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FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

QDEF
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Dec 14, 2012
Expense Ratio
0.37%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
Flexshares (Northern Trust)
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$548,891
AUM
$323,623,554
Associated Index
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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What is QDEF?

QDEF seeks to provide exposure to the long-term growth potential of U.S. securities while providing dividend payments. It is intended as a core stock market option that also helps investors try to meet their income needs. The strategy applies a proprietary scoring model approach that determines a "quality factor" and an optimization process that seeks to maximize this factor, target a beta lower than the Parent Index (Northern Trust 1250) and improve on the Parent Indexs dividend yiel

ETFs related toQDEF

ETFs correlated to QDEF include QDF, QUS, VIG

QDEF
FlexShares Trust - FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund
QDF
FlexShares Trust - FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund
QUS
SPDR Series Trust - SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors SM ETF
VIG
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF
OUSA
OSI ETF Trust - ALPS O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF
DGRW
WisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund
TDVG
T. Rowe Price ExchangeTraded Funds Inc - T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth ETF
DGRO
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
ROUS
Lattice Strategies Trust - Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF
DUHP
Dimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional US High Profitability ETF
DLN
WisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

Automated Strategies
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Getting Defensive, Diversification

Risk Rating

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Category

Composer's Picks, Investing for the Long-Term

Risk Rating

Moderate

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FAQ

QDEF is a US Equities ETF. QDEF seeks to provide exposure to the long-term growth potential of U.S. securities while providing dividend payments. It is intended as a core stock market option that also helps investors try to meet their income needs. The strategy applies a proprietary scoring model approach that determines a "quality factor" and an optimization process that seeks to maximize this factor, target a beta lower than the Parent Index (Northern Trust 1250) and improve on the Parent Indexs dividend yiel

QDEF tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index.

QDEF dividend information: Dividend - High Yield. Dividend payouts may vary in terms of frequency of payouts.

No, QDEF is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, QDEF is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on QDEF is -0.0163%. This is the percent change in the value of QDEF over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on QDEF is 0.0078%. This is the percent change in the value of QDEF over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of QDEF for the past year is 0.1502%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to QDEF include VYM, DFAS, and DFAT.

ETFs correlated to QDEF include QDF, QUS, and VIG.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to QDEF include SPXS, SH, and SDS.

Disclaimers

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We show information directly obtained from our data provider, Xignite. Data shown here is provided by Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes the information shown here is reliable, but has not been verified and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

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