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2020 was a record year for Australian ETFs Emma Rapaport  |  08 Feb 2021Text size      If you'd told me in March that 2020 was going to be a record year for Australia's ETF industry I'd tell you to pull the other one. Assets under management fell sharply in the covid-19 market sell-off, with several major asset classes in decline. But investors defied expectations, exploiting the free-fall in March to boost their allocation to Australian equities ETFs. A dash to safety also attracted inflows to products with exposure to physical gold, while massive rebounds in ...

Last year wasn't the best for dividend-stock investors. For starters, these stocks underperformed the broader market in 2020. "The pandemic and the related economic downturn hit many dividend-related sectors very hard, and then as equities rebounded across the world, that bounceback was really led by technology-related businesses that are not so rich in dividends," explainsDan Lefkovitz, a strategist for Morningstar's Indexes group. Worse, as the novel coronavirus threatened the health of the economy, some companies shored up their liquidity by cutting or suspending their dividends, leaving ...

In this week’s podcast, Dan Lefkovitz sees a brighter outlook for dividends this year, Mike Hodel finds dividend opportunities for 2021, Christine Benz helps investors to assess their financial goals, Russ Kinnel lists the pros and cons of various investment vehicles, and Christine Benz shares her financial to-do calendar. Subscribe to Investing Insights

Dividend investors had a hard time in 2020, but Morningstar Indexes strategist Dan Lefkovitz think the outlook is brighter for the year ahead.

Value Resurgence Provides Platform for Dividend Stock Strength December 22, 2020 Not all dividend stocks are value plays and not all value stocks are dividend payers, but there are often intersections between the two concepts, meaning the recent value rebound is good news for dividend investors. “This model portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and high current dividend income, through a globally diversified set of WisdomTree’s dividend income-oriented equity ETFs. The model strives to deliver dividend income in excess of the global benchmark of equities,” according to Wisdo...