Building A 7%-Yielding Dividend Growth Portfolio With SCHD As Its Core Holding

SCHD is one of the best dividend growth ETFs available, but its modest 3% yield and several important diversification gaps make it insufficient for many income-focused retirees. I explain how investors can potentially more than double SCHD's yield while maintaining meaningful dividend growth, broad diversification, and exposure to several beaten-down high-yield sectors. I share a near-7%-yielding retirement portfolio blueprint, including specific holdings, portfolio allocations, and the key risks investors should understand before putting their retirement savings to work.

Seeking Alpha • 10 hours ago

PFF's 6.76% Yield Looks Great Until Taxes Cut Five-Year Returns to -1.34% in a Taxable Account

PFF's headline yield draws retirees chasing income, but the fund sponsor's own performance table tells a different story about what investors actually kept after five years of payouts.

24/7 Wall Street • Oct 20, 2026

PFF: Rate Pressure, Not Credit Stress, Drives The Selloff

The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF is rated 'hold' due to interest rate headwinds outweighing solid credit fundamentals and issuer health. PFF offers a 5.65% yield, diversified across financials, industrials, and utilities, with minimal exposure to high-risk credit tiers. Rising bond yields and a consistent bearish technical trend suggest caution; a better entry point may emerge after upcoming Fed and economic data releases.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 19, 2026

The Dark Side Of Retiring On Dividends

Retiring on dividends can help you weather market crashes without selling shares. However, three major risks can still derail your retirement. I detail what these are and how to mitigate them.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 1, 2026

Here Are 4 ETFs Retirees Use to Get Paid Every Month Without Watching the Market

Your bills arrive monthly but most dividend stocks pay quarterly, leaving a two-month gap that forces constant budgeting decisions. Four ETFs draw income from options strategies, preferred shares, and Treasury bills to fill that gap on a retiree's schedule.

24/7 Wall Street • Sep 28, 2026

Your Dividends Land on Random Days and the Bills Land on the 1st. These 3 ETFs Pay on a Schedule You Can Plan Around

Your bills arrive on a fixed schedule, but your dividend ETFs pay whenever they feel like it. Three monthly-paying funds with staggered payment windows can turn that chaos into something that actually resembles a paycheck.

24/7 Wall Street • Sep 24, 2026

The 3 Most Dangerous Investing Mistakes I Keep Seeing

Many investors are growing increasingly complacent. I detail three very big mistakes that I am seeing a lot of investors make right now. I discuss why bonds may be riskier than they seem, historically cheap-looking high-yield securities may not be nearly as undervalued as they seem, and many investors are overpaying for outperformers.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 22, 2026

Elite 9-10% Yielding Monthly Dividend Machines To Buy On The Dip

High-yielding investments that pay out cash flow monthly can be powerful passive income machines. When they are on sale and have a track record of total return outperformance, they are even more compelling. I detail two of these opportunities that are on sale right now.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 11, 2026

The IRS Lets You Send Your RMD Straight to Charity and Skip the Tax Entirely. These 3 ETFs Replace the Income You Gave Away

A Qualified Charitable Distribution can wipe your RMD off your tax return entirely, but it also kills the income you were counting on. Three ETFs can rebuild that cash flow, and they each do it a completely different way.

24/7 Wall Street • Sep 8, 2026

The Nice Man on TV Wants You to Borrow Against Your Paid-Off House, but These 4 ETFs Pay the Income Instead

That friendly cardigan-clad spokesman on TV never says the word debt, but a reverse mortgage is exactly that, and the paid-off house you worked 30 years to own deserves a closer look before you hand over the deed.

24/7 Wall Street • Sep 4, 2026