
Typically, this fund allocates a minimum of 80% of its portfolio to dividend-paying stocks and other equity-related investments. The investment adviser seeks out companies they deem market leaders based on their projected ability to consistently increase their dividend payments over the long term, and/or maintain substantial dividend payouts, all relative to the constituents of its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index.
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If you're new -- or relatively new -- to ETFs, these strategies may give you the confidence you need.

Most dividend ETFs make you pick a lane. You can chase yield with funds packed full of utilities, telecoms, and tobacco names that throw off cash but barely grow, or you can buy dividend growth funds that pay you almost nothing today on the promise of bigger checks a decade out.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) holds roughly $2.1 trillion in assets and has earned its place in millions of retirement portfolios.

JPMorgan Dividend Leaders ETF (NYSEARCA:JDIV) launched in September 2024 with a straightforward pitch: a global portfolio of stocks growing their dividends faster than the broader market.

With the Federal Reserve having cut rates from 4.5% to 3.75% over the past six months, the calculus for income investors is shifting.