I don’t get it: Why would anyone invest, for example, in a 6% dividend yield etf with a 0.50% ER (ie EMHY) instead of a 9% dividend yield etf with a 2.5 ER (ie YYY)? Wouldn’t you still be getting better results with the expensive one?

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Because dividend yield means absolutely nothing. Total return is what matters. The second fund needs to create 2% more total return than the first one. My question would be why would someone be investing to get dividends which are just return of your investment

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Total return is what matters. You can sell some when you want for income.

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Say it with me: “passive income” is not a reason to prefer dividend stocks. Volitility during a down market could be a reason, though.

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Over 5 years they are both down around 20% while he SP500 is up 90%. If you don’t care about the value of your principle, you can give me $1,000,000 and I will pay you a 10% dividend until your balance runs to 0. That way you will have income.

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MD1 is correct re. Mistake investing in specific funds that will, over time, lose to the S&P. They all do.

I'll add, however that even paying attention to the current value of S&P index fund is a mistake, as it might cause you to panic and try to time the market by withdrawing.

Low-fee index & forget about it for decades.

Why anyone specifically seeks out dividend funds when they severely underperform the market is the better question.

P1 - dividends in a Roth account come in as investable cash. It’s no different than selling. But, if you take out growth before your Roth eligible date, you owe taxes and penalty. You can only touch principal (in $) before that age.

That’d make less sense than in a taxable brokerage, IMO. Growth is still what matters.

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