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Very cool process to determine your yield. I took early retirement and i also sell options so i would add a question around that as well as other sources of income since i have a pension. I really enjoy your videos.
Ian, I always appreciate all your honest hard work and effort towards inspiring and encouraging the dividend community! You were the first whom inspired me as well! Back in 2019! Wow! I learned some hard lessons since then, although I’m on a great path now! 💪Thank you! God bless you and the Family! -John
A couple of Years ago You were the first one, who pointed out the Importance of Dividend Growth over the Years. That motivated me to start investing eventually, so its Time to say "THANK YOU" for your Inspiration! Regards from Germany
@@pearlperlitavenegas2023 agreed but it doesn't have to be work related anyone can get sick or hurt regardless of occupation with age comes poor health and higher risk of injury but agreed if you can avoid sickness and injury some occupations will allow people to work much longer Warren buffet is working in his nineties think what the dividend snowball would look like at that age
Ian, this is actually a really cool exercise. Like you, my current yield is lower than the score I got so it made me rethink my strategy. Thank you sir!
As always really interesting thoughts. Especially if you get dividend cuts, it will help you to reallocate more easily, and maybe find a new position instead of the low yielding. Thanks for that you share your thoughts
You have to give up growth for a higher yield, that's the trade off and there's no getting around it. If you really want a higher yield, you should be looking at BDCs, REITS, CEFs and covered call funds (JEPI, SPYT, etc). I do agree with your approach of mixing in dividend growth, as you're still young(ish).
What about my MO position at 40 that pays me monthly at 9% and keeps growing (currently at 52-54)? Even Ian likes the SCHD/MO (swap out DGRO or PM if you'd like.)
I have never really been a dividend investor although I see its value. almost all my portfolio was in my 401K with limited investing options so dividend investing wasn't an option. Now I am retiring this Friday and for the last 6 months I have moved it to a fidelity IRA and am completely in income generating products like REITS, BDC's CEF's and CC ETF's and am generating just under %12 average yield. I have DRIPs turned off and the dividends are going into a SPAAX position that is currently paying %5. I will be living off of this income stream for the foreseeable future and I am excited to be beginning retirement.
Interesting exercise! Also, good call on Chevron. My gut tells me theyre undervalued here, and we'll be handsomely rewarded by locking in this high 4's yield
I enjoy investing in closed-end funds that offer monthly dividends. The key strategy is to hold these investments long-term while reinvesting the monthly dividends and purchasing additional shares whenever possible. This approach is convenient because closed-end funds are traded on the stock market like regular stocks. Following this strategy could build a portfolio that generates between $50,000 to $70,000 in dividend income.
I agree because there are opportunities in the market doesn’t mean you should go in blindly. To understand the potential factors that contribute to your financial growth, I'll advise you to seek the help of a professional.
You're right! I diversified my $400K portfolio across various markets with the help of my financial advisor, and I've been able to generate over $1.2 million in net profit from high dividend yield stocks, ETFs, and bonds during this downturn.
My CFA ‘Grace Adams Cook’ , a renowned figure in her line of work. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market.
Interesting approach! It would be helpful to see the breakdown of the different sources of income you expect to have in early retirement as well as a general budget. You could use an arbitrary $100K budget to keep personal information private but keep proportions reflective of your personal situation with respect to categories and % of income/expenses totals. Would be very helpful to see your approach to income and expense planning, especially how much of your core expenses are covered by dividend income.
Ian, wouldn't it be less stressful to own lower yielding higher-quality stocks, which will provide more growth, and just sell a few shares each year to get to your desired income level?
Yes! I just saw that too. Personally, doesn't make too much of a difference for me. A split at an ETF does not signal too much, other than perhaps the ETF managers having some continued confidence in the future. I am actively buying SCHD and I'm a big fan of the ETF. (Disc: I'm long SCHD)
Very interesting. I scored 32. Am currently at a yield of 4.78%. So I'm getting close. Strangest thing is, I currently restructured towards higher yielding stocks a bit and feel more comfortable since then. However, a lot really depends on portfolio size.
