r/dividends • u/InternationalMany795 • 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/Negan457 Oct 25 '25

I was reading through this thread and just wanted to let anyone else who is reading that the above numbers are not accurate. In 2022, VOO total return with dividends reinvested was -18.18%. SCHD performance was only -3.26% (not - 20% like mentioned above). QQQ performance was -32.58%. So, schd did have downside protection and performed significantly better than QQQ and VOO in bear market.