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The 2 Best High-Yield Energy Stocks in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

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It is designed to broadly represent the economy, so this makes sense and makes an S&P 500-based ETF a good pick for passive investors. However, if you are a dividend investor, Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF could offer a similar solution with an income twist. That said, there's one problem.

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Meet the High-Yield Vanguard ETF That's Already Up Nearly 10% in 2025

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Many energy companies choose to pass along a portion of profits to shareholders through dividends. A plug-and-play investment vehicle for passive investors The Vanguard Energy ETF is a simple, low-cost way to invest in U.S. Chevron Integrated major 13.1% ConocoPhillips Exploration & production 6.9% ONEOK Midstream 2.9%

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1 Incredible Dividend Stock to Buy Now and Hold Forever

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Passive investors, especially retirees, need to consider all of these factors. If you want reliable, worry-free passive income for the foreseeable future, consider Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST). Management is keen on giving some back to shareholders, and as it piles up, more special dividends are likely to follow.

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Private Credit, Meet “Higher for Longer”

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From March 2009 when the S&P 500 traded at 13x earnings to August 2020 when it peaked at 23x, a passive investor in the market earned 16% per annum. Figure 8: Average Financial Leverage 17 Ratio of Gross Debt and Deposits to Shareholders’ Equity Overall, pressure in a higher-for-longer rate environment is building.

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Do You Know It All When It Comes to Nvidia?

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Dylan Lewis: A lot of very happy shareholders all around when it comes to the Nvidia and Microsoft conversation, Nvidia, in particular, I did see a piece earlier this June that year to date, Nvidia makes up about a third of the return of the total S&P 500 returns so far. Ron Gross: I think you did. trillion public company. Fascinating.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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No matter how bad things got, it didn’t seem to occur to anyone, not even to that one pair of outspoken investors, that perhaps the CEO should get tossed—or at least they weren’t willing to say it. Not in the “founder friendly” culture of tech anyway. Travis should hire her back?? He should have been long gone. I believe it still will.

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These 7 Blunt Words Just Opened a Can of Worms For Pfizer's Stock

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Now, after a presentation at the 13D Monitor Active-Passive Investor Summit by Starboard's CEO Jeffrey Smith on Oct. If you're a shareholder or thinking about investing in this stock, you need to know what he said and why it opened a can of worms. 22, there's a lot less ambiguity.