Thanks so much! I'm always a fan of PEP. While I don't see any kind of deep discount with PEP right now, with 2025 forward PE just under 20, it seems fairly valued. For me, I'm more of a fan of adding in the 160s. I do like that there have been some negative news cycles that have been keeping share price down, which could possibly create buying opportunities. I'm very thankful that PEP is one of my top positions, and I'm almost always looking for opportunities to add more. Wishing you all the greatest. (Disc: I'm long PEP)
Not just better cushion corrections, they're just flat out steady eddie now. My hats off to em, they really did a phenomenal job with how they turned that fund around.
@@delbomb3131 well yes, but also there hasnt been such a crash in the underlying QQQ since covid, right now they can offset about 2% of value loss in the qqq a month, if we have a more volatile crash that doesnt get corrected back up in the same month you'll still see qyld drop. With that said the 12% yield is really attractive, i've been loading up on qyld this year. It's fairly new in my strategy, before i was focusing more on big dividend growth 2-3% yielders and a couple high yielders like altria. With qyld i think it's a different approach, you have to reinvest to see growth and also it can drop any time, its not like you will see exponential growth down the line in 10 years, requires a complete different mindset.
Man, I want to say this as kindly as possible becouse you are a nice guy. This seems super random with the numbers you just pulled out of nowhere to get to the conclusion you wanted becouse you feel like it.
I can understand where you are coming from, as I probably should have had as general statement at the beginning of the video... Today's video is NOT meant to be a precise science. I have plenty of videos on financial analysis. This video, rather, is intended to provide a framework that may (or may not) be helpful in having an objective look at one's own situation. Personally: I have always bought the dividend growth stocks. I have faced challenge focusing on bringing higher yield into the portfolio. For me, looking at things this way serves as a reminder to me that I must re-focus a bit, and evolve. Of course, not a precise science by any means, and just meant to help investors look at their situations from a new perspective.
This seems insane to me that you've directly corelated a 10 point scale to % dividend. I get the idea that a low average would need lower yield, but directly relating the two makes no sense.
It's just meant to be direction in nature. A thought exercise that can help investors have an honest conversation with themselves. Certainly not a precise science, but just a framework.
Living expenses increase at least 20% in last 4 years and will rise dramatically if Harris become president. How much do I need to save for my retirement now😢😢😢😢😢
This is a complicated method, based on subjective evaluation, to determine something that it cannot possibly provide. Utterly ridiculous. Investing is easy. Determining expenses is easy. Projecting growth is not easy, but being conservative is easy. Rebalancing portfolios is easy. Creating complicated systems will always lead to failure.
It’s not complicated at all. This is a general framework that helps investors have an honest conversation of where they stand in the journey. It’s not meant to be a precise science, but it’s meant to help investors take a step back and re-evaluate. It’s just a questionnaire. I am just sharing my personal experience and I’d definitely say it has been ridiculously great: ua-cam.com/video/Omn0RBY7qlA/v-deo.htmlsi=hqJVRPeVETBGo4u6 (Disc: I’m long MO)
@@ppcian -- It isn't inherently complicated. It is just too complicated in order to come up with a MEANLESS NUMBER. The only things that affect withdrawal rates are asset value and income requirement.
@@enonknives5449 It's a tool to prompt thinking. Maybe you don't need or want the tool. That's fine. But a question for you... How do you predict expenses so easily? I've never in my life been able to do that so I always keep a substantial reserve. My expenses vary wildly. For example, my youngest boy just graduated from college and started a job in a different city. He needed $4500 to get into an apartment. He could have taken it from his Roth IRA, but he asked me if I could loan him the money for a couple of months. Of course I said yes. But my normal monthly expense before health insurance is $5000 (including amortized annual expenses), so that outgo nearly doubled my average month. Plus I just returned from a trip to Sweden. That alone was more than my normal monthly expenses. Both of those were on top of "normal" September. I didn't know about either of those major September expenses in June. So how do you find it easy to predict expenses?
Honestly who cares if the stock prive drops! If you plan to live off the dividend and not looking to sell then you would want the price to drop and add more for a higher rate!
This has generally been my approach. I always love to take advantage of a good stock sale. That being said, I'm not the kind of investor who can stomach tremendous portfolio-wide volatility. I've done it before, and I've bought the dips, but I'm at a point where I just don't want to have excessive volatility. I think part of me is thinking of contingency plans, and the possible need to sell stocks for liquidity as a backup case (hence the underlying equity does have some meaning for me, although I primarily focus on dividends).
