2004 vs 2010 — Similar highs & lows, so far…

Updating the 2003/2004 to 2009/2010 comparison with SPY,  we see that 2010’s first major correction arrived about a month earlier than 2004’s.  So far the 2004 absolute high vs absolute low is very close to 2010’s at 9.38 vs 9.17 points and the percentage drop-offs are very similar at  8% vs 7.9%.   The volume curves are also looking very similar with the averaged normalized …

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Bear or a scare?

It didn’t take long for the self-conscious euphoria of early January to turn into panic-tinged nervousness in late January.   I don’t blame the market,  after the brutal beating of early 2009, people have a right to be fearful. I continue to be optimistic.   At the base level, I think the markets are driven by the economy, and there is little doubt that things are improving. Of …

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2023 Ex-Dividend & Paydate / Distribution information for ETFs

I have collected dividend, ex-dividend, paydate/ distribution information for 2023 on the following ETFs. Alerian  AMLP Invesco  Quarterly Group I:  EWEM  EWMC  EWRE  EWSC  OEW  RCD  RFG  RFV  RGI  RHS  RPG  RPV  RZG  RZV  RSP  RTM  RYE  RYF  RYH  RYT  RYU  XLG iShares iShares:  AGG  CMF  CSJ  HYG  IEF  IEI  IGOV  ISHG  LQD  PFF  SHV  SHY  TIP  TLH  TLT iShares:  AGZ  CFT  CIU  EMB  GBF  …

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2023 Ex-dividend and Distribution Dates: VIG, VTI, VTV, VV, VYM

Apparently, Vanguard likes to keep their ETF ex-dividend and distribution dates a secret until just a couple days before the event.  It has that old mutual fund feel to it—”we’ll give you a quote after-market and allow you to buy or sell our stuff at the end of the day, otherwise go away…” As a result, the dates below are just guesses, based on previous year’s …

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Dividend History Report

For iShare and SPDR ETFs you can use this page to obtain dividend history data and charts. DividendInvestor provides a nice dividend report on their free website.  It includes yields and timely updates on dividends.  If you click on the “Dividends Paid Since” button you will get multiple years of dividend history.