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The combination of dividends, value and mid-cap stocks can be potent, making the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) a potentially alluring consideration for equity income investors. The $3.85 billion DON tracks a dividend-weighted index.
<h3>What Happened</h3>
While value stocks have had their <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/19/06/13892765/growth-etfs-can-keep-commanding-premiums-over-value">share of struggles</a> against growth equivalents across market capitalization segments in recent years, DON has been a decent performer and, over the past three years, the WisdomTree fund has been less volatile than the S&amp;P MidCap 400 and S&amp;P MidCap 400 Value indexes. DON&#39;s favorable volatility metrics are an important trait.
&ldquo;The most straightforward way we can measure risk is by <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Volatility">volatility</a>, or <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Standard deviation">standard deviation</a> of returns,&rdquo; said WisdomTree in a recent note. &ldquo;The least-volatile quintile of mid-caps outperformed the most volatile quintile by over 300 <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Basis point">basis points (bps)</a> annually.&rdquo;
<h3>Why It&#39;s Important</h3>
DON has a dividend yield of 2.54%, double that of the S&amp;P MidCap 400 and 76 basis points above the yield on the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Value Index. However, DON&#39;s components also sport robust return on equity (ROE), a quality trait that can reward investors over lenghty holding periods.
&ldquo;Sorting the market on profitability&mdash;or <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Return on Equity (ROE)">return-on-equity (ROE)</a>&mdash;the most profitable companies can be viewed as less risky than the least profitable,&rdquo; according to WisdomTree. &ldquo;The least profitable are more likely to be distressed businesses. Here, the top three quintiles handily outperformed the bottom two quintiles on profitability.&rdquo;
DON devotes almost 36% of its weight to consumer discretionary and real estate stocks while the industrial and financial services combine for almost a quarter of the fund&#39;s weight.
<h3>What&#39;s Next</h3>
Over DON&#39;s 13-year history the fund has sported favorable differences relative to basic mid-cap benchmarks.
&ldquo;DON added excess return relative to its <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Market capitalization-weighting">market cap-weighted</a> <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index">S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index</a> benchmark without adding excess risk&mdash;as measured by its lower standard deviation, smaller <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Drawdowns">maximum drawdown</a>, <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Down Capture">down capture</a> of 79% and <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Beta">beta</a> of 0.86,&rdquo; according to WisdomTree.
As for value, DON trades a double-digit price-to-earnings discount against the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index.
&ldquo;Before 2019, the last time investors saw valuations this inexpensive for DON was in the mini economic slowdown of 2011&ndash;2012,&rdquo; according to WisdomTree. &ldquo;Since the end of 2012, the fund has returned just over 12% annualized, about 100 bps higher than the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index.&rdquo;
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Smaller stocks, including mid-caps, are participating in this year&#39;s broader market rally. While near-term performance is often seductive, investors should remember the long-term potency of mid-cap stocks and exchange traded funds.
Add the layers of dividends and value to the equation, and mid-caps become all the more compelling.
<h3>What Happened</h3>
The WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>), the king among mid-cap dividend ETFs, offers value factor exposure in addition to its dividend overlay. DON&#39;s dividend yield of 2.5&nbsp;percent is well above the 1.36 percent found on the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index &mdash; but the value theme is potentially more compelling.
&ldquo;Mid-cap value has been one of the most consistently performing asset classes over the last 25 years,&rdquo; WisdomTree said&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/2019-02-07/mid-cap-value-the-most-hipster-asset-class">in a note out Thursday</a>.
&ldquo;Despite the relentless underperformance of the value factor since the mid-2000s, mid-cap value has held up much better than its <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Large-Capitalization%20(Large-Cap)">large</a>- and <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#Small%20caps">small-cap</a> counterparts. In fact, mid-cap value has beaten the <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/glossary#S&amp;P%20500%20Index">S&amp;P 500</a> Index on 63 percent&nbsp;of all rolling three-year periods, 76 percent&nbsp;of rolling five-year periods, 97 percent&nbsp;of rolling 10-year periods&nbsp;and on every single rolling 15- and 20-year period.&rdquo;
<h3>Why It&#39;s Important</h3>
DON does have way of beating alternative mid-cap strategies.
In the six years spanning 2013 through 2018, DON beat the S&amp;P MidCap 400 in four of those years, and in one of the two years the mid-cap benchmark beat DON, it was by just a tenth of a percent.
The $3.49-billion DON holds just over 400 stocks. As a mid-cap value fund, DON&#39;s sector weights differ from those found in large-cap value plays. Many large-cap value funds feature significant allocations to financial services or energy stocks or both. Those sectors combine for just 17.14 percent of DON&#39;s weight.
Nearly 20 percent of DON&#39;s weight is allocated to consumer discretionary stocks, which is often a trait of growth strategies.
Importantly, dividends can provide a buffer against volatility. Over the past three years, DON&#39;s largest drawdown was 19.2&nbsp;percent, or 400 basis points less than the S&amp;P MidCap 400.
<h3>What&#39;s Next</h3>
Past performance is never a guarantee of future returns, but DON&#39;s long-term track record is impressive.
&ldquo;Following another strong year relative to its benchmark, DON is in the top quartile of its Morningstar Mid-Cap Value peer group on all time frames. This includes the latest five- and 10-year periods in which DON is in the first percentile of all mid-cap value funds,&rdquo; according to WisdomTree.
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Mid-cap stocks can and do offer the potential for significant out-performance of large-cap names. Consider this: Since the start of the current bull market in U.S. stocks through the end of the second quarter, the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index is up 406.2 percent while the S&amp;P 500 is up &ldquo;just&rdquo; 357.3 percent.
Often overlooked in the mid-cap conversation is the asset class&#39; ability to deliver income investors, a theme that can be tapped with the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>). DON is the oldest and largest mid-cap dividend ETF on the market.
<h3>What To Know</h3>
DON, which recently turned 12 years old, underscores the point that mid-caps can be stellar performers over the long haul. Actually, the WisdomTree fund enhances that point. Since the start of this bull market, DON is up more than 486 percent, including dividends paid, making it one of the best mid-cap funds over that period. That includes actively managed funds, too.
Not only does DON weight members by dividends, it can help investors avoid richly valued mid-caps.
&ldquo;This fund weights its holdings by their expected dividend payment, which effectively diversifies risk, and rebalances into stocks as they become cheaper relative to their dividends,&rdquo; <a href="https://www.morningstar.com/articles/871196/this-dividendweighted-midcap-etf-is-a-strong-pick-.html">said Morningstar in a recent note</a>.
<h3>Why It&#39;s Important</h3>
For over nine years, DON has been less volatile than the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index. From 2013 through 2017, DON outperformed the mid-cap benchmark on three occasions on an annual basis with one of the two &ldquo;laggard&rdquo; years being by just a tenth of a percent.
DON&#39;s trailing 12-month dividend yield is 2.13 percent, or nearly 100 basis points above the dividend yield on the S&amp;P MidCap 400.
&ldquo;Although the fund doesn&#39;t screen its holdings for profitability or dividend sustainability, a few dividend cuts across its portfolio shouldn&#39;t significantly impact its performance because it is broadly diversified and skews toward larger, more-stable names,&rdquo; said Morningstar.
<h3>What&#39;s Next</h3>
DON holds nearly 400 stocks. The fund is up 2.1 percent year-to-date, which is an admirable showing when factoring in a combined 27.46 percent weight to the rate-sensitive real estate and utilities sectors.
DON &ldquo;overweights stocks trading at low prices compared with their dividends and decreases the fund&#39;s exposure to stocks that have become more expensive relative to their dividends and adds to positions that have become cheaper at its annual rebalance,&rdquo; said Morningstar.
The research firm has a Bronze rating on DON.
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Mid-cap exchange-traded funds have been among this year&#39;s best-performing broad market ETFs. Broadly speaking, mid-cap ETFs have also been prolific asset gatherers, but that trend is changing as 2016 draws to a close.
<h3>DON And MDY</h3>
The WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) and the SPDR S&amp;P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mdy#NYSE">MDY</a>) are up an average of 21.6 percent year-to-date, underscoring the strength of mid-cap stocks. As its name implies, MDY follows the S&amp;P MidCap 400. DON tracks the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index, which weights its holdings based on cash dividend projections for the coming year.
DON and MDY are two of the <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/16/01/6119700/the-allure-of-mid-cap-dividends">most popular mid-cap ETFs</a>, but other funds in this category also hold billions in assets and it is some of those funds that are recently falling victim to outflows.
<h3>VO And IJJ</h3>
Investors have recently been departing the Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/vo#NYSE">VO</a>) and the iShares S&amp;P MidCap 400 Value Index (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ijj#NYSE">IJJ</a>). IJJ is up nearly 28 percent this year, while VO is higher by 12.7 percent.
&ldquo;Specifically, we notice over $1.3 billion leaving <a href="http://etfdailynews.com/etf/SPY/">VO</a> (Vanguard Mid-Cap) and more than $1 billion flowing out of <a href="http://etfdailynews.com/etf/IJJ/">IJJ</a> (iShares Mid-Cap 400 Value). The two funds respectively have about $16.6 billion and $5.6 billion in assets under management,&rdquo; said <a href="http://streetonefinancial.com/">Street One Financial</a> Vice President Paul Weisbruch in a note out Wednesday.
Still, the recent outflows from big-name mid-cap ETFs like IJJ and VO do not put significant dents in the overall bullishness of 2016 mid-cap ETF flows.
<h3>Inflows And Outflows</h3>
&ldquo;So these larger inflows are worth noting, even if they are simply tax-related portfolio tilts or performance/end-of-quarter linked trading. Even with the latest outflows, VO has still had a more than respectable year in 2016 in terms of attracting net assets, with more than $2.2 billion in while IJJ has still managed to attain a net positive $700 million in during this time frame,&rdquo; added Weisbruch.
IJJ allocates over 21 percent of its weight to financial services stocks while industrial, technology and consumer discretionary names combine for over a third of the ETF&#39;s weight.
VO is a hit with investors in part to its low fee. With an annual expense ratio of just 0.08 percent, VO is less expensive than 93 percent of rival funds, <a href="https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundId=0939&amp;FundIntExt=INT">according to Vanguard data</a>.

