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A 1.95% 30-day SEC yield, as of August 31, anchors the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: DGRO), a fund that has returned 13.5% annually over the past decade.
The math reconciles with the fund's broader performance profile, which includes a 12.4% average annual return since its June 2014 inception and a 20.6% gain over the trailing twelve months.
Investors seeking a defensive posture against artificial intelligence concentration in the S&P 500 are turning to this instrument, which currently trades with a year-to-date gain of approximately 11%.
Sector Composition and Defensive Posture The fund holds 390 U.S. companies with a history of dividend growth, deliberately limiting exposure to the information technology sector.
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