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When a spouse dies, Social Security erases one of two monthly checks overnight, and the surviving partner suddenly faces a budget built for two people on income meant for one. Three dividend ETFs offer a way to rebuild that missing paycheck before the shortfall becomes a crisis.
Many income investors assume that the highest-yielding dividend ETF is automatically the better investment.
Portfolio construction plays a big part in an ETF's long-term outlook. These four ETFs -- two focused on growth and two on high yield -- check all the boxes.
As investors search for reliable sources of passive income, many are naturally drawn to the highest-yielding dividend-paying funds.
Vanguard offers a lot of top-tier ETFs, but here's why these ones stand out to me right now.
The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) pays a trailing yield of just 1.5%, which looks unremarkable next to money market funds still paying north of 4%.
The largest position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) is Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO | AVGO Price Prediction), an AI semiconductor company whose stock has climbed 710% over five years.
All of these ETFs use high-quality stocks as a foundation, making them ideal for almost any long-term portfolio.
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