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Ep. 133: Quality Beats Yield — How the 'Boring' Dividend Funds Won 2026 on Total Return (SCHD, HDV, VYM vs SPY; SCHD vs SPYI; JNJ & LIN; Colgate)
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- Informed Investing
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- Aug 25, 2026
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- 1230
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Summary
5 curated sources (2 of 7 dropped: MSTR/MSTY crypto-income vlog = off-brand; NEOS boosted XSPI/XQQI/XBCI = retread of ep132's manufactured-yield beat) under one throughline 'QUALITY AND TOTAL RETURN BEAT HEADLINE YIELD': (1) OUR shipped Big-Tech-concentration piece (safe index funds ~36% eight mega-caps, SCHD 0%); (2) 247wallst yield-war — all 4 dividend ETFs (SCHD +30%, HDV +24.5%, VYM +24%, DVY +18%) beat SPY +13% on TOTAL return while paying less current income than Treasuries; sector composition drove it (SCHD semis QCOM/TXN, HDV oil), 5-yr caveat SCHD/DVY trailed; (3) YouTube SCHD ~3% grower vs SPYI ~12% sticker — why long-term investors pick the grower; (4) TipRanks JNJ (1.93%, payout 60.7%, +33% YTD, Strong Buy PT $283.69) + LIN (1.30%, payout 40%, Strong Buy PT $568.33 ~19% upside) Dividend Aristocrats into Q3; (5) YouTube Colgate — quality Dividend King left cheap by the AI trade.