Dividend history for IWM
For ex-dividend and pay dates for IWM see this post. If you would like the dividend history for another security, see this post.
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SPY and other SPDR ETFs ex-dividend
For updated information about SPY, IVV, and VOO’s dividend see this post. See here for my list / dates for iShare S&P related funds and here for the Russell related funds. Vanguard treats their ex-dividend dates like state secrets. See here for my estimates on Vanguard ETF ex-dividend and pay dates. .
Hedging 7-10 year Treasure bonds with Barclays’ DTYS
This morning I took the plunge, buying equal amounts of IEF (93.10) and DTYS (52.95) this morning, with the goal of getting a low risk return of 1.7% annualized return or better. Before I bought I was surprised / dismayed to see that DTYS had fallen more per share than IEF had risen—casting doubt on my planned 1:1 hedging ratio. I looked back …
How did the volatility ETNs / ETFs perform on Tuesday?
Tuesday was a good day to look at the performance of the current crowd of volatility tickers. Below is a snapshot of things at the end of the day: . . . Some basics: SPY down 1.77%, with relatively high volume—233 million shares VIX closes at 20.80, up 4.37 points. A 26.6% move! VXX closes at 32.62 up 12.37% …
The Schwab StreetSmart Edge ramp up continues
Schwab continues to roll out more information about its new trading platform. This website adds some demos, system requirements, some FAQs, and an invitation to join a live webcast on March 8th. In the FAQs, Schwab says there are no plans to retire StreetSmart Pro, but there are no such assurances about StreetSmart.com. Hopefully Scwhab has designed StreetSmart Edge so that it can evolved …
