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FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund

QDF
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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)
$2,217,328
AUM
$1,526,148,434
Associated Index
Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

AAPL
Apple Inc
9.24%
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
5.67%
PG
Procter & Gamble Co.
3.42%
AVGO
Broadcom Inc
3.29%
CSCO
Cisco Systems, Inc.
2.67%
ABBV
Abbvie Inc
2.31%
ACN
Accenture plc - Ordinary Shares - Class A
2.23%
NVDA
NVIDIA Corp
2.05%
AMGN
AMGEN Inc.
1.72%
HD
Home Depot, Inc.
1.70%
Invest with QDF

What is QDF?

QDF 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, match the beta of the Parent Index (Northern Trust 1250) and improve on the Parent Indexs dividend yield.

ETFs related toQDF

ETFs correlated to QDF include DUHP, JHML, DFAC

QDF
FlexShares Trust - FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund
DUHP
Dimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional US High Profitability ETF
JHML
John Hancock Investment Management LLC - John Hancock Multifactor Large Cap ETF
DFAC
Dimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF
QUS
SPDR Series Trust - SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors SM ETF
FNDB
Schwab Strategic Trust - Schwab Fundamental U.S. Broad Market Index ETF
FNDX
Schwab Strategic Trust - Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF
DFAU
Dimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF
GSLC
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust - Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
AVUS
American Century ETF Trust - Avantis U.S. Equity ETF
IUS
Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust - Invesco RAFI Strategic US 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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Risk Rating

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FAQ

QDF is a US Equities ETF. QDF 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, match the beta of the Parent Index (Northern Trust 1250) and improve on the Parent Indexs dividend yield.

QDF tracks the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index.

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

No, QDF 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, QDF 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 QDF is -0.0171%. This is the percent change in the value of QDF over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on QDF is 0.0067%. This is the percent change in the value of QDF over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of QDF for the past year is 0.1696%. 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 QDF include VIG, VYM, and DFAS.

ETFs correlated to QDF include DUHP, JHML, and DFAC.

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

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.