Back in July, I wrote about four dividend ETFs designed for long-term buy-and-hold investors. They were Schwab U.S. Dividend Growth ETF , Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF , WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth ETF , and Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF .
But with more than 200 different dividend ETFs to choose from, they're not the only ones that are great for long-term investing.
Dividend investing has returned in a big way in 2026. While tech and artificial intelligence (AI) stocks still get most of the attention, dividend stocks are actually beating the S&P 500 index. The WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend ETF , which I like to use as my proxy for the entire dividend stock universe, is outperforming the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by roughly 2% this year.
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