Exchange Traded Funds For Dividend Paying Stocks Outside The U.s

The United States stock market is the largest incountries in Europe, Singapore, Japan, Australia,
the world, but certainly not the only importantNew Zealand, and Hong Kong.
one. Much of the world's economic activity, andDWM is a fund of funds because it primarily
many of its public companies that pay stockinvests in the more specific WisdomTree funds.
dividends, are traded in Europe, Asia, the MiddleThese are the WisdomTree Europe Total Dividend
East, and South America.Fund, the Japan Total Dividend Fund, and the
The greatest growth potential lies in thePacific ex-Japan Total Dividend Fund. DWM's net
developing world. If U.S. investors restrict theirexpense ratio is 0.48%. Its distribution yield is
portfolios to Wall Street they cannot profit from4.59%.
the rest of the world.WisdomTree DEFA Equity Income Fund: DTH
However, it's not easy for the average smallconsists of the companies in the WisdomTree
investor to invest in companies listed in LondonDEFA Index with the highest dividend yields. They
and Tokyo, let alone Brazil and China.must also have a market cap of at least $200
If investors want to receive dividends frommillion and average trading volume of at least
companies around the world, it's difficult just to$200,000 per day for the past three months.
find the best ones.Top countries included in this ETF are currently
However, four exchange traded funds (ETFs)The United Kingdom, France, Spain, Australia, and
now make this simple and easy for U.S. investors.Germany. Its top holding is BP (formerly British
The first is PowerShares International DividendPetroleum). DTH's expense ratio is 0.58%. Its yield
Achievers Portfolio: PID. PID tracks the Mergentis 2.61%.
International Dividend Achievers Index. This is aWisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income
list of all companies outside the United StatesFund: DEM replicates the performance of the
which have raised their dividends every year forWisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income
at least the past five years, and which trade onIndex. This measures the companies in
the New York Stock Exchange, American StockWisdomTree's Emerging Markets Index which pay
Exchange, or NASDAQ.the highest dividend yields. They have to be in the
The top countries represented by this ETF aretop 30% of companies in the index. DEM's
Canada, The United Kingdom, Japan, Bermuda,expense ratio is 0.63%. Its overall dividend yield is
and Mexico. It holds ninety different companies.5.32%.
The top three companies it owns are GrupoTop emerging countries in this fund are Taiwan,
Aeroportuario del Sureste S.A.B. de C.V. (ADS),South Africa, Brazil, Isreal, and Malaysia. The top
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd., and BP PLC (ADS).company is the Nan Ya Plastics Corporation of
Its distribution yield is 6.25%.Taiwan.
WisdomTree DEFA Fund: DWM tracks theFor the greatest diversification and growth
WisdomTree Dividend Index of Europe, Far Eastpotential investors should consider buying one of
Asia and Australiasia (DEFA). This is athe first three ETFS and DEM. That way they can
fundamentally weighted index of nearly 2000profit from companies in both developed and
companies. They are in sixteen developeddeveloping countries.