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At least 80% of the funds total assets will be invested in component securities of the index and investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities. The index consists of dividend-paying common stocks of companies with growth characteristics that are incorporated and listed on a stock exchange in one of the following countries: Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, etc. The fund is non-diversified.

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Piper Sandler analyst Clarke Jeffries maintains Wix.com (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WIX#NASDAQ">WIX</a>) with a Overweight and raises the price target from $249 to $262.

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Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Wix.com, Raises Price Target to $262

Rosenblatt analyst Steve Frankel maintains Universal Electronics (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/UEIC#NASDAQ">UEIC</a>) with a Buy and maintains $15 price target.

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Rosenblatt Maintains Buy on Universal Electronics, Maintains $15 Price Target

UNH: -8% &#x7C; <a href="https://www.benzinga.com//node/43878094">Wall Street Journal Reported DOJ Launches Investigation Into UnitedHealth Group's Medicare Billing Practices, Citing Sources</a>
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CELH: 40% &#x7C; <a href="https://www.benzinga.com//node/43867833">Celsius Holdings shares are trading higher after the company announced it will acquire Alani Nu for $1.65 billion.</a>
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NAAS: 105% &#x7C; <a href="https://www.benzinga.com//node/43877006">NaaS Technology Announces $10 Million Share Repurchase Program Effective February 21, 2025, To Last Through February 2026</a>

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Rosenblatt analyst Catharine Trebnick maintains NICE (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NICE#NASDAQ">NICE</a>) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $225 to $200.

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Rosenblatt Maintains Buy on NICE, Lowers Price Target to $200

Needham analyst David Saxon maintains iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IRTC#NASDAQ">IRTC</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $125 to $138.

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Needham Maintains Buy on iRhythm Technologies, Raises Price Target to $138

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T-Mobile Launches Essentials First Responder And Essentials Military Plans, Offering Exclusive Connectivity And Savings For Service Members

Rosenblatt analyst Catharine Trebnick maintains RingCentral (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RNG#NYSE">RNG</a>) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $45 to $40.

Rosenblatt Maintains Buy on RingCentral, Lowers Price Target to $40

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Astronics Corporation Ordered To Pay $11.9M In Patent Infringement Case With Lufthansa Technik, Final Liability Expected In Q2 2025

Emera (TSX:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EMA#TSX">EMA</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $0.84 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.77 by 9.09 percent. This is a 33.33 percent increase over earnings of $0.63 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.76 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.02 billion by 12.72 percent. This is a 10.60 percent decrease over sales of $1.97 billion the same period last year.

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Emera Q4 Adj $0.84 Beats $0.77 Estimate, Sales $1.76B Miss $2.02B Estimate

Needham analyst David Saxon reiterates Globus Medical (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GMED#NYSE">GMED</a>) from Hold to Hold.

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Needham Reiterates Hold on Globus Medicalto Hold

Rosenblatt analyst Catharine Trebnick maintains Five9 (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FIVN#NASDAQ">FIVN</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $50 to $58.

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Rosenblatt Maintains Buy on Five9, Raises Price Target to $58

HC Wainwright &amp; Co. analyst Matthew Caufield reiterates Immunic (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IMUX#NASDAQ">IMUX</a>) with a Buy and maintains $10 price target.

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HC Wainwright & Co. Reiterates Buy on Immunic, Maintains $10 Price Target

AI startup&nbsp;DeepSeek&nbsp;announced plans to open-source five of its code repositories, a move aimed at fostering transparency and community-driven innovation.
What Happened: On Friday, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/META#NASDAQ">META</a>) and Google (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOOG#NASDAQ">GOOG</a>) (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOOGL#NASDAQ">GOOGL</a>) DeepMind AI rival revealed on X that it will be open-sourcing five of its repositories, sharing its progress with the public. The company stated, &#8220;Starting next week, we&#8217;ll be open-sourcing 5 repos, sharing our small but sincere progress with full transparency.&#8221;
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A code repository is a centralized storage space where developers can access, manage, and collaborate on software projects. DeepSeek&#8217;s decision to open-source its code repositories is a testament to its commitment to transparency and community-driven innovation. The company believes that &#8220;every line shared becomes collective&nbsp;momentum that accelerates the journey.&#8221;
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Why It Matters: Open-sourcing code repositories is a significant move for any tech company, as these repositories often contain key company assets. However, for DeepSeek, the open-source nature of its V3 and R1 models has been instrumental in its recent success. 
The launch of DeepSeek&#8217;s R1 model in January caused the biggest sell-off in AI stocks with Nvidia (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>) seeing an erosion of $593 billion in its market value. 
According to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3299597/ai-start-deepseek-open-source-5-code-repositories-next-week-full-transparency">South China Morning Post</a>, DeepSeek&#8217;s commitment to open-source is not just about transparency, but also about &#8220;garage-energy&#8221; and community-driven innovation. The company&#8217;s approach has resonated with the tech community, contributing to its meteoric rise in recent months.
In another significant development on Thursday, DeepSeek outlined its upcoming development priorities in a new technical study, co-authored by founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng along with 14 others. The study explores &#8220;native sparse attention&#8221; (NSA), a system designed to enhance the efficiency of artificial intelligence (AI) models in processing large volumes of data.
DeepSeek&#8217;s open-source policy is in sharp contrast to OpenAI which has kept its technology closed-source. Notably, ChatGPT&#8217;s popularity hasn&#8217;t faded despite tough competition from DeepSeek. OpenAI&#8217;s Chief Operating officer, Brad Lightcap, told CNBC, that the platform recorded a 33% increase in its user base from December, and has over 400 million weekly active users as of February.
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Needham analyst Matt Dezort reiterates Akamai Techs (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AKAM#NASDAQ">AKAM</a>) from Hold to Hold.