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Very cool process to determine your yield. I took early retirement and i also sell options so i would add a question around that as well as other sources of income since i have a pension. I really enjoy your videos.
Thanks for your kind words! Thanks for sharing! Always appreciate your comments.
Ian, I always appreciate all your honest hard work and effort towards inspiring and encouraging the dividend community! You were the first whom inspired me as well! Back in 2019! Wow! I learned some hard lessons since then, although I’m on a great path now! 💪Thank you! God bless you and the Family! -John
Excellent video, Ian. I took the initiative to explore higher-yielding investments myself and have settled on HESM, CVX, UPS, and USB.
Thanks so much for sharing! (Disc: I'm long CVX)
A couple of Years ago You were the first one, who pointed out the Importance of Dividend Growth over the Years. That motivated me to start investing eventually, so its Time to say "THANK YOU" for your Inspiration! Regards from Germany
Thanks for your very kind words!!! I appreciate it. Wishing you all the greatest!
Interesting video I find people tend to ignore how long they can work layoffs injury and sickness can shorten the time they can earn money
Thanks for sharing. I completely agree! Thanks for your longtime support!
Depends on industry if they work online they can work for a very long time
@@pearlperlitavenegas2023 agreed but it doesn't have to be work related anyone can get sick or hurt regardless of occupation with age comes poor health and higher risk of injury but agreed if you can avoid sickness and injury some occupations will allow people to work much longer Warren buffet is working in his nineties think what the dividend snowball would look like at that age
I always look forward to these videos
Your kind words truly mean a lot!!!
Ian, this is actually a really cool exercise. Like you, my current yield is lower than the score I got so it made me rethink my strategy. Thank you sir!
I really appreciate your kind words! Thanks for sharing!
That's an interesting thought experiment, thank you!
Thanks for your kind words!
As always really interesting thoughts. Especially if you get dividend cuts, it will help you to reallocate more easily, and maybe find a new position instead of the low yielding. Thanks for that you share your thoughts
I love this framework. Very helpful!
Thanks for your very kind words!
SCHD ex date coming up and can’t wait for that dividend to drip back into SCHD😃 my top holding too!!!
Great video!!
I truly love SCHD, and cannot wait to add more. Wishing you all the greatest! (Disc: I'm long SCHD)
It is a 15% raise compared to that quarter last year. Looks like we are in for a nice year over year raise.
Thanks for all that you do IAN and the great content you consistently provide.
Your kind words and longtime support mean the world, my friend!
You have to give up growth for a higher yield, that's the trade off and there's no getting around it. If you really want a higher yield, you should be looking at BDCs, REITS, CEFs and covered call funds (JEPI, SPYT, etc). I do agree with your approach of mixing in dividend growth, as you're still young(ish).
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What about my MO position at 40 that pays me monthly at 9% and keeps growing (currently at 52-54)? Even Ian likes the SCHD/MO (swap out DGRO or PM if you'd like.)
Mo pays quarterly.
Realty income pays monthly.
@@Stripeyperch even better, I forgot about O which proves my point even more.
Great point! Indeed, it's a tradeoff, and I'm comfortable (with new funds deployed) giving up growth for current yield. Thanks for sharing!
I have never really been a dividend investor although I see its value. almost all my portfolio was in my 401K with limited investing options so dividend investing wasn't an option. Now I am retiring this Friday and for the last 6 months I have moved it to a fidelity IRA and am completely in income generating products like REITS, BDC's CEF's and CC ETF's and am generating just under %12 average yield. I have DRIPs turned off and the dividends are going into a SPAAX position that is currently paying %5. I will be living off of this income stream for the foreseeable future and I am excited to be beginning retirement.
Congrats!!🎉
Thank you so much for sharing, and congrats on your retirement!!! Way to go!!!
Interesting exercise!
Also, good call on Chevron. My gut tells me theyre undervalued here, and we'll be handsomely rewarded by locking in this high 4's yield
Thanks so much! And, thanks for your kind words on CVX. Wishing you all the greatest! (Disc: I'm long CVX)
I enjoy investing in closed-end funds that offer monthly dividends. The key strategy is to hold these investments long-term while reinvesting the monthly dividends and purchasing additional shares whenever possible. This approach is convenient because closed-end funds are traded on the stock market like regular stocks. Following this strategy could build a portfolio that generates between $50,000 to $70,000 in dividend income.
