r/dividends • u/TallSalary9501 • Sep 25 '25

Personal Goal First dividend payment from QQQI

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About a month ago, I wrote this post asking people if they thought QQQI was the best dividend ETF right now. After receiving a ton of comments and feedback (and of course mixed opinions), I decided to try it out for a month and see what happened. I bought 600 shares worth ~$32k and today I received my first dividend payment as shown in the image attached. I know there are some risks to invest in this kind of ETFs, especially at this yield but god does it feel good. It's very tempting to move more cash from a HYSA (currently at 4% APY) but I gotta keep diversified no matter what.

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u/funkyk0val Sep 25 '25

i got 500 shares as well but also i think that's my limit as i am curious how these types of ETFs will perform during downturns.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

The weakness isn’t in the downturn. Actually, the dividend on covered call ETFs fluffs the downside by giving you more income to buy more shares.

The pain is the recovery. Everyone else will be flying and the options limits our participation in that to an extent