

A five-ETF portfolio can deposit a serious monthly paycheck without touching the principal, but the age of the person collecting it changes everything about whether this setup actually works.

Generating $105,600 a year from a portfolio sounds straightforward until you realize the path that requires the least capital up front may quietly eat itself alive over a decade. The yield you choose today sets a trap or a foundation depending on one factor most investors overlook.

Dividend investors treat rock-bottom fees and generous yields as an either-or trade, but a small corner of the ETF market quietly breaks that rule.

The State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) was launched on 10/21/2015, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Value category of the market.

Investors hunting for income in the SPDR Portfolio lineup often face a choice between two tickers that appear similar on the surface.

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Large Cap Value segment of the US equity market, look no further than the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on October 21, 2015.

Dividend-focused ETFs are basking in the sunlight of strong inflows.

Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:SPYD) by 0.9% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,356,512 shares of the company's stock after