r/SCHD

▲ 358 r/SCHD

452 Shares of SCHD, and One Costco Hot Dog Away From Peak Financial Freedom

I’m 37 years old and currently hold 452 shares of SCHD.

At this point I don’t even see women anymore. I see expense ratios.

My friends bought sports cars during their midlife crisis.
I bought more SCHD during a 0.7% dip and whispered “generational wealth” while eating Costco hot dogs in my parked Geo Metro.

Every quarter I receive enough dividends to almost emotionally recover from checking my portfolio daily.

Sometimes I stare at my SCHD position and imagine myself at 65 sitting on a porch telling my grandkids:

“You see that juice box?
That was funded by Pepsi exposure.”

My wife asked me if we should diversify more and I almost filed for divorce because SCHD already owns like 100 companies. That IS diversification.

Meanwhile the crypto guys at work are explaining “tokenomics” while I’m over here getting sexually attracted to dividend yield increases.

452 shares at 37.

Will my future self appreciate this level of commitment?

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u/BrokeButFunny5 — 2 days ago
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Can I hold SCHD elsewhere than Schwab

Hello. I own almost 5K shares of SCHD plus a good number of other holdings with Schwab but I feeling like I am being treated like a disliked stepchild. Can I hold SCHD in a Vanguard or Fidelity account? Thank You

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u/MarkFabulous1096 — 5 days ago
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Are SPYI dividends monthly?

I just checked my Schwab account and it shows my SPYI dividend payout on quarterly basis, not monthly basis. Am I looking at it wrong? Thanks.

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u/DhakoBiyoDhacay — 5 days ago
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Brokerage and Roth

Does it make any sense to have SCHD in a regular brokerage account and a Roth account concurrently?

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u/Billski66 — 5 days ago
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SCHD 90% / QLD 10% strategy

I think this is a good long-term strategy. Rebalancing might be done once a year or when over 10% gap.

Anybody has this port?

P.S. Rebalancing will be uni-directional. Only QLD to SCHD when QLD is over 20%.

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u/ssfwlove — 7 days ago
▲ 123 r/SCHD+1 crossposts

Proud Dad moment

Proud parent moment today.
My daughter’s portfolio returned +30.79% over the past year — outperforming the S&P 500.
Sometimes the best strategy really is the “boring” one:
✔️ Stay invested
✔️ Stay consistent
✔️ Ignore the noise
Slow and steady can still win the race.

This portfolio combines SCHD, SPMO, VOO (33% split)

u/FQRGETmeNQT — 8 days ago
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Spotted at the local tennis club. Looks like hes got some shares.

u/olliec42069 — 11 days ago
▲ 556 r/SCHD+1 crossposts

110 SCHD

Finally got to 110 shares of SCHD! I'm excited!

u/flocamuy — 12 days ago
▲ 67 r/SCHD+6 crossposts

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u/Ok-Basil2753 — 11 days ago
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Thoughts on using a 60/40 position SCHD/QQQI in my Roth Account?

My plan was to use the CC dividends to reinvest into SCHD stock while also adding 5000-7k yearly to SCHD. Any tax thing I need to watch out for? Plan on working another 20yrs at least (God willing), but I want to have a tax free dividend snowball at the end of my journey.

I also have about 250k in a regular work sponsored 401k that I contribute 13% into currently. I go up a percentage or two depending on my raises every year as well. I want the dividends to pay me and mamas bills autonomously when we get older. At least the basic ones, and maybe have them to turn over to our kids when we pass.

Let me know what yall think. Thanks in advance! 🙏

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u/Gingerholic803 — 12 days ago