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Look ahead and stay tuned
Investing today for tomorrow can mean specifically considering the shares of defensive companies with dividend prospects. The DWS Invest ESG Equity Income specifically selects reliable dividend payers with forward-looking business models on the global equity markets. The securities are filtered out based on various quality criteria, above all an above-average dividend yield.
For investors who want to invest in a targeted manner, a few simple basic rules of long-term capital investment, which DWS Invest ESG Equity Income also follows, can be helpful. For example, focus on quality or choose themes that will still be relevant tomorrow, diversify broadly and pay attention to dividends.
Four tips for long-term investing and how DWS ESG Equity Income puts them into practice
“With DWS Invest ESG Equity Income, we offer potentially regular income and the consideration of ESG criteria. This creates a forward-looking portfolio that is generally less volatile than the broad market.”
Martin Berberich
Fund manager of DWS Invest ESG Equity Income
Utilising the compound interest effect
In addition to the share price performance, the dividend plays an important role in total return: in retrospect, reinvested dividends have contributed more than 70%[6] to total return over the long term. It can therefore pay off in the long term to always reinvest the dividend.
Performance of the MSCI World index with and without reinvested dividends since 1970
ESG criteria at a glance
ESG criteria can complement the investment objectives of return, risk and liquidity, with environmental, social and governance-related aspects. The three ESG criteria provide orientation. They can be understood as a guidance to sustainable investing.
* The following is merely an example and not an exhaustive list.
Risks[7]
- Market-, sector- and company-specific price volatility
- Exchange rate risks, if applicable
- Dividend defaults and reductions
- The fund exhibits increased volatility due to its composition and/or the techniques used by the fund management, i.e. unit prices may be subject to significant downward or upward fluctuations even within short periods of time.
- The fund concludes a significant number of derivative transactions with various counterparties. If a contractual partner fails to make payments, for example due to insolvency, this may result in the investment suffering a loss. Financial derivatives are not subject to either statutory or voluntary deposit protection.
- The unit value may fall below the purchase price at which the customer acquired the unit.