- Dividend University
- DIV 201
ETFs and Dividend ETFs
Funds that do the stock picking for you. You will learn how an ETF works under the hood, the difference between high yield and dividend growth funds, what is inside popular funds like SCHD, VYM and VIG, and how to compare two funds without being fooled by the headline yield.
- Explain how an ETF holds stocks and why its price tracks its holdings
- Tell high yield, dividend growth and quality funds apart
- Read SEC yield, distribution rate and trailing yield correctly
- Compare two dividend ETFs on cost, method and total return
Syllabus
- 19 min
What Is an ETF?
A basket of investments you can buy and sell like a single stock.
- 29 min
What Are Dividend ETFs?
Funds that hold a basket of dividend payers and pass the income through to you.
- 310 min
High Yield vs Dividend Growth ETFs
The five main recipes dividend ETFs use to pick stocks, and what each one gives up.
- 412 min
A Tour of Popular Dividend ETFs
What is actually inside the best known dividend ETFs, with live yields and returns.
- 510 min
How to Compare Dividend ETFs
Seven things to line up before choosing between two dividend funds.
- 69 min
SEC Yield, Distribution Rate and Trailing Yield
Why one fund can show three different yields, and which one to believe.
- 79 min
Growth ETFs vs Dividend ETFs
Income now or growth later, and why most people end up owning some of both.
- 88 min
Dividend Stocks or Dividend ETFs?
Picking your own payers against buying the basket, and when each makes sense.