"Companies Increasing Dividends Can Still Be Found In This Market
Below is detail on company's that announced increases in the company's dividend over the last several days. The companies detailed below are McGraw Hill Companies (MHP), Praxair (PX) and Consolidated Edison (ED).
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My question:
David Templeton, CFA said...
Don,
Each dividend etf may handle changes in the holdings depending on the stated benchmark for the etf. The etf prospectus should discuss this issue.
If the etf's benchmark is the S&P's Aristocrats, the etf should adjust holdings in the same manner as S&P changes their index holdings. Following is how S&P accounts for Aristocrats index changes
Index constituent weight adjustments occur after the closing of the third Friday of each
quarter ending month.
Index constituent membership is reviewed once a year in December. The reference date for such additions and deletions is after the closing of the last trading date of November.
Index constituents may be deleted from the index for the following reasons:
• During the December rebalancing, if the company’s calendar year dividends did not increase from the previous calendar year
• Between rebalancings, if the stock is removed from the S&P 500
What happens if you own an ETF that supposedly buys dividend producing stocks? Do they sell the stocks that stop giving dividends?
Don the libertarian Democrat