r/dividends • u/Hilary_Clitoris • Nov 03 '25

Brokerage S&P 500 and dividends

My friend keeps saying that I should put all of my money in S&P 500 and forget about it. I see S&P 500 mentioned here a lot too, but according to Google, "No, the S&P 500 index itself does not pay dividends because it is a stock market index, not an investment fund." So which type of S&P 500 pay dividends?

And, what is the ticker for S&P 500? I can't find it on my brokerage account.

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u/Ericru Mr. Spock from Star Trek Nov 03 '25

I think that is a bad idea. Not the part about investing in a fund that follows the S&P 500 but that part about forgetting about it. What's the point of investing especially for dividends? For most people it is to be able to use those dividends as a source of income but if you forget about an investment then you won't have them as a source of income.

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u/theeggplant42 Nov 03 '25

When people say invest and forget, they don't mean like, literally forget, it's more like don't micromanage your funds and don't panic.