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What about VYM? That seems pretty immune to the shenanigans of the tech bros. You can't fake dividends.
Investor summaryBullish
Author favors VYM to hedge against AI and P/E bubbles, citing real dividends, despite historical underperformance vs VTI/VOO.
Bull points
- VYM offers real dividends immune to tech and IPO shenanigans.
- Acts as a strong defensive hedge against potential AI and P/E bubbles.
Bear points
- Historically underperforms broad market indices like VTI and VOO.
- Subject to tax drag, though qualified dividend ratio is expected to be high.
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Historically, VYM does considerably worse than VTI or VOO, but if someone is really worried about an AI bubble, a P/E bubble, or the malign affects of IPO fast-tracking, maybe they should be betting that the overperformance of those indices will not hold for the next decade...
And, yeah, tax drag, but I know the similar but more concentrated SCHD pays virtually all of its dividends as "qualified," so the tax rate is lower than marginal income. I can't find the fraction of qualified dividends from VYM instantly, so I'm going to have to simply guess it is also pretty high (hopefully well over 90%).
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