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My strategy combines ETFs for dividends and growth, including JEPI, DIVO, QYLD, SCHD, and JEPQ. Last year, my dividends totaled $102K. but not sure how to mitigate risk for this year

I have both SCHD and FDVV. FDVV has clobbered SCHD for the last year and half. There's no getting around the fact SCHD has struggled of late. Still holding onto SCHD since it is a good pairing with FDVV.

Thanks. I wish SPHD was included into the comparison.

SCHD, is a good mix of safety and steady performance or less volatility

I like SCHD in my taxable account because it seems to mostly pay qualified dividends. The treasury bond interest in the taxable account gets sort of double taxed because it pulls more of my Social Security income into being taxable (though in my state neither treasury bond interest nor SS income are taxed, so in from state tax viewpoint they are better than the SCHD dividends I guess. I wish SPYD had been included, it doesn't appear to have any growth but pays more dividends. I like to have my taxable account producing some dividends because I expect that to limit my need to sell equities in bad market years.

Thx for the information. You are very helpful.

SCHD has been a “stinker” for almost 2 years now … not the benchmark anymore 😮😊

I bought DGRO in 2020. Happy with it.

Schd: low cost, growth orientation and value focus balancing out other parts of portfolio

JEPQ pays monthly

Wow! Thank you for this video!

Love this channel, so much good info!

Thanks!

FDVV all the way. Up the most down the least. Morning 5 star rating for 1, 3 and 5 year. Nice balance of yield and growth. Schd is great lots of pushing on KZfaq. Folks sleeping on FDVV.

I own and continue to buy SCHD in all of my Retirement Accounts. I keep SCHD to 15% of each account.

I would have no problem investing in one of these funds in my IRA account, but for my brokerage account, I don’t really understand the differences in the tax implication. You mentioned that your comparisons were pre-tax, but are the tax implications the same for these funds?

Can you do a video on the best Muni ETFs? Tax benefits are unparalleled for the upper income tax bracket and are a lot easier to get into, especially for those looking for monthly returns. Maybe a comparison between Muni’s vs Muni ETF’s?

The tables shown are the kind I like to see! No, no, no on Blackrock.

I prefer SCHD for the growth rate and their system used for rebalancing because it reduces overlap in my portfolio. DGRO is like a hybrid of growth & dividend but you’re better off just buying one of each. Like SCHG and SCHD. A 50/50 portfolio of those has produced a 3.3% higher return this year with a similar dividend yield. 1.91% vs 2.31%

I have SCHD - always buy more blocks when it drops below $70

Heres my favorite fund…..SPYI………..go ahead, compare away 😊

Where do I find the one that you would pick? Thanks

End of the day, no diversification from stocks with dividend funds. I have SCHD in my portfolio because it is different stocks vs a VOO. You still need a bond, treasury or something other than a stock to truly be diversified.

Looking at one year of performance is too small to draw conclusions. Back testing to 2017 with div reinvestment on for all these shows an investment of $100k would get you a max return of $243k in VIG vs $229k in SCHD. But in that timeframe VIG had a worst year of -9.81% vs -5.56% in SCHD. SCHD is usually the "safer" option historically, but all of those are pretty close given a long enough timeframe.

FDVV leads in total return by a wide margin because it holds NVIDIA and Microsoft.

SCHD was a long term top performer among dividend funds, for the last two years it has underperformed the group.

Very well done, quality explanation and great video as always I had SCHD 3 years ago , it was very Popular and had a very good record but since Covered Call dividend Funds became more popular Like JEPI , Divo the SCHD is not performing well last 2 years and also a drastic changes to the fund holing was recently done but it didn’t do any better

Will you do a video on S&P 500 index funds? I know SPYD is a S&P Dividend. I don’t know if it has had the highest return though. Maybe there are others. I’m curious as to which has had the highest returns.

Ok so it looks like once I get my IRA self sustaining(appx 8k per yr) then I switch over to SCHD for the tax benefit and live off that after I retire up until I can use the IRA without the tax hit. Looking at roughly 4-6yrs to get the IRA self sustaining contribution wise for taxes.

I like the ETFs cause my money is safe and I sleep better eat night. Plus you can purchase them in fractional shares too on some brokerages.

I sold my SCHD maybe 2 years ago because it was not performing and over hyped.

Can you do a video also comparing VWEAX?

The internet loves SCHD. It's a quality fund, but I like VIG and DGRO better personally. As far as bonds go, what are your thoughts on SPHY? Been considering starting a position in my Roth IRA as it seems to be a good value. But bonds are not my specialty.

Dang. Shoulda gotten FDVV

I prefer SDIV over SCHD... But no fund pays Qualified dividends.

Do you review REITs? Was wondering your thoughts on DEA. It's a Reit that leases commercial office buildings to the US Government. It currently pays an 8.65% dividend yield. With Treasury rates potentially lowering in the near future, I'm thinking this may be a good investment for the dividend and also price as it may increase as bond rates decrease

What about JEPI ?

Diamond, is this a good time to start buying S and P500 or Dividend ETFs or do you think we’re better off to stay with Treasuries until a market sell-off?

Hi, I brought 5 I-Bonds at the rate of 5.27% in April 2023; now when I go the Treasury Direct site and it’s showing a lower percentage than the 5.27%. I was under the assumption when I brought it at 5.27% the percentage stays at that percentage? Was I wrong thanks.

SPYD

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I kept telling ppl fdvv is better than schd

No considerations for new yieldmax funds? Their payouts beat all of these. And much cheaper.

Obligatory “dividends are not free money comment.” 😂