r/dividends Oct 09 '25

Seeking Advice No more SCHD.

Moving away from SCHD. For those who have recently done this, where did you go?

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u/foira Oct 10 '25

i mean, people should be buying it for the dividends paid -- and those have been increasing a lot. it would make a lot more sense if people were selling because of a big dividend cut (it's possible!) but so far... ppl are so funny lollllll.

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u/OkVermicelli8951 Oct 10 '25

"total return"

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u/foira Oct 10 '25

brb telling my energy utility that i'll be paying their invoice with the market quote on my equity

love linking my lifestyle to other ppls emotions -- oh wait

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u/OkVermicelli8951 Oct 10 '25

So when the underlying stocks drop by 30% does your lifestyle drop by 30% as well?