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Needham Reiterates Hold on Akamai Techsto Hold

Rosenblatt analyst Barton Crockett maintains Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/LYV#NYSE">LYV</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $146 to $174.

Rosenblatt Maintains Buy on Live Nation Entertainment, Raises Price Target to $174

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Protagonist Therapeutics Reports Q4 EPS Of $1.98 Compared With $0.44 YoY; Exits Quarter With Cash & Equivalents Worth $559.165M

HC Wainwright &amp; Co. analyst Edward White reiterates Dynavax Technologies (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DVAX#NASDAQ">DVAX</a>) with a Buy and maintains $31 price target.

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HC Wainwright & Co. Reiterates Buy on Dynavax Technologies, Maintains $31 Price Target

The dividend will be paid on March 28, 2025 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 14, 2025.

Mueller Industries Boosts Quarterly Dividend By 25% From $0.20 To $0.25 Per Share

Rosenblatt analyst Blair Abernethy maintains Ansys (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ANSS#NASDAQ">ANSS</a>) with a Neutral and raises the price target from $335 to $340.

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Rosenblatt Maintains Neutral on Ansys, Raises Price Target to $340

As is historically the case with U.S. stocks, dividends figure prominently in long-term total returns for European equities. Among developed markets, the U.K. and Switzerland are two of the most reliable ex-U.S. dividend growth markets and as the eurozone economies continue notching incremental improvement, the possibility of dividend growth there is enhanced.
<h3>Digging Into Dividends</h3>
&ldquo;Dividends &mdash; the bit of a company&#39;s earnings they want to share with stockholders &mdash; in Europe ex-U.K. were 1.1 percent higher in the second quarter of 2016 than in the same period in 2015, at $140.2 billion on a headline basis, Henderson Global Investors said in a report,&rdquo; according to <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/22/banks-are-the-dragging-limb-of-europe-so-why-are-they-paying-dividends.html">CNBC</a>.
Investors looking to really hone in on European dividend growth opportunities can tap the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="/stock/EUDG#NYSE">EUDG</a>). Up 10.3 percent year-to-date, EUDG was one of a small number of U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds to hit a 52-week high last Thursday.
<h3>Looking At EUDG</h3>
EUDG follows the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Index. As is the case with some of WisdomTree&#39;s other dividend benchmarks, the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Index emphasizes return on equity and return on assets via the growth and quality factors.

