VanEck Durable High Dividend ETF (DURA)
BATS BATS Primary 
Tax-Efficient Dividend Portfolio For Retired Investors With Low-Risk Tolerance
Crafting a dividend portfolio can provide reliable income for retirees, supplementing social security and ensuring financial stability with minimal market knowledge. Allocating funds to diversified ETFs like SCHD, LVHD, and DURA ensures consistent monthly income, tax efficiency, and low volatility. The portfolio aims for $42,000 in annual dividend income, with growth potential surpassing this target, ensuring retirees never touch the principal.
DURA: Still Uncompelling Compared To Peers
VanEck Durable High Dividend ETF holds 62 dividend stocks meeting some valuation and quality criteria, weighted on total dividends. The DURA ETF has value characteristics and a focus on energy, consumer staples and healthcare. DURA has underperformed in the S&P 500 and several dividend-focused ETFs since inception.
Dividend Royalty Found in This ETF
Advisors and some enthused investors have probably heard at least something about the dividend aristocrats. It's a group of S&P 500 components that have raised their payouts for at least 20 consecutive years.
