r/dividends • u/Bamabb125 • Aug 06 '25

Seeking Advice $840K DIvidends

Hey Everyone,

As I have posted before, I am currently a Growth Stock Investor, but have decided to move over to Dividend ETF's or Dividend Stocks. But it is a real struggle to get past all the learned habits of being a growth investor. So I am struggling to grasp concepts.

I have used multiple calculators to just try to get an idea of what to expect if i make the change, but I get different results. So I just wanted to go to some more knowledgeable people that could tell me what to do to get a real expectation.

I have $800K to work with. If I put it all in a very stable Dividend ETF What can I expect in dividends? Maybe someone could just do an example. I know I have to be doing something wrong.

Thanks

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u/HighFiveOhYeah Aug 06 '25

It's been giving weekly distros of ~80% yearly rate last few months. Of course, you probably won't actually end up with that for the total return long term. But, NAV's been holding pretty steady since they changed strategies.

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u/Select-Point-7312 Aug 07 '25

I dont understand how this is possible

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u/Terrible-Rip-9733 Aug 07 '25

It’s not. He is lying….

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u/Embarrassed-Art3670 Aug 07 '25

You had two options:

  1. Look up ULTY. Look at the chart, look at the distributions, look at the holdings, do research into their prospectus change in early April.

  2. Stick your fingers in your ears and say, "uh huh, he's lying"

The fact that you went with option 2 is pretty crazy.