&ldquo;The growth factor ranking is based on long-term earnings growth expectations, while the quality factor ranking is based on three-year historical averages for return on equity and return on assets. Companies are weighted in the Index based on annual cash dividends paid,&rdquo; <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/index-details.aspx?indexid=139">according to the issuer</a>.
On a year-to-date basis, EUDG is proving dividends make a difference as the ETF is easily topping rivals such as the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="/stock/VGK#NYSE">VGK</a>) and the iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="/stock/EZU#NYSE">EZU</a>), which are up an average of 7 percent this year.
The U.K. accounts for almost 24 percent of EUDG&#39;s weight and is the ETF&#39;s largest geographic allocation, which makes sense given the country&#39;s prominence among developed markets dividend payers. Germany and Switzerland combine for about a third of the ETF&#39;s weight.
EUDG&#39;s sector lineup is not vastly different from what investors will find with many U.S.-focused dividend growth strategies as the industrial, consumer staples and healthcare sectors combine for almost 57 percent of the ETF&#39;s 201-stock roster.
Since inception just over three years ago, the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Index has topped the MSCI Europe Index while being slightly less volatile, underscoring the benefits of European dividend growers.
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Investing in Europe, even by way of exchange-traded funds, has been tricky this year. For investors eyeing eurozone economies, the European Central Bank (ECB) has not, despite its best efforts, encouraged investors to dive back into those markets.
In the UK, there is Brexit risk. Negative interest rates have been employed in other major non-Eurozone economies to, at best, mixed results. The region is also dealing with banking issues, particularly in the eurozone. With woes for some of Germany&#39;s big banks to a borderline banking crisis in Italy, the eurozone&#39;s third-largest economy, it is not surprising the region&#39;s <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/news/16/03/7652567/no-bella-for-the-italy-etf">financial services stocks</a> are struggling.
In other words, the current environment is conducive to emphasizing the quality factor and dividend growth, objectives the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund (WisdomTree Trust (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/eudg#NYSE">EUDG</a>)) can help with.
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<h3>Current European Economic Environment And ETFs</h3> 
The WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund, which turns two in May, follows the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Index. As is the case with some of WisdomTree&#39;s other dividend benchmarks, the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Index emphasizes return on equity and return on assets via the growth and quality factors.
&ldquo;The growth factor ranking is based on long-term earnings growth expectations, while the quality factor ranking is based on three year historical averages for return on equity and return on assets. Companies are weighted in the Index based on annual cash dividends paid,&rdquo; <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/index-details.aspx?indexid=139">according to the issuer</a>.
EUDG&#39;s underlying index currently yields nearly 2.8 percent. For investors looking for eurozone exposure without a big commitment, EUDG makes sense, as the ETF devotes over 37 percent of its combined weight to the UK and Switzerland. Sweden, Denmark and Norway, none of which are eurozone members, combine for 15.5 percent of the ETF&#39;s geographic weight.
<h3>EUDG's Advantage</h3>
What&#39;s important to skittish investors, in addition to the dividends, is EUDG&#39;s ability to endure bouts of volatility, which aren&#39;t uncommon when investing in Europe.
&ldquo;We compared the performance of the WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Index to both the MSCI Europe Index and the <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/glossary/#FTSE%20Developed%20Europe%20All%20Cap%20Index">FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index</a> in order to look at more than one market capitalization-weighted measure of European equity performance. Since early 2014, the overall trend in performance has been mostly downward, with a few upward moves here and there,&rdquo; said WisdomTree in <a href="http://www.wisdomtree.com/blog/index.php/europe-volatility-why-we-focus-on-quality/">a recent note</a>.
In its two years of existence, EUDG&#39;s index has annualized volatility of just 12.6 percent according to issuer data. That has helped the ETF outperform more traditional Europe funds during Europe&#39;s spells of volatility.
As a dividend ETF with volatility-reducing capability, it is not surprising that EUDG&#39;s largest sector weight is almost 22 percent to consumer staples. Industrials follow at 20.2 percent.
&ldquo;In this current market we see a benefit to thinking about higher-quality exposures to European equities. If people believe that volatility could continue, focusing on higher long-term earnings growth potential, return on equity and return on assets could be of interest&mdash;especially since looking about these metrics tends to lead toward lower leverage,&rdquo; added WisdomTree.
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Dividend growth ETFs have become increasingly popular among equity income investors.&nbsp;

	These ETFs seek to capture companies that have a history of increasing their annual dividend payments over time.&nbsp;

	This return of profits strategy typically represents a company with a sound capital structure, that is focused on returning value to its shareholders.&nbsp; By investing in these stocks, investors are able to raise the probability that future dividend increases will keep pace with inflation as well.

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	The most prominent ETF of the dividend growth classification is the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/vig#NYSE">VIG</a>).&nbsp; This fund tracks the NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index and has over $19 billion invested in 163 dividend-paying stocks.&nbsp; Top holdings include Johnson &amp; Johnson (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/jnj#NYSE">JNJ</a>) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/ko#NYSE">KO</a>).&nbsp;
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	Based on the most recent distribution, VIG has a current 30-day SEC yield of 2.02 percent.&nbsp; However, based on historical distribution patterns, the income from VIG tends to rise and fall on a quarterly basis according to the underlying stock dividends.&nbsp; Since this ETF debuted in 2006, the annual income has been steadily increasing.

	Another ETF seeking to make its mark in the dividend growth arena is the WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/dgrw#NASDAQ">DGRW</a>).&nbsp; This fund tracks 300 companies within the WidsomTree Dividend Index with the best growth and quality factors.

	The growth ranking is based on future earnings expectations, while the quality factor is attributed to return on equity and assets.&nbsp; The ETF&#39;s top holdings include Exxon Mobil (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/xom#NYSE">XOM</a>) and Apple&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/aapl">AAPL</a>).&nbsp;

	The major point of differentiation between these two ETFs is that VIG uses a backward-looking growth screen to pinpoint a history of dividend increases, while DGRW attempts to identify forward-looking fundamental trends.

	The end result is a marked difference between individual company and sector allocations.&nbsp; VIG is primarily weighted towards industrial and consumer goods, while DGRW has its largest weighting in information technology.&nbsp;

	It&rsquo;s also worth noting that WisdomTree recently released a developed-Europe version of this dividend strategy with the WisdomTree Europe Dividend Growth Fund (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="/stock/eudg#NYSE">EUDG</a>).&nbsp;

	Income investors may benefit from using <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/etfs/specialty-etfs/14/05/4551975/multi-asset-income-etfs-aim-for-high-yield-and-diversification">multiple ETF strategies</a> to capture a wide swath of dividend growth companies and enhance diversification.

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