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The Erosion Map

A high distribution is only income if the price holds. For every fund with enough history, the change in price over the period sits next to the total return with distributions reinvested. Three outcomes: the price held, the income covered the fall, or the fund lost money even after paying you.

1 month 3 months 6 months 12 months
Funds with a full 12 months of history
18 of 150
Core Index only
Price held
18
price flat or up: the income is all gain
Covered by income
0
price down, total return still positive
Lost money
0
negative even after every distribution

Distribution rate against price change, 12 months

Each dot is a fund. The further right, the higher the trailing yield; the lower it sits, the more of the price has gone. Red dots are the ones where the income did not make up for it. Hover for the name, click for the fund page.

Price heldCovered by income Lost money Median price change +18.4% · median total return +19.4%

All Covered Call Classic Dividend Core Index Fixed Income
Fund Category Yield TTM Price, 12 months Income added Total return Outcome
VEUD ↗ Vanguard
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe UCITS ETF
 Core Index 2.8% +5.0% +3.0% +8.0% Price held
VDEM ↗ Vanguard
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets UCITS ETF USD Distributing ETF
 Core Index 2.1% +7.8% +2.3% +10.1% Price held
EMU ↗ Amundi
Amundi Core MSCI EMU UCITS ETF Dist ETF
 Core Index 3.0% +8.4% +3.2% +11.6% Price held
EUE ↗ iShares
iShares Core EURO STOXX 50 UCITS ETF EUR Dist ETF
 Core Index 2.4% +8.7% +2.6% +11.2% Price held
EXSA ↗ iShares
iShares STOXX Europe 600 UCITS ETF (DE) EUR Dist ETF
 Core Index 2.6% +8.9% +2.9% +11.8% Price held
EXU1 ↗ Xtrackers
Xtrackers MSCI World ex USA UCITS ETF 1D USD ETF
 Core Index 2.2% +9.5% +2.5% +11.9% Price held
IFSD ↗ iShares
iShares STOXX Europe Equity Multifactor UCITS ETF EUR Dist ETF
 Core Index 2.8% +13.3% +3.2% +16.5% Price held
WEXD ↗ Amundi
Amundi MSCI World Ex USA ETF Dist ETF
 Core Index 1.9% +13.9% +2.2% +16.1% Price held
PACW ↗ Amundi
Amundi Prime All Country World UCITS ETF Inc ETF
 Core Index 1.2% +14.4% +1.4% +15.8% Price held
VUSD ↗ Vanguard
Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF
 Core Index 0.9% +18.4% +1.0% +19.4% Price held
HMWD ↗ HSBC
HSBC MSCI World UCITS ETF
 Core Index 1.2% +18.4% +1.4% +19.8% Price held
IQSD ↗ Invesco
Invesco Global Active ESG Equity UCITS ETF EUR PfHedged Dist ETF
 Core Index 1.2% +18.8% +1.4% +20.2% Price held
HWWD ↗ HSBC
HSBC Multi Factor Worldwide Equity UCITS ETF
 Core Index 1.3% +19.0% +1.5% +20.5% Price held
VWRD ↗ Vanguard
Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF
 Core Index 1.2% +20.1% +1.5% +21.6% Price held
EQQU ↗ Invesco
Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF
 Core Index 0.2% +24.1% +0.3% +24.4% Price held
QQQE ↗ UBS
UBS Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETF USD dis ETF
 Core Index 0.4% +24.2% +0.5% +24.8% Price held
EMMEUA ↗ UBS
UBS Core MSCI EM UCITS ETF USD dis ETF
 Core Index 1.6% +31.0% +2.1% +33.1% Price held
AYEW ↗ iShares
iShares MSCI World Information Technology Sector Advanced UCITS ETF USD Inc ETF
 Core Index 0.2% +36.1% +0.3% +36.5% Price held

No fund matches this search.

Price change is last close to last close over the period, in the fund's trading currency. Total return reinvests each distribution on its ex-date. Funds listed for less than the period are left out: 50 this time.

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