RE:FFN vs DGS
DGS is diversified and conventional wisdom suggest that is safest from a long term point of view. DGS has a very decent International block as well. Their holdings each have a history of growing their dividends. Its an impressive basket of investments.
FFN is concentrated in the financial sector that has done really well recently. All this newly minted money revolves through the banks. An we know banks takes a bit. Managments take their share, goverments take some and we get the rest. Not a bad place to be. Banks also raise their dividends and are expected to make meaningful increases in the near future. Plus buy back their stock.
Hope this helps. I hold both.