A Quality Approach. Dividend Growth. The FlexShares IQDE ETF January 21, 2021
Global dividends are poised to increase this year. Investors can tap into that positive trend with some quality exposure via the
IQDE, which is seven years old, follows the Northern Trust International Quality Dividend Defensive Index. The index provides exposure to high-quality, income-monitored portfolios of non-U.S. international equities that are weighted by targeted overall beta between 0.5 and 1.0 times that of the Parent Index, dividend yield, quality factors, and lower total risk.
“IHS Markit expects dividends declared this year to approach $1.78 trillion, up about 7% from $1.67 trillion in 2020. In compiling the report, IHS Markit relied on dividend forecasts for more than 12,500 global firms, including the constituents of all the major equity indexes,” reports Lawrence Strauss for