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One of the biggest reasons, if not the biggest reason, behind investors&#39; affinity for real estate investment trusts (REITs) is the dividends. While REITs are known as a premier destination for income investors, not all dividend exchange-traded funds feature significant allocations to this asset class.
<h3>Dividends And REITs</h3>
&ldquo;All but three of the 97 Real Estate companies in the S&amp;P 1500 index paid a dividend as of the end of the third quarter of 2016. In particular, mid- and small-cap companies sport an above-average yield. Real Estate companies in the S&amp;P 400 and 600 indices had a yield of 4.0 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively, higher than the 1.6 percent and 1.3 percent yields for the broader indices,&rdquo; said <a href="https://www.cfraresearch.com/">CFRA Research</a> in a note out Tuesday.
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The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/vig#NYSE">VIG</a>), the largest U.S. dividend ETF, features no exposure to REITs. VIG only allocates eight percent of its weight to financial services, the sector from which real estate recently separated. Three other sectors, industrials, consumer discretionary and staples, command larger chunks of VIG&#39;s lineup than do financials.
<h3>Looking Beyond Large-Cap Dividend ETFs</h3>
Investors do not have to focus on large-cap dividend ETFs to gain exposure to REITs. For example, the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>), one of the best-performing mid-cap funds over the past decade, active or passive, features solid real estate exposure.
&ldquo;The $2 billion product has a 16 percent stake in the new GICS sector, second only to consumer discretionary (18 percent of assets). Real estate holdings in the firm&#39;s proprietary index DON tracks include Senior Housing Properties (SNH) and VEREIT (VER). DHS has a 2.4 percent dividend yield,&rdquo; said CFRA.
Recently highlighted in this space, the PowerShares S&amp;P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility Portfolio (PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/sphd#NYSE">SPHD</a>)) is another dividend ETF with significant real estate exposure.
PHD &ldquo;which combines dividend yield and low risk factors, has a 14 percent weighting in real estate. Here too, the sector is the second largest behind utilities (18 percent of assets). Host Hotels &amp; Resorts (HST) and HCP are among the ETF&#39;s top-10 holdings. SPHD has a 3.4 percent dividend yield,&rdquo; noted CFRA.
Like DON, SPHD pays a monthly dividend. CFRA has a marketweight rating on DON and an overweight rating on SPHD.
Disclosure: Todd Shriber owns shares of SPHD.
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There is a slew of data points suggesting that active management has some, to put it delicately, shortcomings. Those issues are particularly acute when drifting away from large caps to mid and small caps.
&ldquo;The March 2016 persistence scorecard, published last week, showed that just 19 percent of small-cap funds and 24 percent of mid-cap funds that were top-half performers in the 12-months ended March 2014 were able to maintain top-half performance in two consecutive 12-month periods. Performance consistency was strongest for large-cap funds, but still only 30 percent maintained a top-half ranking,&rdquo; said <a href="http://trymsatoday.com/">S&amp;P Capital IQ</a> in a note out Monday.
<h3>The Appeal Of Smaller Caps</h3>
Other data points regarding actively managed mid- and small-cap funds remind investors of the old saying that past performance is not a guarantee of future returns, meaning some high-flying active mid- and small-cap funds do not always prove durable.
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&ldquo;Previously top performing mutual funds can &mdash; and regularly are &mdash; shut down. S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices looked at the 868 domestic equity mutual funds in the top half of their respective market-cap category and found that 34 percent of them were either merged or liquidated five years later,&rdquo; noted S&amp;P Capital IQ.
Making matters worse are the high fees associated with actively managed small-cap funds, which by some estimates are as high as <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/022116/what-appropriate-small-cap-mutual-fund-fee.asp">1.37 percent per year</a>. On the other hand, investors can own the iShares S&amp;P SmallCap 600 Index (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ijr#NYSE">IJR</a>) for just 0.12 percent per year, or $12 on a $10,000 investment.
<h3>It Can Still Be Costly</h3>
Active mid-cap funds are not exactly cheap when it comes to fees, either, with the average being <a href="https://www.thebalance.com/average-expense-ratios-for-mutual-funds-2466612">1.35 percent per year</a>. That certainly makes the 0.08 percent annual fee on the Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/vo#NYSE">VO</a>) seem all the more attractive.
For just 0.38 percent per year, or nearly 100 basis points less than the average actively managed mid-cap fund, investors looking for exposure to mid caps can tap the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>).
Not only does DON sport a higher dividend yield than traditional mid-cap indexes, such as the S&amp;P MidCap 400, and 10-year Treasurys, but the WisdomTree ETF has a lengthy history of topping its actively managed rivals. Over the past decade, DON has topped 94 percent of rival funds in the Morningstar Mid-Cap Value category. 
S&amp;P Capital IQ has a Market-Weight rating on IJR and an Overweight rating on VO.
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Stick With Passive Mid-, Small-Cap ETFs Over Active Funds

