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Leks Gerlak
CFA, Investment Strategist, ProShares
Leks Gerlak joined ProShares in 2015 as an Investment Strategist. His responsibilities include portfolio analysis, education, product research and development, and the presentation of investment strategies using the company’s alternative ETFs. Prior to joining ProShares, Mr. Gerlak served as an Analyst at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, managing money for wealthy families, endowments and foundations. Before that, he served as a Fixed Income Trader with Vanguard where he was responsible for trading corporate bonds and managing Vanguard’s fixed income ETFs. Mr. Gerlak earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Haverford College, holds Series 7 and 63 FINRA registrations, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
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Consistency: What Rolling Returns Say About Dividend Aristocrats
Historically, three-year rolling returns have revealed consistent outperformance from the S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats® Index, which is composed of quality companies with at least 25 consecutive years of dividend growth. Why look at rolling returns? Rolling returns offer a more robust way to show performance than traditional one-, three-, five- and ten-year trailing returns. Rolling…