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3 High-Yield ETFs Paying Over 4% That Are Great for Retirees

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3 High-Yield ETFs Paying Over 4% That Are Great for Retirees Key Points High-dividend-yield ETFs can help produce the income necessary for long retirements…
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  • The PEY ETF requires constituents to have a minimum $1 billion market cap and at least a 10-year streak of consecutive annual dividend growth, then selects the 50 highest-yielding names weighted by yield.

    60% confidence
  • Social Security was never really designed to be a full retirement program.

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  • Retirement is the time of life when investors should be thinking more about principal protection than maximizing growth.

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  • The SPYD ETF yields approximately 4.5% annually and invests in the 80 highest-yielding S&P 500 stocks, weighted equally.

    60% confidence
  • High-dividend-yield ETFs can help produce the income necessary for long retirements.

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  • Stock Advisor's total average return is 986%, compared to 208% for the S&P 500, as of May 24, 2026.

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  • David Dierking holds a personal position in the Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD).

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  • Pure high-yield ETF strategies that select stocks based solely on yield give no consideration to balance sheet health, dividend payment history, or ability to maintain dividends.

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  • The SPHD ETF yields approximately 4.6% annually and selects the 50 lowest-volatility stocks from the 75 highest-yielding S&P 500 constituents.

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  • Once companies start growing dividends, they generally do what they need to in order to keep the dividend growth streak alive, helping ensure high yields can be maintained.

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