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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)
$1,547,851
AUM
$328,057,551
Associated Index
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Defensive Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Home Depot, Inc.
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V
Visa Inc - Ordinary Shares - Class A
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LLY
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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, DGRO, FDRR

QDEF
FlexShares Trust - FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund
QDF
FlexShares Trust - FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund
DGRO
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
FDRR
Fidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity Dividend ETF for Rising Rates
PFM
Invesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco Dividend Achievers ETF
VIG
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Dividend Appreciation FTF
DGRW
WisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund
QUS
SPDR Series Trust - SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors SM ETF
ROUS
Lattice Strategies Trust - Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF
FDLO
Fidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity Low Volatility Factor ETF
OUSA
OSI ETF Trust - ALPS O`Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF

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.

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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 -0.0531%. This is the percent change in the value of QDEF over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on QDEF is -0.0401%. 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 0.1916%. 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 SDY, VYM, and DVY.

ETFs correlated to QDEF include QDF, DGRO, and FDRR.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to QDEF include DOG, SDOW, and SPXS.

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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We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.