A frequently used introduction to articles and conversations about mid-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds is that this realm of the equity market is often overlooked relative to large caps and smaller stocks.
<h3>Dividends Within The Cap Spectrum</h3>
Rather than focusing on the well-known fact that investors gloss over mid-caps, those mulling stakes in mid-cap exchange-traded funds &mdash; meaning they have likely gotten over the ignoring mid-caps part &mdash; remember the advantages stakes in the cap spectrum offer while considering the perks dividends bring to mid-cap strategies.
In what is turning out to be a good for mid-caps, the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) is outperforming traditional mid-cap indexes. Again. As is the case with smaller stocks, adding dividends to the mid-cap mix can prove highly advantageous for investors.
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<h3>A Closer Look At DON</h3>
DON is up 14.8 percent year-to-date compared to a gain of 12.1 percent for the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index. The WisdomTree offering has also been 220 basis points less volatile than the widely followed mid-cap benchmark and is doing so with a higher dividend yield, underscoring the advantages of DON&#39;s dividend-weighted methodology.
&ldquo;We believe that DON&rsquo;s historical record has shown that, for the calendar years from 2007 to 2015, the methodology employed by the underlying index has enhanced the income-generating potential of the mid-cap section of a U.S. equity portfolio. We believe that the consistency of the methodology applied to generate this track record points to ongoing potential,&rdquo; said WisdomTree <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/the-equitys-middle-child-is-on-a-roll/">in a recent note</a>.
Although DON is passively managed, its underlying &ldquo;index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each component company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share,&rdquo; according to <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/index-details.aspx?indexid=7">WisdomTree</a>.
<h3>Allocations</h3>
DON allocates over 42 percent of its combined weight of to the financial services and consumer discretionary sectors, two groups that have been major contributors of U.S. dividend growth in recent years. That is a slight overweight to those sectors as the S&amp;P MidCap 400 devotes <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/16/01/6119700/the-allure-of-mid-cap-dividends">almost 39 percent</a> of its combined weight to financial services and consumer discretionary stocks.
Most of DON&#39;s financial services weight goes to real estate stocks. Utilities and industrials combine for about a third of DON&#39;s weight. Combine the real estate exposure and the utilities weight, and it is not surprising that DON is benefiting as the Fed moves away from boosting interest rates this year.
Over the past decade, DON has topped 94 percent of rival funds in the Morningstar Mid-Cap Value category.
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These Aren't Middling Returns With This Mid-Cap ETF

Depending on where one looks, performances for mid-cap exchange-traded funds this year range from solid to spectacular. The SPDR S&amp;P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mdy#NYSE">MDY</a>) is solid with a year-to-date gain of 3.1 percent, although that trails the S&amp;P 500.
<h3>The Appeal Of Mid-Cap ETFs</h3>
The WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) qualifies as spectacular with a year-to-date of over 12 percent, or more than triple the returns offered by the S&amp;P 500. Despite those impressive performances, traders are not covering their short positions on mid-cap stocks nearly as rapidly as they are covering bearish bets on large caps.
&ldquo;Average short interest of the constituents of the iShares Russel Top 200 has declined by 25 percent from 1.7 percent to 1.3 percent as of latest count. Meanwhile average short interest of the relatively high constituents of the iShares Russel Mid Cap ETF (the next 800 largest companies by market cap) has declined by relatively less, falling 11 percent, from 4.6 percent to 4.1 percent,&rdquo; said Markit <a href="http://www.markit.com/Commentary/Get/15072016-Equities-Shorts-covering-continues-as-US-equities-surge">in a recent note</a>.
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The iShares ETF being referenced above is the $12.8 billion iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/iwr#NYSE">IWR</a>). IWR is higher by 8.8 percent year-to-date.
<h3>Why So Shy?</h3>
&ldquo;Perhaps short sellers (on average) expect that large caps have more to run in order to &lsquo;catch up&rsquo; to the performance of midcaps or alternatively that the midcaps have scope to moderate lower,&rdquo; noted Markit.
Within the mid-cap universe, short sellers have targeted consumer discretionary and healthcare names. Those are IWR&#39;s second- and fifth-largest sectors, respectively, combining for over a quarter of the ETF&#39;s weight.
&ldquo;The &lsquo;most shorted&rsquo; stock across the midcaps currently is &lsquo;athleisure&rsquo; clothing retailer Under Armour Inc (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ua#NYSE">UA</a>) with 28.1 percent short interest which has surged higher by almost double since the beginning of April. Short interest has risen and shares have plummeted on <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-underarmor-stock-idUSKCN0X82DD">slower growth concerns</a>,&rdquo; according to Markit.
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Shorts Still Clinging To Mid-Cap ETFs

With many dividend exchange-traded funds easily outpacing broader benchmarks, such as the S&amp;P 500 this year, a logical deduction would be that some of these ETFs are home to richly valued stocks. That is true of some dividend ETFs, particularly those with heavy weights to the consumer staples and utilities sectors.
<h3>Things Are Not Always As They Appear</h3>
Investors have overtly favored defensive, low beta sectors this year, leading to frothy multiples for high-yielding staples and utilities names. Dividend investors looking for compelling valuations might be surprised about where to turn: mid- and small-cap dividend payers. Perhaps it was surprising to some investors when the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) and the WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/des#NYSE">DES</a>) were highlighted as <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/16/06/8152577/a-post-brexit-etf-prescription-for-safety#/null">post-Brexit safety ideas</a>.
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<h3>Give DES And DON A Second Look</h3>
However, those ETFs are historically less volatile than standard mid- and small-cap benchmarks. Likewise, it might surprise some investors to learn that attractive valuations are currently available with DES and DON. Think about it. Conventional investment wisdom holds that dividend stocks are often pricier than dividend payers. Add to that, mid and small caps are often more expensive than large caps. That is the trade-off investors make to gain the long-term return advantages offered by smaller stocks. So it would be logical to believe DES and DON are not attractively valued. Data suggest otherwise.
<h3>It's All In Performance</h3>
&ldquo;The <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/index-details.aspx?indexid=7">WisdomTree Midcap Dividend Index</a> traded at just a 9 percent premium to its 10-year median P/E, slightly higher than the 7 percent premium exhibited by the <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/glossary/#S&amp;P%20MidCap%20400%20Index">S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index</a>,&rdquo; said WisdomTree Chief Investment Strategist Luciano Siracusano in a recent note.
Currently DON&#39;s underlying index trades at 21.1 times earnings while the S&amp;P MidCap 400 trades at 21.5 times earnings. Not a huge difference, but DON has outpaced the S&amp;P MidCap 400 by nearly 500 basis points this year while being 240 basis points less volatile.
&ldquo;The WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Index, based on its most recent quarter-end P/E, was the only one of the four WisdomTree Indexes to be trading at a discount to its 10-year median P/E,&rdquo; added Siracusano.
DES tracks the WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Index, which currently trades at just over 21 times earnings, according to issuer data. The competing Russell 2000 and S&amp;P SmallCap 600 trade at 23.8 and 36.7 times earnings, respectively.
As is the case DON, DES is crushing competing non-dividend ETFs this year. The benchmark ETFs tracking the Russell 2000 and S&amp;P SmallCap 600 are up an average of 2.75 percent year-to-date while DES is higher by 9.6 percent. DES has also been slightly less volatile than ETFs tracking those widely followed small-cap indexes.

