This Dividend ETF Has Crushed the S&P 500 in 2025. Should You Buy It Before 2026?

The S&P 500 ($SPX) has put up a respectable 17.33% gain in 2025, but the ride hasn’t been perfectly clean. Ongoing tariff headlines and a weaker dollar have muddied the backdrop, raising fresh questions about where the next leg of meaningful returns will actually come from. That’s why the First Trust STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund (FDD) has become such a timely talking point. It’s a dividend-focused fund that sits right in the lane of Europe’s cash-heavy sectors and pays meaningful income while ...