The following table lists the top 100 exchange-traded funds with the highest dividend yields. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the most recent dividend payment by the price of the fund. For our purposes, we are using the latest closing price here.
| Symbol |
Name |
Dividend Yield |
AUM |
Avg Volume |
|
BZF
|
Dreyfus Brazilian Real Fund
|
30.55%
|
$71.2 M
|
66,262
|
|
TMV
|
Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 3x Shares
|
18.33%
|
$312.6 M
|
445,977
|
|
BDCL
|
E-TRACS 2xLeveraged Long Wells Fargo Business Development Company ETN
|
17.72%
|
$36.2 M
|
37,030
|
|
ICN
|
Dreyfus Indian Rupee Fund
|
16.06%
|
$18.4 M
|
10,897
|
|
NLR
|
Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF
|
14.27%
|
$75.8 M
|
46,745
|
|
KROO
|
IQ Australia Small Cap ETF
|
13.29%
|
$13.8 M
|
5,786
|
|
EWP
|
MSCI Spain Index Fund
|
12.65%
|
$133.4 M
|
403,331
|
|
TYO
|
Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bear 3x Shares
|
12.27%
|
$48.2 M
|
17,228
|
|
MLPL
|
E-TRACS 2x Leveraged Long Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index
|
11.38%
|
$81.3 M
|
40,020
|
|
KBWD
|
KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio
|
10.91%
|
$86.4 M
|
68,102
|
|
PBP
|
S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio
|
10.73%
|
$162.3 M
|
115,053
|
|
RWG
|
Large-Cap Growth Equity Strategy Fund
|
9.30%
|
$7.0 M
|
1,278
|
|
AXUT
|
MSCI ACWI ex US Utilities Sector Index Fund
|
9.07%
|
$6.0 M
|
4,816
|
|
KWT
|
Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF
|
8.93%
|
$9.8 M
|
49,931
|
|
REM
|
FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index Fund
|
8.76%
|
$366.9 M
|
279,166
|
|
PCEF
|
CEF Income Composite Portfolio
|
8.50%
|
$293.1 M
|
101,208
|
|
COPX
|
Copper Miners ETF
|
8.21%
|
$26.5 M
|
29,058
|
|
BDCS
|
E-TRACS Linked to the Wells Fargo Business Development Company Index
|
8.00%
|
$13.3 M
|
6,905
|
|
GCE
|
Claymore CEF GS Connect ETN
|
7.93%
|
$3.2 M
|
8,885
|
|
MORT
|
Market Vector Mortgage REIT Income ETF
|
7.80%
|
$39.5 M
|
18,833
|
|
PSP
|
Listed Private Equity
|
7.61%
|
$267.5 M
|
213,577
|
|
SZR
|
Dreyfus South African Rand Fund
|
7.58%
|
$4.6 M
|
3,138
|
|
MLPY
|
Cushing MLP High Income Index ETN
|
7.42%
|
$17.7 M
|
3,108
|
|
AXTE
|
MSCI ACWI ex US Telecommunication Services Sector Index Fund
|
7.14%
|
$2.5 M
|
752
|
|
IST
|
SPDR S&P International Telecommunications Sector ETF
|
7.08%
|
$17.9 M
|
12,936
|
|
REMX
|
Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF
|
7.04%
|
$170.6 M
|
87,300
|
|
PGF
|
Financial Preferred Portfolio
|
7.02%
|
$1,577.8 M
|
372,811
|
|
HYLD
|
Peritus High Yield ETF
|
6.96%
|
$91.3 M
|
28,144
|
|
EMFN
|
MSCI Emerging Markets Financials Sector Index Fund
|
6.94%
|
$3.2 M
|
2,834
|
|
PGX
|
Preferred Portfolio
|
6.67%
|
$1,626.6 M
|
582,912
|
|
SKK
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
6.58%
|
$8.7 M
|
9,766
|
|
SDIV
|
SuperDividend ETF
|
6.55%
|
$66.2 M
|
46,798
|
|
GDXJ
|
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF
|
6.51%
|
$1,800.5 M
|
3,649,255
|
|
JNK
|
SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF
|
6.35%
|
$11,048.9 M
|
5,257,513
|
|
GULF
|
Middle East Dividend ETF
|
6.30%
|
$13.2 M
|
5,232
|
|
DWX
|
SPDR S&P International Dividend ETF
|
6.20%
|
$785.2 M
|
255,791
|
|
AUSE
|
Australia Dividend Fund
|
6.19%
|
$58.8 M
|
8,163
|
|
ENZL
|
MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund
|
6.16%
|
$116.4 M
|
34,958
|
|
SEA
|
Shipping ETF
|
6.05%
|
$30.0 M
|
53,803
|
|
SMH
|
Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF
|
5.99%
|
$352.2 M
|
1,870,514
|
|
MDD
|
SPDR S&P International Mid Cap ETF
|
5.93%
|
$33.2 M
|
5,627
|
|
EPOL
|
MSCI Poland Investable Market Index Fund
|
5.86%
|
$104.1 M
|
55,223
|
|
MLPG
|
E-TRACS Alerian Natural Gas MLP Index
|
5.78%
|
$14.1 M
|
1,815
|
|
FDD
|
STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund
|
5.75%
|
$10.5 M
|
9,208
|
|
KBWY
|
KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio
|
5.74%
|
$8.5 M
|
3,855
|
|
LVL
|
S&P Global Dividend Opportunities Index ETF