WisdomTree Trust WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend

On Valuation, These Dividend ETFs Are Bargains

After global financial markets were pummeled by Great Britain&#39;s decision to leave the European Union, investors are understandably hunting for safe-haven assets, but that search doesn&#39;t need to be limited to U.S. Treasurys and the Japanese yen, two of this year&#39;s most favored safe-haven destinations. Nor does Brexit mean investors should altogether eschew equities.

	&quot;S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence thinks investors should look closely at to mid- and small-cap dividend paying securities as well as investment-grade focused bond products,&quot; said <a href="http://trymsatoday.com/">S&amp;P Capital IQ</a> in a note out Friday.

	While flocking to mid caps and small caps in the wake of event such as Brexit isn&#39;t likely to strike many investors as logical, what is logical is that mid- and small-cap dividend payers historically display less volatility than their non-dividend paying counterparts.

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	Among exchange traded funds, the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) and the WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund(NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/des#NYSE">DES</a>) are the dominant names when it comes to smaller dividend-paying U.S. equities.

	DON has <a href="https://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/middle-management-increasing-mid-cap-allocations/">a lengthy track record</a> of not only topping actively managed mid-cap mutual funds, but of outpacing traditional mid-cap indexes while being less volatile.

	That penchant for being less volatile was on display less Friday when DON performed about 80 basis points less poorly than mid-cap ETFs tracking the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index.

	For investors looking for income and safety with smaller stocks, DES offers its own set of advantages.

	&quot;For investors seeking small-cap dividend approach, WisdomTree Small Cap Dividend (DES 72 Marketweight) is a strong candidate. Rather than focusing on the dividend record of the company, as REGL does, DES looks at the dividends the company is projected to pay in the coming year. While financials (25% of assets) and industrials (17%) are widely held, so are consumer discretionary (17%) securities,&quot; said S&amp;P Capital IQ.

	The research firm has a marketweight rating on DES.

	Like DON, DES was less bad than its non-dividend rivals last Friday. Following the Brexit fallout, DES lost 3.2 percent while ETFs tracking the Russell 2000 and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 Index lost an average of 3.7 percent.

A Post-Brexit ETF Prescription For Safety

Although S&amp;P 500 dividend growth will slow this year, it is accurate to say the current bull market has been kind to dividend investors. Many trusted dividend payers have extended lengthy streaks, some in the order of multiple decades, of boosting payouts while other companies have become new dividend payers and growers.
Scores of dividend exchange-traded funds have been born during the current bull market, but some well-known dividend ETFs are older than that. For example, the WisdomTree High Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/dhs#NYSE">DHS</a>) will turn 10, along with several other WisdomTree dividend ETFs, next month. And what a decade it has been for the $1 billion DHS.
DHS&#39;s underlying index, the WisdomTree High Dividend Index (WTHYE) &ldquo;is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each component company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share,&rdquo; <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/index-details.aspx?indexid=3">according to WisdomTree</a>.
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<h3>What Sets DHS Apart</h3>
Unlike rival dividend ETFs, DHS is not reliant on dividend increase streaks as a stock selection tool. That said, investors will be assured to know that many of the over 400 companies found in DHS are dividend aristocrats. For example, top 10 holdings Procter &amp; Gamble Co (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/pg#NYSE">PG</a>) and The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ko#NYSE">KO</a>) have two of the longest dividend increase streaks among all S&amp;P 500 companies. 
DHS is a defensive ETF that marries two favored income themes: low volatility and dividend yield. The ETF&#39;s underlying index yields just over 4 percent with annualized volatility of under 18 percent, according to issuer data.
In <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/our-u-s-dividend-funds-are-turning-10-years-old/">a note out Tuesday</a>, WisdomTree pointed out that since inception, DHS has topped 77 percent of rival funds. Over the past five years, that number jumps to 99 percent.
<h3>2 More Names</h3>
&ldquo;For the five years ended March 31, 2016, every single WisdomTree Fund we show beat more than 90 percent of its respective peer group. <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/fund-details.aspx?etfid=4">DHS</a>, <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/fund-details.aspx?etfid=3">DON</a> and <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/fund-details.aspx?etfid=15">DES</a> all beat 99 percent of their respective categories over this time frame,&rdquo; said WisdomTree.
DON and DES refer to the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) and the WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/des#NYSE">DES</a>), which have recently been <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/16/05/7918486/a-small-cap-dividend-etf-keeps-proving-its-worth">highlighted in this space</a>. 
DHS&#39;s returns during the current bull market are staggering as well. This bull market started on March 10, 2009, and since then, DHS is up nearly 212 percent. When accounting for reinvested dividends, the ETF&#39;s bull market performance is even more jaw dropping with a gain of nearly 308 percent since March 10, 2009. By comparison, the largest U.S. dividend ETF has returned &ldquo;just&rdquo; 197 percent over that period even factoring in reinvested dividends.

