ETF Dividends

Both of the ETF’s currently owned by Northlake clients, the S&P 400 Midcap (MDY) and the Russell 2000 Value (IWN), went ex-dividend in the last week. This has a temporary negative impact on your portfolio values that will reverse in January when the payments are received….

Catching Up on Recent News

Sorry for the lack of posts recently but there has been lots of news on stocks of interest to Northlake clients that has occupied my time. Here’s a brief recap:

December Model Signals

Northlake’s Market Capitalization and Style models are unchanged once again in December, leaving in place the signals favoring Mid Cap and Value. Consequently, current client investments in the S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF (MDY) and the Russell 2000 Value ETF (IWN) will remain in place. Any cash reserves invested in ETFs in the coming month […]