Last week, the Federal Reserve opted to maintain its zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). Now, market participants turn their attention to the Fed's October and December meetings – the central bank's remaining 2015 meetings, as possible “liftoff” dates.
That means markets are not out of the rate hike woods for 2015. Not by a long shot. With that in mind, it is advisable for investors to keep their eye on the ball when it comes to which corners of exchange-traded funds' baseball diamond are sweet spots when ZIRP finally meets its end.
Although there has been ample chatter about the reprieve granted to dividend ETFs in the wake of the Fed continuing ZIRP, there are some payout funds that, by design or not, are prepared to deliver even if the Fed does increase borrowing costs. That group includes the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (WisdomTree Trust (NASDAQ: DGRW)).
The $485.1 million DGRW, which came to ...
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