This Dividend ETF Has Been Winning For A Long Time

The day of his daughter&#39;s wedding was, according to Sicilian tradition, an ideal time to ask Vito Corleone for a favor. But make no mistake, the don would want that favor to be repaid.
Don&#39;t worry because there is a don that does favors without any expectations: The WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>). This year, DON&#39;s favors include significant outperformance of traditional mid-cap indexes as well as large-cap equity benchmarks. For example, DON is outpacing the S&amp;P MidCap 400 by 240 basis points while delivering better than triple the returns of the S&amp;P 500.
<h3>Il Padrino ETF</h3>
DON does this with an index that yields nearly 3.2 percent, significantly more than what investors will find on other mid-cap indexes, the S&amp;P 500 or 10-year Treasurys. DON tracks the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index, which weights its holdings based on cash dividend projections for the coming year. In the current environment, mid-cap ETFs have some advantages <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/16/01/6101953/this-dividend-etf-looks-primed-for-a-solid-2016">over their large-cap rivals</a>.
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&ldquo;When comparing the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index to the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Index, the first thing that stands out over this period was that only one sector in the dividend-focused Index underperformed its respective counterpart in the market capitalization-weighted index: Health Care. Within Health Care, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals were strong performers, and the fact is, they don&rsquo;t tend to be early dividend payers in their life cycles, thereby not gaining inclusion in the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index,&rdquo; said WisdomTree<a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/forget-mid-caps-only-at-your-peril/?elqTrackId=A5E627A176C9EA0D738AC4A2425714DD&amp;elq=3618f2ef2d6e4a0f953c2552cc5d39f6&amp;elqaid=3754&amp;elqat=1&amp;elqCampaignId=1738"> in a note out Monday</a>.
<h3>Consumer Discretionary And DON</h3>
As WisdomTree notes, consumer discretionary names helped drive mid-cap out-performance. That is an important factor when evaluating DON because that ETF allocates 19.2 percent of its weight to consumer discretionary names, an overweight of 710 basis points relative to the S&amp;P MidCap 400.
Investors should also note active management often fails with mid-caps.
&ldquo;Just 20 percent of all mid-cap growth and 12 percent of all small-cap growth funds outperformed the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Growth and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 Growth indices, respectively. Meanwhile, 51 percent of all large-cap growth funds outperformed the S&amp;P 500 Growth index,&rdquo; said <a href="http://trymsatoday.com/">S&amp;P Capital IQ</a>.
Long-term data indicate dividends make a difference with mid-caps as DON has outpaced the S&amp;P MidCap 400 by 950 basis points over the past three years.
&ldquo;If a part of the dividend-paying mid-cap market appreciates quickly in price&mdash;faster than the growth of its dividends&mdash;the process of the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index will tilt weight away from it and toward areas where dividends have increased faster than prices. While we don&rsquo;t know if mid-caps will be strongest over the next 10 years, we believe that it&rsquo;s the focus on the process of mitigating valuation risk that could become more important,&rdquo; added WisdomTree.

Your DON Wants To Do You A Favor: A Nifty Mid-Cap ETF

Large-cap stocks are usually thought of as the best dividend destinations, but dividend investors should not sleep on mid-caps. In fact, there is ample room for dividend growth among U.S. mid-caps. At the end of last year, just over 70 percent of the S&amp;P mid-cap 400 paid dividends.
Rather than stock-picking, investors looking for mid-cap dividends should consider the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>). DON, which is nearly a decade old, is home to over $1.5 billion in assets under management.
There are good reasons to consider a passive approach to mid-caps, dividends or otherwise. Namely, active managers of mid-cap funds, particularly growth funds, have a tendency to underperform their benchmarks.
&ldquo;Just 20 percent of all mid-cap growth and 12 percent of all small-cap growth funds outperformed the S&amp;P MidCap 400 Growth and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 Growth indices, respectively. Meanwhile, 51 percent of all large-cap growth funds outperformed the S&amp;P 500 Growth index,&rdquo; said <a href="http://trymsatoday.com/">S&amp;P Capital IQ</a>.
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<h3>Looking Closer At DON</h3>
Though DON is passively managed, its underlying &ldquo;index is dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each component company is projected to pay in the coming year, based on the most recently declared dividend per share,&rdquo; according to <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/index-details.aspx?indexid=7">WisdomTree</a>.
DON has a distribution yield of 1.34 percent, which is reflective of mid-cap dividend stocks&#39; status as more dividend growth than high-yield destination. 
&ldquo;By weighting mid-cap stocks by the dollar amount of dividends paid, the fund provides a less aggressive approach to dividend investing compared with funds that concentrate in the highest-yielding stocks,&rdquo; said <a href="http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=746055">Morningstar</a> of DON. &ldquo;The fund takes small positions in several hundred stocks that pay a dividend and have a market capitalization below that of the 300th-largest dividend payer. It could serve as a suitable satellite holding for investors seeking mid-cap exposure who believe in the fund&#39;s dividend-weighting approach.&rdquo;
DON allocates almost 41.5 percent of its combined weight to the financial services and consumer discretionary sectors, two groups that have been major contributors of U.S. dividend growth in recent years. That is a slight overweight to those sectors as the S&amp;P MidCap 400 devotes <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/16/01/6119700/the-allure-of-mid-cap-dividends">almost 39 percent</a> of its combined weight to financial services and consumer discretionary stocks.
Most of DON&#39;s financial services weight goes to real estate stocks. Utilities and industrials combine for about a third of DON&#39;s weight. Combine the real estate exposure and the utilities weight, and it is not surprising that DON is benefiting as the Fed moves away from boosting interest rates four times this year. That is likely why the ETF hit a new high last Friday.
&ldquo;With roughly 400 holdings, the fund is not overly concentrated in any one stock. Sector exposures can vary from the typical index fund in that category. After the financial crisis, the index changed its methodology to include a 25 percent cap on each sector. It currently has greater exposure to the consumer cyclical and industrial sectors and less exposure to financials, healthcare, and technology than the mid-value category average,&rdquo; added Morningstar.
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https://pixabay.com/en/florence-italy-people-walking-332974/">Public Domain</a>

A Prime Avenue To Mid-Cap Dividends

As expected, S&amp;P 500 dividend growth slipped last year with a spate of payout cuts in the energy sector proving problematic. Energy is the seventh-largest sector weight in the S&amp;P 500.
&ldquo;Indicated dividend net increases (increases less decreases) rose $3.6 billion during the fourth quarter of 2015 for U.S. domestic common stocks, a massive deceleration from the $12.0 billion increase registered during the fourth quarter of 2014. In dollar terms, the decline equates to a 70.0 percent year-over-year slowdown in dividend increases. For the full year 2015, dividend net increases fell 29.4 percent to $38.7 billion compared to an increase of $54.8 billion for the corresponding period in 2014,&rdquo; said <a href="http://us.spindices.com/">S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices</a>.
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There are other troubling dividend data points. As S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices points out, the number of companies boosting payouts last year was 2,810, which sounds nice until acknowledging that was 15 percent lower the number of dividend raisers found in 2014. Last year, 504 issues decreased their dividend payments compared to 291 decreases in 2014, a 73.2 percent increase, according to S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices.
<h3>The Appeal Of Mid Caps</h3>
One group that looked good on the dividend front last year was mid caps, and if that trend continues, it could be good news for investors in exchange-traded funds such as the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) and the SPDR S&amp;P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mdy#NYSE">MDY</a>).
&ldquo;Howard Silverblatt, Senior Index Analyst at S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices found that 70.5 percent of the issues within the S&amp;P MidCap 400 pay a cash dividend, the same as in the third quarter, but up from the 68 percent which paid at the end of 2014.&nbsp; Within the S&amp;P SmallCap 600, 53.6 percent of the issues pay, down from the 53.9 percent which paid at the end of the third quarter, but up from 52.7 percent which paid a year ago,&rdquo; according to the index provider. 
<h3>MDY And DON</h3>
As its name implies, MDY follows the S&amp;P MidCap 400. DON tracks the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index, which weights its holdings based on cash dividend projections for the coming year. In the current environment, mid-cap ETFs have some advantages <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/16/01/6101953/this-dividend-etf-looks-primed-for-a-solid-2016">over their large-cap rivals</a>.
For example, MDY devotes just 3 percent of its weight to energy stocks, making that group the ETF&#39;s second-smallest sector allocation. Additionally, MDY is lightly allocated to interest rate-sensitive sectors, such as telecom and utilities. Conversely, the ETF features healthy allocations to cyclical sectors like financial services and technology that traditionally perform well when rates rise.
Notably, financials account for the <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/15/12/6076842/finding-dividend-growth-with-financial-services-etfs">largest percentage</a> of S&amp;P 500 dividends. MDY currently sports a trailing 12-month yield of 1.32 percent. 
For its part, DON is also lightly allocated to energy stocks, as six sectors command larger weights in the ETF than energy. DON currently sports a whopping 5.4 percent distribution yield, <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/fund-details.aspx?etfid=3#sector">according to WisdomTree data</a>.
The ETF holds over 400 stocks, including Coach Inc (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/coh#NYSE">COH</a>), Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mat#NASDAQ">MAT</a>) and Kohl&#39;s Corporation (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/kss#NYSE">KSS</a>).
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Intraday Update

