Launched on 10/09/2013, the ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Value category of the market.

Long-term dividend growth stocks are great for providing downside portfolio protection. But understand the trade-offs before ...

There are plenty of dividend payers out there, but only some of them qualify as dividend aristocrats, which can loosely be defined as businesses with exemplary track records of paying dividends. Even ...

If you are a dividend investor like me, you tend to focus on companies that have long histories of increasing dividends annually. That, I believe, is a sign of a business that is well run. This is the ...

HDV delivered 21.5% returns over one year with lower volatility and a 0.08% expense ratio. Which dividend strategy suits your ...

VYM charges a much lower expense ratio and has a higher trailing one-year return than NOBL. NOBL concentrates on dividend growth stocks and tilts toward industrials and consumer defensives, while VYM ...

I am upgrading the ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) to Buy, viewing it as a compelling large-cap alternative despite recent underperformance. NOBL offers attractive sector exposure, ...

NOBL is the only ETF to track the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, which holds S&P 500 Index stocks with at least 25 consecutive years of increasing dividends. The strategy is no longer effective, ...

The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEMKT:VYM) stands out for its low cost, higher trailing return, and broader sector exposure, while the ProShares - S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF ...