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Investors looking to filter out the noise may want to consider stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that pay dividends.

Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSE: SCHD) and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF (NYSE: VIG) are both geared ...

With so many ETFs on the market, there are more types than ever to choose from, including many popular high-dividend ETFs. Dividend ETFs provide the unique opportunity to grow your portfolio’s ...

The rising popularity of monthly dividend ETFs has prompted major hedge fund firms to offer a large selection. Investors have numerous options, but knowing the factors to analyze in monthly ...

There are many criteria dividend investors can use to narrow down the list of available exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Dividend yield – the annual dividends paid by an asset divided by its ...

with the advent of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), there is more that investors can do, and the costs are attractively cheap. If I were a new dividend investor today, I probably wouldn't buy ...

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Over the past 10 years, the dividend-appreciation ETF has produced an 11.6% annualized total return, so don't cross it off your list because it has a dividend yield of only 1.7%. This can be an ...

Dividend stocks are the Dolly Parton of investing: Everyone seems to like them. Many retirees rely (at least somewhat) on the regular income that dividend stocks generate. Nonretirees, meanwhile ...

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