I agree because there are opportunities in the market doesn’t mean you should go in blindly. To understand the potential factors that contribute to your financial growth, I'll advise you to seek the help of a professional.
You're right! I diversified my $400K portfolio across various markets with the help of my financial advisor, and I've been able to generate over $1.2 million in net profit from high dividend yield stocks, ETFs, and bonds during this downturn.
That's quite impressive! Can you share more information about your financial advisor?
My CFA ‘Grace Adams Cook’ , a renowned figure in her line of work. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market.
She appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran an online search on her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing.
Nice video layout 😊 we all have to mix &match our portfolio's to suit our goals 😊
Thanks so much!
I'm willing to bet if you factored it in your yield on cost is closer to your goal than you realize
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, my friend. I truly appreciate your support since the early days!
Interesting video, Ian. I’m going to rewatch and calculate my own score.
Many thanks, my friend! Wishing you all the greatest!
Hi Ian, I am an investor in Germany. Have you checked short term T-bills?
Interesting approach! It would be helpful to see the breakdown of the different sources of income you expect to have in early retirement as well as a general budget.
You could use an arbitrary $100K budget to keep personal information private but keep proportions reflective of your personal situation with respect to categories and % of income/expenses totals.
Would be very helpful to see your approach to income and expense planning, especially how much of your core expenses are covered by dividend income.
Thank you, and great idea! This would honestly be a helpful exercise for me personally, as well!
Ian, wouldn't it be less stressful to own lower yielding higher-quality stocks, which will provide more growth, and just sell a few shares each year to get to your desired income level?
What about ups? Too much risk?
thanks Ian!
Thank you!
Thanks Ian 👍
Thanks for your longtime support since the early days, my friend! I appreciate it!
Hi Ian! I saw that SCHD is going to have a 3 for 1 stock split? What are your thoughts on this?
Yes! I just saw that too. Personally, doesn't make too much of a difference for me. A split at an ETF does not signal too much, other than perhaps the ETF managers having some continued confidence in the future. I am actively buying SCHD and I'm a big fan of the ETF. (Disc: I'm long SCHD)
Very interesting. I scored 32. Am currently at a yield of 4.78%. So I'm getting close. Strangest thing is, I currently restructured towards higher yielding stocks a bit and feel more comfortable since then. However, a lot really depends on portfolio size.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks Ian
Thanks for your support!
Very nice and useful video Ian!! Great! 💪
What do you think about PEP at this price?
Thank you!!!
Thanks so much! I'm always a fan of PEP. While I don't see any kind of deep discount with PEP right now, with 2025 forward PE just under 20, it seems fairly valued. For me, I'm more of a fan of adding in the 160s. I do like that there have been some negative news cycles that have been keeping share price down, which could possibly create buying opportunities. I'm very thankful that PEP is one of my top positions, and I'm almost always looking for opportunities to add more. Wishing you all the greatest. (Disc: I'm long PEP)
@@ppcian thank you so much Ian! Have a nice day!
Jepq will buff up your yield
Definitely adding to the watchlist!
QYLD , they changed distribution strategy in 2022 to better cushion corrections. Ridiculous yield.
Thank you so much for sharing. I did not realize they changed the strategy for better cushion. I will definitely need to take a look, again!
Im doing great on it as well and 10 percent in the green ,which is not too bad for that high yield.
Not just better cushion corrections, they're just flat out steady eddie now. My hats off to em, they really did a phenomenal job with how they turned that fund around.
@@delbomb3131 well yes, but also there hasnt been such a crash in the underlying QQQ since covid, right now they can offset about 2% of value loss in the qqq a month, if we have a more volatile crash that doesnt get corrected back up in the same month you'll still see qyld drop.
With that said the 12% yield is really attractive, i've been loading up on qyld this year. It's fairly new in my strategy, before i was focusing more on big dividend growth 2-3% yielders and a couple high yielders like altria. With qyld i think it's a different approach, you have to reinvest to see growth and also it can drop any time, its not like you will see exponential growth down the line in 10 years, requires a complete different mindset.
If the goal is higher yield, why not consider adding ARCC, CSWC, HTGC, BST etc?
Thanks for sharing! I will take a look at these!
@@ppcian you're welcome. Those have performed very well for me.
