According to the chart you would have an average dividend of about 3.8% gross, taking out 15% and then 26% you would have 2.39% net, with the $SPYD you would have 2.23% gross (Distribution of 2025) so 1, 65% net, a difference of 0.74.
However, in the count there are Main and Ares which are not dividend aristocrats, you could get the same dividend by dividing the sum into 78% ETF, 11% Main and 11% Ares, this way you would have only 3 items to track instead of 20 (I asked chatgpt how much you need to have in Main and Ares to reach 2.39% net by taking the 2025 distribution as dividend yield).
Regarding the message earlier where you said the dividends had decreased, that is all because of the exchange rate effect, which you would also have by buying the 20 individual stocks, in fact an ETF having only dividend aristocrat the dividend has to necessarily increase from year to year, otherwise they would not be what they are.
The point of the whole argument is that you took stocks with the only discriminant being the dividend, try backtesting or asking the AI to compare this basket of stocks of yours with the benchmark index, if you notice an outperformance over time of what you selected then fine, if not, it was all wasted effort that you could have avoided with an ETF that has an annual yield of almost 12 percent
However, in the count there are Main and Ares which are not dividend aristocrats, you could get the same dividend by dividing the sum into 78% ETF, 11% Main and 11% Ares, this way you would have only 3 items to track instead of 20 (I asked chatgpt how much you need to have in Main and Ares to reach 2.39% net by taking the 2025 distribution as dividend yield).
Regarding the message earlier where you said the dividends had decreased, that is all because of the exchange rate effect, which you would also have by buying the 20 individual stocks, in fact an ETF having only dividend aristocrat the dividend has to necessarily increase from year to year, otherwise they would not be what they are.
The point of the whole argument is that you took stocks with the only discriminant being the dividend, try backtesting or asking the AI to compare this basket of stocks of yours with the benchmark index, if you notice an outperformance over time of what you selected then fine, if not, it was all wasted effort that you could have avoided with an ETF that has an annual yield of almost 12 percent
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I guess I will discard this idea of 20 individual stocks for now and go for a strategy that gives me a higher immediate entry...
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