ETF Spotlight: December 2012

Published on December 3, 2012

Each month, we highlight an ETF flying under the radar of most investors that offers exposure to a unique asset class or investment strategy. This month, we take a closer look at a different kind of tech ETF from FirstTrust, which provides exposure to dividend paying technology  stocks while offering great future growth potential. The NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV) offers a unique risk/return profile that warrants a closer look under the hood.

Technology firms can offer amazing returns for bold investors, but more often they will fail to impress. Notorious for not offering dividends, most high growth technology firms would rather reinvest their revenues in the company, and stock holders rarely seek out this corner of the market for current income.

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