging

IQDG offers exposure to developed-world dividend-paying companies that passed the quality and growth tests; there is a dividend sustainability ingredient as well. USD pessimists on the lookout for steady, durable, and consistent dividend income from overseas issuers would probably find IQDG's equity mix alluring. However, its outperformance is far from certain; IQDG had systematically underperformed the U.S. market in the past, partly because of FX headwinds.

IQDG: Nice Option For USD Pessimists, But Outperformance Is Far From Certain

International stocks and the related exchange traded funds have accumulated bum reputations after lengthy spells of underperforming domestic equivalents. As such, many investors are quick to dismiss ex-US opportunities, amplifying long-running home country biases.

Examining Benefits of International Equity Investing

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WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth Fund

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A key driver of long-term compound returns is dividend growth, which is driven by corporate profitability. Using over 50 years of data, a strategy that identified the top 20% of stocks by profitability posted annual returns of 11.73%, outperforming the lowest ROE group by 451 basis points per year. Profitable companies with excellent margins and efficient assets have the potential for faster dividend growth rates in the future.

The Dividend Driver: Return On Equity

WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Fund holds global dividend stocks with quality and growth characteristics. It is well-diversified across countries and sectors, but it is quite concentrated in the top holdings.

IQDG: Global Dividend ETF Outperforming Competitors In The Last 12 Months

Investors have plowed their assets into dividends over the last several last months. With their ability to add current income to portfolios, dividends have proven themselves a worthy tool to fight volatility.

Diversify With Quality International Dividends ETFs

Even if there were fits and sparks of international outperformance of U.S. equities, the general trend was certainly of the U.S. equity market vanquishing most other parts of a globally diversified portfolio. WisdomTree has been running the WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Index since November 29, 2013 - nearly 10 years.

Get Your Passport Ready - It's Time For International Outperformance

Investors may be excited by yesterday's Fed meeting and market upswing, but this year's volatility is far from over.

Quality International Dividends in IQDG Can Tame Volatility

IQDG is a large-cap, ex-US dividend growth ETF. 79% of asset value is in European companies.

IQDG: Balanced, But Unattractive Dividend Growth ETF

Focusing on short run, it can feel like stock prices are overwhelmingly driven by macroeconomic forces like interest rates and business cycle fluctuations. If we can filter out the short-term noise that is today's market volatility, in the long run, what matters to investors is cash flows.

International Quality Dividend Growth Rebalance: Filtering Out The Noise

IHDG: The WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund hedges its exposure to the US dollar's movement. IQDG: The WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Fund follows the same strategy without the hedging used by IHDG.

IHDG Vs. IQDG: 6-Month Update

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According to the latest quarterly Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index findings, global dividends are hovering above their pre-pandemic high.

Dividend Growth Picks Momentum: ETFs to Gain

The performance shift from growth to value hasn't been a phenomenon confined just to U.S. markets this year.

Don't Miss Out on Value Opportunities Abroad

In the developed international markets, value has similarly bested growth across large, mid- and small caps. A growth bias has contributed to developed international quality lagging more value-tilted factors like high dividends.

International Quality

Not all dividend-paying stocks are alike. Value-screened dividend payers that consistently raise their yields saw strong returns in 2021 and 2022.

WisdomTree's Original Idea and Value Investing for the 2020s: A Discussion featuring Professor Siegel

Duration has applications with equities, and like the fixed income counterpart, it's best to shorten up equity duration in the current market environment. That doesn't mean abandoning stocks altogether, however.

Shorten Equity Duration With International Stocks

IHDG: The WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund hedges its exposure to the US dollar's movement.

IHDG Vs. IQDG: To Hedge Or Not Your International Dividend ETF

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund

WisdomTree 90/60 US Balanced Fund

With money flowing and pivoting within markets as volatility continued in January, many investors sought hedges, havens, and diversification with their investments. The following are the top five ETFs by flows for WisdomTree in the month of January.

The Top 5 Performing WisdomTree ETFs in January

WisdomTree Barclays Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund

WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund

WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund

As we consider the current economic cycle, exchange traded fund investors could focus on key macro themes to better adapt to the changes ahead. In the recent webcast, WisdomTree 2022 Outlook, Kevin Flanagan, head of fixed income strategy, highlighted the ongoing economic expansion with real GDP expected to grow 4.0% over 2022, with inflation easing [.

WisdomTree's ETFs to Keep in Mind for 2022

The end of the year is often when advisors check in on their overall asset allocation plan, looking at market conditions to determine what headwinds and tailwinds might require some adjustments. In the upcoming webcast, WisdomTree 2022 Outlook, WisdomTree's Scott Welch, CIO, Model Portfolios; Kevin Flanagan, head of fixed income strategy; and Jeff Weniger, head [.

WisdomTree 2022 Outlook

The quality factor isn't confined by geography, and for investors looking to add some international diversification to domestic-heavy equity portfolios, that's a good thing. Another positive is that while defining quality is often a matter of interpretation, one of the factor's hallmarks is dividends.

IQDG: Quality the International Way

The quality factor has outperformed the broad market this year across the globe, and we expect that to continue through the expansion phase of the economic cycle. The WisdomTree International Quality Dividend Growth Index (WTIDG) selects companies with strong measures of profitability and earnings growth prospects in the developed markets.

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