Quietly Big Outperformance With This Small-Caps ETF

Investors have long embraced small-caps. That's because of higher growth prospects and diversification within portfolios that often lean into large-caps.

ETF Trends • Nov 18, 2025

DLS: An Ill-Timed Investment Even 20 Years On

The WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund ETF is not recommended for dividend income or price appreciation due to underperformance and better alternatives. The ETF deviates into mid-cap holdings, complicating its small-cap mandate, and has high turnover, adding unwanted costs. Small-cap companies struggle with high debt costs and liquidity issues, making DLS unsuitable in the current economic climate.

Seeking Alpha • Feb 26, 2025

Currency Hedging: A Tool to Reduce Risk

By Liqian Ren, Director of Modern Alpha Key Takeaways Currency hedging is crucial for mitigating risks in global investing by managing foreign exchange fluctuations while preserving equity exposure. Our dynamic currency-hedged ETFs have proven to reduce portfolio risk through factor-based strategies.

ETF Trends • Mar 31, 2024

What Our Signals Say about U.S. Dollar Risk

By Liqian Ren, Director of Modern Alpha The recent surge in the dollar, driven by geopolitical tensions and the unique role of the U.S. in international financial markets, has brought currency hedging into focus. Our strategic long-term orientation suggests that currency hedging should be a more frequent consideration when investing in foreign markets.

ETF Trends • Oct 22, 2023

DLS: Attractive Valuation And Yield, Average Performance

WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund holds over 800 global small- and mid-caps weighted on total dividends. The fund is well-diversified across holdings, but it is overweight in Japan and in industrials. Valuation is attractive among peers, but past performance is average.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 9, 2023

DLS: A Small-Cap Global Ex-US/Canada ETF Generating Above-Average Yield

WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend ETF provides exposure to the stocks that are not traded on the major U.S. stock exchanges and are only available on the over-the-counter market. DLS generates an above-average yield with a decent average total return over the long run. However, the fund is trading at a premium to its NAV.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 30, 2023

DLS: A Global Small Cap ETF Review

DLS is an international small-cap dividend ETF. It invests almost evenly in the Asia-Pacific region and in Europe.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 4, 2023

An Exciting New Look for This Small-Cap Dividend ETF

WisdomTree recently rebalanced its family of international dividend indexes, resulting in some changes for well-known exchange traded funds, including the WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund (DLS). DLS follows the WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Index, which is comprised of the small-capitalization segment of the dividend-paying market in the industrialized world, excluding the U.S. and Canada.

ETF Trends • Nov 10, 2021

A Deeper Look At Our International Dividend Index Rebalance

We recently rebalanced many of our WisdomTree international equity Indexes as part of their annual reconstitution process. As a result of the 2021 rebalance, the broad market and large-cap Indexes exhibited modest changes of 2% or less across all sectors compared to their pre-rebalance positions, except for Financials and Health Care.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 10, 2021

Lots of Quality Dividend Strategies in One Model Portfolio

With global dividends rebounding and bond yields sagging, now is an opportune time for advisors to discuss the right dividend strategies with clients. WisdomTree delivers one in the form of the Global Dividend Model Portfolio, which features nine exchange trade funds spanning domestic, developed international, and emerging markets equities.

ETF Trends • Sep 10, 2021