WisdomTree ETF Directory

WisdomTree offers over 40 ETFs that total over $4 billion of assets under management.

The WisdomTree Trust represents the first global family of fundamentally weighted ETFs based on proprietary dividend-weighted and earnings-weighted indexes.

WisdomTree uses a rules-based methodology to select and weight companies in ETFs by a measure of fundamental value — instead of stock price alone. After researching all of the fundamental indicators of value, WisdomTree found that the most-effective metrics are cash dividends, or core earnings.

WisdomTree’s dividend-weighted indexes and earnings weighted indexes differ from most traditional market cap-weighted indexes in that the proportion - or "weighting" - of the securities in each index is based on either the amount of cash dividends that companies in each index pay, the core earnings that companies in each index pay, the dividend yield of the companies in each index or the earnings yield that companies in each index pay.

In the case of the dividend family, this means that companies that pay higher amounts of cash dividends or that have higher dividend yields generally will be more heavily weighted in each index and fund.

In the case of the earnings family, this means that companies that have higher levels of core earnings or that have higher earnings yields generally will be more heavily weighted in each index and fund.

Most indexes weight their securities based almost solely on market capitalization.

For more information on WisdomTree, visit their website.

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