Defined Strategy Fund (DSF)
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Date updated:10-29-2007

The Defined Strategy Fund (DSF) is a closed end fund that implements a Dogs of the Dow strategy, but also adds some additional side bets in derivative contracts on non-Dow stocks to add "alpha" or excess return.

The Dogs of the Dow strategy simply buys the 10 Dow Jones stocks with the highest dividend yield equally weighted.

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  • NVDA
    Nvidia Corporatio
  • $12.90
  • -0.62%
  • $12.70

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  • MO
    Altria Group Inc
  • $18.98
  • -1.20%
  • $19.16

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People owning MO also tend to own: AAALLAPCBUDCOPCVXDOW

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  • DD
    Du Pont E I De Ne
  • $34.51
  • -0.26%
  • $34.42

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People owning DD also tend to own: BMYBNSCLXCVXDEIBMJPM

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  • C
    Citigroup Inc
  • $4.20
  • -1.41%
  • $4.19

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People owning C also tend to own: ACEBACCBCOPCVXDISGS

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  • GM
    Gm
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

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People owning GM also tend to own: AAAMEATICAGCEGCMICOL

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  • JPM
    Jp Morgan Chase C
  • $42.46
  • -0.21%
  • $42.47

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People owning JPM also tend to own: AAAIGIBMINTCJNJKOMSFT

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  • T
    At&t Inc.
  • $26.02
  • -0.34%
  • $26.10

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People owning T also tend to own: AAALLAPCBABACCCAT

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  • VZ
    Verizon Commun
  • $30.43
  • -0.29%
  • $30.38

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People owning VZ also tend to own: AAAIGIBMINTCJNJJPMKO

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A. Here's another one:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/173986-s
hipping-three-high-risk-high-reward-opti
ons

Also, DSX, for instance moved up after
hours.

It might depend on your timeframe. The
related indexes appear to be trending
up. (this is not a recommendation).

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