How to Double Your Dividends (and Then Some!) Starting This Year

If the market dumpster fire we trudged through in 2022 taught us anything, it’s that we must swing our portfolios away from this: We’re Swapping Share-Price “Flameouts” Like This… That’s the chart of “America’s ticker”—the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)— last year. I call SPY “America’s ticker” because it’s by far the most popular way to track the S&P 500, a staple in many folks’ portfolios. But its popularity does not translate into safety. Just holding this simple index fund last year meant taking a 20% haircut—with plenty of heart palpitations along the way! And even with this year’s rebound, the S&P 500 is still 4% below its January 2022 levels as of this writing.… Read more