|
5.67%
|
$55.5 M
|
32,192
|
|
DFE
|
Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund
|
5.64%
|
$25.5 M
|
3,695
|
|
MLPN
|
Cushing 30 MLP Index ETN
|
5.61%
|
$217.9 M
|
84,820
|
|
HYG
|
iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund
|
5.53%
|
$14,549.7 M
|
3,212,086
|
|
HGI
|
International Multi-Asset Income ETF
|
5.53%
|
$105.0 M
|
36,150
|
|
IXP
|
S&P Global Telecommunications Index Fund
|
5.50%
|
$441.4 M
|
45,300
|
|
DTH
|
DEFA High-Yielding Equity Fund
|
5.49%
|
$158.7 M
|
27,069
|
|
PHB
|
Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio
|
5.46%
|
$937.6 M
|
620,278
|
|
ICLN
|
S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund
|
5.45%
|
$28.7 M
|
17,438
|
|
CVY
|
Multi-Asset Income ETF
|
5.43%
|
$424.1 M
|
247,634
|
|
BRAF
|
Brazil Financials ETF
|
5.41%
|
$3.6 M
|
5,832
|
|
PSK
|
SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF
|
5.41%
|
$216.3 M
|
50,509
|
|
CU
|
ISE Global Copper Index Fund
|
5.38%
|
$41.6 M
|
21,673
|
|
EWI
|
MSCI Italy Index Fund
|
5.37%
|
$116.7 M
|
502,369
|
|
FEZ
|
SPDR DJ Euro STOXX 50 ETF
|
5.35%
|
$444.5 M
|
335,164
|
|
BONO
|
LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF
|
5.33%
|
$7.3 M
|
2,479
|
|
HYD
|
Market Vectors High Yield Municipal Index ETF
|
5.28%
|
$605.3 M
|
285,872
|
|
BSJF
|
BulletShares 2015 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
|
5.26%
|
$186.2 M
|
127,923
|
|
AMJ
|
Alerian MLP Index ETN
|
5.25%
|
$4,102.6 M
|
1,460,708
|
|
PCY
|
Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio
|
5.25%
|
$1,756.1 M
|
775,289
|
|
EMLC
|
Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF
|
5.23%
|
$739.4 M
|
314,923
|
|
CEW
|
Dreyfus Emerging Currency Fund
|
5.22%
|
$321.6 M
|
98,094
|
|
RTR
|
ADR Fund
|
5.18%
|
$34.8 M
|
4,246
|
|
MLPI
|
E-TRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index
|
5.18%
|
$225.7 M
|
31,498
|
|
IPU
|
SPDR S&P International Utilities Sector ETF
|
5.14%
|
$13.3 M
|
8,310
|
|
EWX
|
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF
|
5.10%
|
$846.0 M
|
118,847
|
|
MLPW
|
E-TRACS Wells Fargo MLP Index
|
5.10%
|
$18.8 M
|
3,729
|
|
EWK
|
MSCI Belgium Index Fund
|
5.09%
|
$25.8 M
|
70,887
|
|
DRW
|
Global ex-US Real Estate Fund
|
5.08%
|
$101.5 M
|
33,314
|
|
BSJE
|
BulletShares 2014 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
|
5.06%
|
$97.9 M
|
41,159
|
|
SJL
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
5.04%
|
$1.7 M
|
1,024
|
|
FGD
|
DJ Global Select Dividend Index Fund
|
5.04%
|
$167.6 M
|
61,077
|
|
EWA
|
MSCI Australia Index Fund
|
5.01%
|
$2,374.0 M
|
2,719,389
|
|
BAB
|
Build America Bond Portfolio
|
5.00%
|
$935.1 M
|
198,311
|
|
EDV
|
Extended Duration Treasury ETF
|
4.98%
|
$200.7 M
|
31,395
|
|
DBU
|
Global ex-U.S. Utility Fund
|
4.94%
|
$27.7 M
|
11,325
|
|
DEW
|
Global Equity Income Fund
|
4.92%
|
$84.2 M
|
10,889
|
|
DOL
|
International LargeCap Dividend Fund
|
4.92%
|
$154.8 M
|
25,316
|
|
DOO
|
International Dividend ex-Financials Fund
|
4.90%
|
$326.9 M
|
52,912
|
|
EDIV
|
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF
|
4.84%
|
$287.4 M
|
86,805
|
|
BKLN
|
Senior Loan Portfolio
|
4.84%
|
$561.4 M
|
326,030
|
|
JXI
|
S&P Global Utilities Sector Index Fund
|
4.83%
|
$261.7 M
|
37,184
|
|
PFF
|
S&P US Preferred Stock Fund
|
4.75%
|
$8,357.2 M
|
1,495,197
|
|
IDV
|
Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend
|
4.74%
|
$901.5 M
|
267,205
|
|
VGK
|
European ETF
|
4.72%
|
$2,221.2 M
|
1,514,694
|
|
DWM
|
DEFA Fund
|
4.71%
|
$371.4 M
|
51,491
|
|
AMLP
|
Alerian MLP ETF
|
4.69%
|
$3,144.0 M
|
1,790,106
|
|
GII
|
SPDR FTSE/Macquarie GI 100 ETF
|
4.69%
|
$34.8 M
|
3,897
|
|
EFV
|
MSCI Value Index Fund
|
4.67%
|
$1,191.5 M
|
135,230
|
|
RTH
|
Market Vectors Retail ETF
|
4.63%
|
$25.1 M
|
210,722
|
|
BRXX
|
Brazil Infrastructure Index Fund
|
4.61%
|
$75.5 M
|
32,978
|
|
PMNA
|
MENA Frontier Countries Portfolio
|
4.53%
|
$18.6 M
|
6,134
|
|
PLND
|
Market Vectors Poland ETF
|
4.51%
|
$27.6 M
|
11,956
|
|
URA
|
Uranium ETF
|
4.50%
|
$138.3 M
|
221,613
|
