Target Yield and Avoid Dividend Traps – VanEck – 5.14.19
Summary:
Now On Demand.
Approach dividend investing from a position of strength. VanEck and Morningstar® will examine a forward-looking approach to dividend investing that selects high dividend yielding companies with strong financial health and attractive valuations. See how this approach can potentially help investors avoid companies with seemingly attractive dividend yields that then experiences financial distress, dividend cuts, and a falling share price—in other words, “dividend traps.”
Topics will include:
Dividends as a key contributor to total return
Navigating the pitfalls of dividend investing
A focus on valuations
Linking financial strength and dividend durability
Sponsors of this webcast may contact registrants. This webcast is for financial professionals only.
Speakers:
Dan Lefkovitz Content Strategist Morningstar
Dan Lefkovitz is strategist for Morningstar’s Indexes group, producing research supporting Morningstar’s indexing capabilities across a range of asset classes. He contributes to the Morningstar Direct℠ Research Portal and Morningstar Blog, authors white papers, and appears in webinars and at industry conferences. Before assuming this role in 2015, he spent 11 years on Morningstar’s manager research team. He held several different roles, including fund analyst and director of Morningstar’s institutional research service. Lefkovitz holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago.
Oversees and coordinates VanEck Vectors ETFs product development
Senior Product Manager for VanEck Vectors ETFs focusing on strategic equity, hard assets, and equity-income ETFs
Responsibilities include management of ETF product development pipeline, businessmanagement of existing ETF lineup, marketing strategy, public relations implementation
Joined VanEck in 2011
Prior to joining VanEck, served as a senior associate with Federated Investors
Frequent speaker and panelist in webinars, videos, and at industry events. Has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and on Bloomberg TV
BS, Finance and Marketing, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
DISCLOSURES
Please note that Van Eck Securities Corporation (an affiliated broker-dealer of Van Eck Associates Corporation) offers investments products that invest in the asset classes mentioned in this webinar.
This is not an offer to buy or sell, or a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any of the securities mentioned herein. The information presented does not involve the rendering of personalized investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. Certain statements contained herein may constitute projections, forecasts and other forward looking statements, which do not reflect actual results, are valid as of the date of this communication and subject to change without notice. Information provided by third party sources are believed to be reliable and have not been independently verified for accuracy or completeness and cannot be guaranteed. The information herein represents the opinion of the author(s), but not necessarily those of VanEck.
All investing is subject to risk, including the possible loss of the money you invest. As with any investment strategy, there is no guarantee that investment objectives will be met and investors may lose money. Diversification does not ensure a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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