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Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF offers a 10.4% yield but suffers from persistent NAV and price erosion. RIET's high-yield strategy pays out more than it earns, forcing NAV declines and unsustainable distributions. The fund's performance is tightly linked to interest rates, with limited upside if rates remain elevated.
How much capital you may need for retirement depends on your personal situation and living expenses. We will discuss whether $500,000 is enough to retire. We will discuss how investing in an income-oriented bucket-based strategy enables you to earn a decent income and good growth while lowering the stress from the boom-and-bust cycles of the stock market. The Near-Perfect Portfolio Strategy targets 5% plus income, reduced drawdowns, and market-beating growth through two diversified buckets: a fund-based DGI bucket and a Rotation/Hedging strategy.
Surging oil prices and hotter inflation reports reignited rate-hike concerns, sending Treasury yields to one-year highs as the Iran conflict remained stalemated despite the highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit.
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U.S. equity markets advanced for a fifth straight week - their longest winning streak since 2024 - as strong earnings, resilient data, and hopes for lasting Iran peace fueled optimism. Investors looked through another oil-price surge and inflationary pressure, focusing instead on corporate resilience and economic strength despite a complex macro backdrop shaped by geopolitical and policy uncertainty. The Fed held rates steady in an unusually fractured 8-4 vote, while Powell's plan to remain on the Board broke precedent and raised politically charged succession questions.
Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF offers a nearly 11% yield with no leverage, appealing to income-focused investors seeking higher payouts than traditional REITs. RIET's portfolio is diversified across 100 REITs, emphasizing large-cap, high-yield names and limiting single-security exposure to 1.5%. While RIET includes quality holdings like Realty Income (O) and W. P. Carey (WPC), it also holds riskier names such as BXMT and AGNC.
Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF offers diversified real estate exposure with a focus on high-yielding REITs and preferred securities. RIET delivers a steady monthly distribution, currently yielding 11.42%, though coverage is stretched with an SEC yield of 9.76%. The fund's level payout policy may require adjustment to better align distributions with underlying cash flows, but yield should remain elevated and attractive.
This 7-fund, all-funds portfolio targets a ~8% income yield and market-matching growth with passive, diversified exposure across equities, bonds, energy, utilities, and real estate. The portfolio has delivered a trailing 12-month yield on cost of 9.42% and an annualized return (CAGR) of 14.67%, outperforming the S&P500 with 20% lower volatility. This strategy is designed for retirees seeking high, consistent income and reduced volatility without sacrificing long-term growth potential.