State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

SPYD

Market cap $7.55B

Investors, especially retirees, seek a lifetime of passive income to get them through their Golden Years.

For most investors, this is a game to stick in for the long haul. That includes novice investors with decades ahead of them before they clock out for the last time and even retirees.

The ETF universe continued to expand in 2025, with a growing number of high-income products incorporating options strategies to enhance payouts. However, for many investors and advisors, traditional ETFs that own dividend-paying stocks remain a core component of a well-rounded portfolio.

Retirees facing low bond yields have turned to high-dividend equity strategies, but not all approaches deliver the stability fixed-income investors need.

SCHD has a 3.74% yield and delivered 11.38% annualized returns over the past decade. JEPI offers an 8.35% yield through monthly distributions and writing S&P 500 call options.

In the stock market, the 4% dividend yield is a number that feels good enough to be table stakes for anyone who wants to really earn a significant amount of money and change their financial status before or during retirement.

Dividend investing is an important part of a long-term strategy for income investors. The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF offers investors exposure to sectors ranging from real estate to financials.

With the markets showing signs of rotating away from tech, high-yield dividend stocks are worth another look. ETFs focused on international dividend-paying stocks look particularly attractive at the moment.

Income investors who have been closely watching the market are starting to realize that there is a need to reposition their portfolio for the future.

Making its debut on 10/21/2015, smart beta exchange traded fund State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) provides investors broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Value category of the market.