The Allure Of Mid-Cap Dividends

The S&amp;P Mid Cap 400 Index (INDEX: MID) hit a new all-time high last week to little fanfare, as attention has been placed on the NASDAQ reaching for the 5,000 level. Despite the lack of hoopla, the index has had a solid year, up 3.5 percent in 2015 and up a whopping 17 percent from the mid-October low.

	There are a number of ETFs that retail investors can put into a portfolio to take advantage of the often-overlooked asset class. As the amount of ETFs continues to grow, it is important to analyze the holdings, fees, volume, etc. of each potential mid-cap ETF. A few of the options are listed below.
<h3>
	iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF</h3>

	The iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/iwr#NYSE">IWR</a>) is made up of 842 mid-cap stocks across 11 sectors.

	The top holdings include:
<ul>
<li>
		Kroger Co (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/kr#NYSE">KR</a>) at 0.54 percent</li>
<li>
		Cigna Corporation (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ci#NYSE">CI</a>) making up 0.49 percent</li>
<li>
		Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/avgo#NASDAQ">AVGO</a>) coming in at 0.48 percent</li>
</ul>

	IWR is up 10 percent over the last 12 month and up 5 percent over the last six months. The ETF has an expense ratio of 0.20 percent. The ETF is extremely diverse and will cover all areas of the mid-cap space.
<h3>
	Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF</h3>

	The Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/vo#NYSE">VO</a>) tracks 369 mid-cap companies across 11 sectors.

	The top individual holdings include:
<ul>
<li>
		Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/hcn#NYSE">HCN</a>) at 0.8 percent</li>
<li>
		United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ual#NYSE">UAL</a>) at 0.8 percent</li>
<li>
		AvalonBay Communities Inc (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/avb#NYSE">AVB</a>) coming in at 0.7 percent</li>
</ul>

	VO is up 11 percent over the last 12 months and up 6 percent over the last six months. The ETF has an extremely low expense ratio of 0.09 percent. The ETF is similar to IWR with its diversity and low reliance on one position. The lower expense ratio is an attractive feature.
<h3>
	PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid-Core Portfolio ETF</h3>

	The PowerShare Dynamic Mid Core Port. (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/pxmc#NYSE">PXMC</a>) consists of 156 mid-cap companies across 10 sectors.

	The top holdings include:
<ul>
<li>
		Becton, Dickinson and Co (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/bdx#NYSE">BDX</a>) at 1.7 percent</li>
<li>
		Equity Residential (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/eqr#NYSE">EQR</a>) making up 1.6 percent</li>
<li>
		Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/amp#NYSE">AMP</a>) coming in at 1.6 percent</li>
</ul>

	Over the last 12 months, PXMC is up 12 percent and is up 5 percent over the last six months. The ETF has an expense ratio of 0.39 percent. The fact that PXMC weights its holdings based on fundamentals differentiates it from the first two ETFs, and the performance has been able to slightly outperform the last year.

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<h3>
	PowerShares S&amp;P Mid-Cap Low Volatility ETF</h3>

	The PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/xmlv#NYSE">XMLV</a>) provides exposure to 80 mid-cap companies across eight sectors.

	The top individual holdings include:
<ul>
<li>
		HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/hcc#NYSE">HCC</a>) making up 1.6 percent</li>
<li>
		American Financial Group Inc (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/afg#NYSE">AFG</a>) at 1.6 percent</li>
<li>
		Church &amp; Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/chd#NYSE">CHD</a>) coming in at 1.6 percent also</li>
</ul>

	The ETF is up 13 percent over the last 12 months and up 8 percent over the last six months. The ETF has an expense ratio of 0.25 percent. The 80 stocks that make up the portfolio have the lowest realized volatility over the last 12 months from the universe of S&amp;P Midcap 400 Index constituents. Ideally, the ETF should have less volatility versus the overall index.
<h3>
	WisdomTree Mid-Cap Dividend ETF</h3>

	The WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (ETF) (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) is made up of 407 dividend-paying mid-cap companies across 10 sectors.

	The top holdings include:
<ul>
<li>
		Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/win#NASDAQ">WIN</a>) at 1.3 percent</li>
<li>
		Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ftr#NASDAQ">FTR</a>) totaling 1.2 percent</li>
<li>
		Coach Inc (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/coh#NYSE">COH</a>) coming in at 1.1 percent</li>
</ul>

	DON is up 12 percent over the last 12 months and up 5 percent over the last six months. The ETF has an expense ratio of 0.38 percent. The portfolio is weighted based on dividends and rebalanced annually.

	Of the five mid-cap ETFs highlighted, there are several strategies depending on how the investor would like their portfolio weighted. This is one of the great aspects of the growing universe of ETFs.

Sector ETFs

PXMC

XMLV

Mid-Cap ETFs Quietly Performing

It has been a good year to be long mid-caps.

	The iShares Core S&amp;P Mid-Cap ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ijh#NYSE">IJH</a>) and the SPDR S&amp;P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mdy#NYSE">MDY</a>), two ETFs that combine for nearly $31 billion in assets under management, are each up about 21 percent year-to-date.

	IJH and MDY are known the entities in the world of mid-cap ETFs. Not only are they large, both are feature favorable annual fees and ample average daily volume. IJH charges just 0.15 percent per year and trades nearly 778,000 shares per day while MDY charges 0.25 percent a year and sees average turnover of nearly 2.1 million shares.

	With that type of heft and volume possessed by IJH and MDY, and the returns to backup their popularity, it is not surprising some other solid mid-cap ETFs fly under the radar. Here are a few worth considering.

	WisdomTree MidCap Earnings Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ezm#NYSE">EZM</a>) 
	Year-to-date, the $254.6 million WisdomTree MidCap Earnings Fund has outpaced MDY by 200 basis points. Volatility on the WisdomTree offering falls in the middle of IJH and MDY, slightly higher than the former and slightly less than that of the latter. EZM offers investors ample exposure to three of this year's top-performing sectors as financial services, consumer discretionary and technology combine for about 53 percent of the ETF's weight.

	Like its larger rivals, EZM is diverse in that no stock accounts for more than 1.6 percent of the fund's total weight and there over 600 stocks in the ETF's lineup. Although EZM has a 0.38 percent expense ratio, long-term investors should still consider the fund as core mid-cap holding because EZM has outpaced MDY by over 750 basis points in the past three years.

	WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) 
	Investors that want some income to go along with their mid-caps should evaluate the $705.2 million WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund. With a year-to-date gain of 21.5 percent, it is fair to say DON is <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/markets/bonds/13/04/3521576/coincidence-etfs-with-memorable-tickers-performing-well-in-2013">more than a memorable ticker</a>.

	Like EZM, financial services and discretionary figure prominently in DON's lineup, combing for over 43 percent of the ETF's weight. Mid-caps may not be the first cap spectrum income investors think of, but there are clearly a few mid-cap dividend payers out there as nearly 370 of them call DON home. That group includes familiar names such as Best Buy (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/bby#NYSE">BBY</a>) NYSE Euronext (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/nyx#NYSE">NYX</a>).

	As is the case with large-cap, dividends make a difference over the long haul. DON is the second-best performer over the past three years of all the ETFs mentioned here to this point and has been the least volatile over that time. For investors that just want regular or for retirees that need it, DON is the way to go because it pays a monthly dividend.

	PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/pxmc#NYSE">PXMC</a>) 
	The PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Core Portfolio not only merits a place in the conversation regarding solid ETFs that use <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/13/05/3587943/two-top-ideas-among-fundamentally-weighted-etfs">alternative weighting methodologies</a>, it is worthy of a place in the mid-cap ETF debate as well.

	PXMC's methodology includes taking a universe of 2,500 companies and, by using a variety of fundamental factors, paring the group down to about 140 holdings. At the sector level, PXMC is a bit more diverse than some of the other funds highlighted here. The PowerShares offering has double-digit allocations to five groups – financial services, consumer discretionary, industrials, technology and health care.

	Although the fund has fewer holdings than say EZM or DON, none of PXMC's components represent over 1.7 percent of its total weight. PXMC is up 19 percent year-to-date.

	For more on ETFs, click <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/etfs">here</a>.

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Mid-Cap ETFs Your Broker Forgot to Mention

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Thursday, May 16, 2013.

The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/dxj#NYSE">DXJ</a>) should be in play.

Give the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/xlp#NYSE">XLP</a>).

Try mid-caps with the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>).

Emerging markets plays of the day: Guggenheim China Small-Cap ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/hao#NYSE">HAO</a>), iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ewt#NYSE">EWT</a>) and the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/dgs#NYSE">DGS</a>).

Forex play of the day: CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/fxc#NYSE">FXC</a>).

Bond play of the day: iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/lemb#NYSE">LEMB</a>).

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Wisdomtree Emerging Markets Smallcap Dividend Fund

WisdomTree Trust Japan Total Dividend Fund

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ETFs to Watch May 16, 2013 (DXJ, HAO, XLP)

More than likely, it is just a unique coincidence, but some ETFs with memorable tickers are performing quite well this year. By "memorable," we mean those ETFs that use tickers that are actual words.

	While there is no empirical evidence to suggest easy-to-remember ETF tickers result in long-term outperformance for the underlying funds, tickers are an <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/12/02/2320082/the-10-best-etf-tickers">integral part of ETF marketing, particularly with new ETFs.</a>

	Indeed, what is being seen with select ETFs that sport memorable tickers this year is probably just a collection of coincidences. However, there is no getting around the fact that some of these funds are outpacing comparable rivals in noticeable fashion. <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/12/02/2320082/the-10-best-etf-tickers">Just look at these examples.</a>

	PowerShares DWA Emerging Markets Technical Leaders Portfolio (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/pie#NYSE">PIE</a>) 
	It can be argued that the PowerShares DWA Emerging Markets Technical Leaders Portfolio has the best ticker of any ETF out there, though the "grabbing a slice of PIE" jokes wear thin after a while. Still, PIE has stood tall in what has been a <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/13/04/3505517/bad-news-for-em-etfs-fund-managers-paring-exposure">dismal year for many diversified emerging markets ETFs</a>.

	The reality is the ticker is not the secret to PIE's success. The relative strength component to the Dorsey Wright Emerging Markets Technical Leaders Index is. While rival ETFs have been dragged down by their exposure to the BRIC countries, South Africa and South Korea, PIE's relative strength methodology has kept investors involved with the strongest emerging markets.

	Translation: Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey and the Philippines combine for about 47 percent of PIE's weight. The ETF is up nearly 11 percent this year compared to a 5.7 percent decline for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/eem#NYSE">EEM</a>).

	WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) 
	Investors can have some with the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund by referring to it as "The DON" or "DON Corleone." Or they can simply enjoy the fact that DON provides perhaps the most credible option among U.S.-focused ETFs for income investors <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/13/04/3517042/go-beyond-large-cap-etfs-for-dividends">that want mid-cap exposure</a>.

	DON, which has $578.2 million in assets under management, devotes a quarter of its weight to financials. Utilities, discretionary and industrial names combine for another 47 percent of the ETF's weight.

	More importantly, DON has outperformed the SPDR S&amp;P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mdy#NYSE">MDY</a>) by 310 basis points this year while being 200 basis points less volatile.

	PIMCO Total Return ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/bond#NYSE">BOND</a>) 
	How another ETF issuer did not get their hands on BOND as a ticker before PIMCO did is baffling. The memorable ticker is merely another feather in the BOND's cap and one the ETF does not need, particularly when it is often referred to as the <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/13/04/3521316/some-newer-bond-etfs-flourish">Bill Gross ETF</a>.

	BOND is not yet 14 months old, but in the past year the ETF has hauled in more than $5 billion in assets to become the largest actively managed ETF and has returned 10.7 percent. None of that has to do with the ticker, but hey, it is a good marketing tool.

	Failures 
	To be fair, there is ample evidence that memorable tickers do not always help ETFs and ETNs in terms of returns. This year, it is commodities ETFs and ETNs that support that assertion. Agriculture commodities funds are among the most egregious offenders. The Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/moo#NYSE">MOO</a>) is sporting a small year-to-date loss, but the iPath DJ-UBS Livestock TR Sub-Index ETN (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/cow#NYSE">COW</a>) and the Teucrium Corn Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/corn#NYSE">CORN</a>) are both lower by 10 percent.

	Stretching to call this one "nugget," the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/nugt#NYSE">NUGT</a>) has been locked in a death spiral that shows no signs of abating. NUGT's April 2 reverse split <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/13/04/3505992/reverse-split-curse-continues-for-this-etf">boosted the shares to $26</a>. Today, NUGT languishes below $11.

	For more on ETFs, click <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/etfs">here</a>.

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Coincidence? ETFs With Memorable Tickers Performing Well in 2013

A hallmark of many of the most popular dividend ETFs focused on U.S. equities is that these funds are usually tilted heavily toward large-cap stocks.

	Venerable dividend-payers such as Johnson &amp; Johnson (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/jnj#NYSE">JNJ</a>), PepsiCo (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/pep#NYSE">PEP</a>) and Procter &amp; Gamble (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/pg#NYSE">PG</a>) are among the most common holdings found in a plethora of dividend ETFs.

	Sectors such as consumer staples and health care do offer income investors some level of comfort as these groups are chock full of large-cap dividend names. However, that does not mean investors should gloss over opportunities with mid- and small-cap ETFs, particularly when those funds are focused exclusively on dividend stocks.

