{"id":5311,"date":"2026-02-09T18:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loweprofile.com\/investing101\/?p=5311"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:18:55","slug":"dividend-etf-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loweprofile.com\/investing101\/dividend-etf-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Dividend ETF Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">These are the ETF&#8217;s I study for dividend income. I am only running 2 years here because my two favorite dividend generating ETF&#8217;s are less than 3 years old. I prefer JEPQ &amp; GPIQ which consistently pay a 10% dividend. The reason I like these two is that the dividends are not really dividends. It is income generated by buying and selling options on stocks in the Nasdaq 100, and also owning a small percentage of the underlying stock. These two ETF&#8217;s are run by J.P. Morgan &amp; Goldman Sacks and although the track record is short, they have done a great job providing income and some growth. JEPQ &amp; GPIQ are used in the two models that generate income; Blend &amp; Blend2 on the Current Models page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I have been watching SDIV for 2 years which has had great performance &amp; dividends lately, but it has had very poor performance on some older time frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cef30583b76f63d2d7747702950f9c82 wp-block-paragraph\">Dividend ETF&#8217;s 2 year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 2px solid #c0c0c0; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1bEUJIMRTubGq8chKCxv-LkXR8wbNwovgb3RhQFhacsk\/htmlembed?gid=1011106745&amp;range=B2:I23&amp;single=true&amp;widget=false&amp;chrome=false&amp;headers=false\" width=\"1025\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\">\n  <figure class=\"wp-block-embedpress-google-sheets-block ose-google-docs-spreadsheets\" style=\"margin: 0;\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRU2LpITx8NqzYDPHZ69S_bZSVvFYwnqvVPQR07LwpxDcrictQ5y9kssunt6N9DUuSvJfD76un2J6Rk\/pubchart?oid=77858717&amp;format=interactive&amp;headers=false\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1073\" height=\"638\" allowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"display:block;\">\n    <\/iframe>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a74f38d9a59510c4a3f15ef047cab3e5 wp-block-paragraph\">Dividend ETF&#8217;s 1 year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 2px solid #c0c0c0; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1xh-4FjFC3kQp2tzJIEnRiqculqjxJplUDG8J4Nw9IOw\/htmlembed?gid=1011106745&amp;range=B2:I23&amp;single=true&amp;widget=false&amp;chrome=false&amp;headers=false\" width=\"1025\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\">\n  <figure class=\"wp-block-embedpress-google-sheets-block ose-google-docs-spreadsheets\" style=\"margin: 0;\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vRNwY6uO6o2GR07IPMHrFA8U_cIIxqGmjOhs65KrqJ8YQIBooz5rt9F4dup0dbpImcqdgKJBZclyalv\/pubchart?oid=1712775903&amp;format=interactive&amp;headers=false\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1073\" height=\"638\" allowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"display:block;\">\n    <\/iframe>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All models begin with an initial value of $100,000. To gauge dividend performance, view the dividend column on any 1 year chart. Divide the dividend amount by 1,000 to get the model or ETF&#8217;s yield percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***BCX is a mutual fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the ETF&#8217;s I study for dividend income. I am only running 2 years here because my two favorite dividend generating ETF&#8217;s are less than 3 years old. I prefer JEPQ &amp; GPIQ which consistently pay a 10% dividend. The reason I like these two is that the dividends are not really dividends. 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