At a 5.5% yearly div with my brokerage acct….trying to get to 8%
Thanks for sharing! Wishing you all the greatest!
I like DIVB & BST & HESM
Thanks for sharing! Will add to my watchlist!
Really do not understand the focus on SCHD. Build your own.
My goal is high 5% yield and 5-6% growth
Many thanks for sharing, my friend!
Man, I want to say this as kindly as possible becouse you are a nice guy. This seems super random with the numbers you just pulled out of nowhere to get to the conclusion you wanted becouse you feel like it.
I can understand where you are coming from, as I probably should have had as general statement at the beginning of the video... Today's video is NOT meant to be a precise science. I have plenty of videos on financial analysis. This video, rather, is intended to provide a framework that may (or may not) be helpful in having an objective look at one's own situation. Personally: I have always bought the dividend growth stocks. I have faced challenge focusing on bringing higher yield into the portfolio. For me, looking at things this way serves as a reminder to me that I must re-focus a bit, and evolve. Of course, not a precise science by any means, and just meant to help investors look at their situations from a new perspective.
This seems insane to me that you've directly corelated a 10 point scale to % dividend.
I get the idea that a low average would need lower yield, but directly relating the two makes no sense.
It's just meant to be direction in nature. A thought exercise that can help investors have an honest conversation with themselves. Certainly not a precise science, but just a framework.
Disciplined dividend investing allowed my wife and me to retire at 57.
Way to go! That is fabulous!!!
Living expenses increase at least 20% in last 4 years and will rise dramatically if Harris become president. How much do I need to save for my retirement now😢😢😢😢😢
50% schd and 50% j e p q will give you a forward dividend yield of 6.5% 😅
Yes!!! I will need to take another look at JEPQ! (Disc: I’m long SCHD)
This is a complicated method, based on subjective evaluation, to determine something that it cannot possibly provide. Utterly ridiculous. Investing is easy. Determining expenses is easy. Projecting growth is not easy, but being conservative is easy. Rebalancing portfolios is easy. Creating complicated systems will always lead to failure.
It’s not complicated at all. This is a general framework that helps investors have an honest conversation of where they stand in the journey. It’s not meant to be a precise science, but it’s meant to help investors take a step back and re-evaluate. It’s just a questionnaire. I am just sharing my personal experience and I’d definitely say it has been ridiculously great: ua-cam.com/video/Omn0RBY7qlA/v-deo.htmlsi=hqJVRPeVETBGo4u6 (Disc: I’m long MO)
@@ppcian -- It isn't inherently complicated. It is just too complicated in order to come up with a MEANLESS NUMBER. The only things that affect withdrawal rates are asset value and income requirement.
@@enonknives5449 It's a tool to prompt thinking. Maybe you don't need or want the tool. That's fine. But a question for you... How do you predict expenses so easily? I've never in my life been able to do that so I always keep a substantial reserve.
My expenses vary wildly. For example, my youngest boy just graduated from college and started a job in a different city. He needed $4500 to get into an apartment. He could have taken it from his Roth IRA, but he asked me if I could loan him the money for a couple of months. Of course I said yes. But my normal monthly expense before health insurance is $5000 (including amortized annual expenses), so that outgo nearly doubled my average month. Plus I just returned from a trip to Sweden. That alone was more than my normal monthly expenses. Both of those were on top of "normal" September.
I didn't know about either of those major September expenses in June. So how do you find it easy to predict expenses?
🗽 I think you want to have the possibility to retire at any time you like...
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Yes! A great way of putting it! Wishing you all the greatest!
New Junk strategy.
If this is called “junk”, I’m all for it: ua-cam.com/video/Omn0RBY7qlA/v-deo.htmlsi=do819NgD2kzLxHQj Wishing you a nice day, too! (Disc: I’m long MO)
Honestly who cares if the stock prive drops! If you plan to live off the dividend and not looking to sell then you would want the price to drop and add more for a higher rate!
This has generally been my approach. I always love to take advantage of a good stock sale. That being said, I'm not the kind of investor who can stomach tremendous portfolio-wide volatility. I've done it before, and I've bought the dips, but I'm at a point where I just don't want to have excessive volatility. I think part of me is thinking of contingency plans, and the possible need to sell stocks for liquidity as a backup case (hence the underlying equity does have some meaning for me, although I primarily focus on dividends).