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No one class can comprehend the country; no one set of interests can safely be suffered to dominate it.” – Woodrow Wilson

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A few months back, I ranked my five favorite dividend ETFs – and shared my top pick to buy and hold forever. Since then, three new ETFs have launched that address the main problem I had with the strategies I reviewed the first time around.

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In early trading on Thursday, shares of Incyte (INCY) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 2.8%. Year to date, Incyte has lost about 36.1% of its value.

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In early trading on Thursday, shares of Staples (SPLS) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 5.8%. Year to date, Staples registers a 12.2% gain.

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Accenture has declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $1.10 per share on Accenture Class A ordinary shares for shareholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2016, and Accenture Holdings has declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $1.10 per share on Accenture Holdings ordinary shares for shareholders of record at the close of business on April 12, 2016. These dividends are both payable on May 13, 2016.

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In afternoon trading on Thursday, Financial stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 1.1% loss. Within that group, Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC) and Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 4.2% and 4.2%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is down 1.2% on the day, and down 6.39% year-to-date. Lincoln National Corp., meanwhile, is down 22.66% year-to-date, and Prudential Financial, Inc., is down 13.41% year-to-date. Combined, LNC and PRU make up approximately 1.4% of the underlying holdings of XLF.

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Aggregate pay to the eighteen senior executives who drive Pershing Square's investments was $509,300,250 in 2015,

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Why do private equity firms and Chinese multinationals do so much business together? The answer is in what both sides stand to gain from each other.

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I do believe in the long-term investment and innovative abilities of our publicly-traded companies. I just like them much better when I'm buying them at a fair price.

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