	Yield statistics indicate there are a few mid- and small-cap ETFs investors may want to have a look at. The WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Index had a trailing 12-month dividend yield advantage of more than 1.8 percent over its market cap-weighted index peers, the Russell 2000 Value and the Russell 2000 indexes while WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index had a trailing 12-month dividend yield advantage of more than 1.4 percent over its market cap-weighted index peers, the Russell Midcap Value and the Russell Midcap indexes, <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/in-search-of-income-consider-mid-and-small-caps/?elqCampaignId=357">said the ETF issuer in a new research note</a>.

	The WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Index is the index tracked by the WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/des#NYSE">DES</a>). DES has a 30-day SEC yield of 3.23 percent compared to 1.43 percent for the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/iwm#NYSE">IWM</a>). The focus on dividends has lead to a significant difference in returns. Over the past year, DES is up 19.4 percent compared to 14.4 percent for IWM.

	DES has also been <a href="http://www.etfreplay.com/charts.aspx">200 basis points less volatile than IWM</a>. The WisdomTree offering charges 0.38 percent per year, which is higher than the 0.25 percent charge by IWM, but DES does feature a monthly dividend. Home to $545.1 million in assets under management, DES allocates a combined 44 percent of its weight to financial services and industrial names. Consumer discretionary and utilities also receive double-digit allocations.

	As for the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Index, that index is tracked by the WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>). DON's 30-day SEC yield of 2.79 percent is not spectacular, but it is far better than what investors will find on the SPDR S&amp;P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/mdy#NYSE">MDY</a>).

	As is the case with small-caps, mid-cap dividend-payers deliver better returns while featuring lower volatility. Over the past 12 months, DON has outpaced MDY by 520 basis points while being 230 basis points less volatile. MDY is the cheaper of the two ETFs with an expense ratio 0.25 percent compared to 0.38 percent for DON.

	DON, which has $577.2 million in AUM, devotes a quarter of its weight to financials. Utilities, discretionary and industrial names combine for another 47 percent of the ETF's weight. Top individual holdings include Windstream (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/win#NYSE">WIN</a>), Ameren (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/aee#NYSE">AEE</a>) and Best Buy (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/bby#NYSE">BBY</a>).

	"In our opinion, mid- and small-cap companies are important tools for providing diversification benefits and increased potential return," said WisdomTree Research Director Jeremy Schwartz in the note. "Specifically, we think that mid- and small-cap dividend-paying companies deserve a larger share than they're currently being allocated by market cap-weighted indexes. Allocation to mid- and small-cap dividend-paying companies can increase trailing 12-month" dividend yield."

	For more on ETFs, click <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/etfs">here</a>.

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Go Beyond Large-Cap ETFs For Dividends

Dividend exchange traded funds have undoubtedly become an important part of the overall ETF landscape. 

Rapid proliferation of this ETF sub-segment has ensured that investors can access everything from ETFs tracking stocks with lengthy dividend streaks to <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/13/02/3346880/under-the-hood-a-new-dividend-etf-diva">low volatility and high yield fare as well</a>.

Thing is most ETFs focused on U.S. equities are heavy on large-caps. The phenomenon is a curious one because at the international level, some ETFs <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/12/09/2878500/has-a-new-era-dawned-for-em-dividend-etfs">offering exposure to small-caps have proven quite successful</a>. 

Even more curious is that despite the fact that mid- and small-cap ETFs combined each have about $60 billion in assets under management, these capitalization segments are arguably underrepresented in the dividend ETF realm.

"Yet while U.S.-based dividend ETFs collectively represent almost $49 billion in assets, or about 9% of U.S. equity assets under management, there are less than $1 billion combined in the mid- and small-cap dividend category," WisdomTree Research Director Jeremy Schwartz said in a research note. 

Schwartz notes there "is more than $10.5 billion invested in either ETFs or exchange-traded notes tracking the performance of the Alerian MLP Index, and more than $20 billion in ETFs designed to track the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index and the MSCI U.S. REIT Index," statistics that serve as a reminder regarding how much income investors have embraced MLPs and REITs in recent years.

The combined market capitalization of those three indexes is $1.37 trillion, a fair bit below the $1.52 trillion market capitalization of the WisdomTree MidCap Index (WTMDI). The WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Index tracks a combined market capitalization of over $511 billion, <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/are-investors-ignoring-important-dividend-payers/?elqCampaignId=304">according to WisdomTree</a>.

The WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/don#NYSE">DON</a>) tracks the aforementioned mid-cap index. DON, which debuted in 2006 and now has almost $472 million in assets, features a decent 30-day SEC yield of just over three percent.

As is the case with <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/13/02/3368316/the-monthly-dividend-etf-difference">all of WisdomTree's U.S.-focused equity dividend ETFs</a>, DON pays a monthly dividend. Notable is the fact that DON's index does not screen based on yield or dividend increase streaks. 

Rather, the WisdomTree MidCap Index is "dividend weighted annually to reflect the proportionate share of the aggregate cash dividends each component company is projected to pay in the coming year," according to the issuer.

Financials account for almost 25.6 percent of DON's sector weight and top-10 holdings include Windstream (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/win#NYSE">WIN</a>), Best Buy (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/bby#NYSE">BBY</a>) and Western Union (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/wu#NYSE">WU</a>).

As for income investors looking for domestic small-cap exposure, the WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/des#NYSE">DES</a>) is the ETF to consider. DES, which also debuted in 2006 and now has over $474 million in AUM, uses the same screening methodology as DON and also pays a monthly dividend.

Returns prove small-cap dividends can be rewarding. Over the past two years, DES has outpaced the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/iwm#NYSE">IWM</a>) by nearly 800 basis points while being less volatile than IWM.

DES has a 25.4 percent allocation to financials. Top holdings include RR Donnelley (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/rrd#NYSE">RRD</a>), Vector Group (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/vgr#NYSE">VGR</a>) and Tal International (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/tal#NYSE">TAL</a>).

"We recognize the inherent differences in methodology and market segments between these particular indexes, but we feel that the one common element—that many people consider these types of asset classes, be it real estate, REITS, MLPs and dividends–as income generators," said Schwartz. "Through the common theme of ‘income generation,' we believe there is merit to the comparison, but we acknowledge that people should consider the differences in potential risk profiles between these asset classes when conducting any analysis."

For more on dividend ETFs, click <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/13/02/3368316/the-monthly-dividend-etf-difference">here</a>.

Global

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Q1 '24 S&P 500 Earnings (And Johnson & Johnson): Expecting Another Normal Earnings Season

Where's The Downside Tipping Point For U.S. Stocks?

Brad Simpson On Rising Iran-Israel Tensions And The Implications For Markets

S&P 500 Earnings: So Far, The Pattern Is Typical, But Mega-Cap Earnings This Week Loom Large

'No Rate Cut' Bear Scares S&P 500 Into Retreat

Expect Equity Market Corrections

WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund declares monthly distribution of $0.0550

The Mag. 7: Concentrate Or Diversify?

S&P 500 Earnings: The Upward Revisions Are A Big Positive

The Case Of The Disappearing Rate Cuts

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