Defensive dividend ETFs like BEDY, building income portfolios to cover monthly expenses, the costly art of selling winners too early, covered call ETF dividend streaks, congressional stock picks worth watching, monthly dividend payers (O, MAIN, SPYI, QQQI), and the Altria bull-vs-bear debate.

AbbVie Dividend King earnings, 3 Aristocrats with soaring profits (JNJ/IBM/PPG), USAI midstream energy toll-road thesis, dividends vs 4% rule $500K showdown, Solstice SOLS AI picks-and-shovels spinoff, $1M hybrid retirement strategy with QQQI/IWMI, 6 dividend ETFs on sale, Realty Income O deep dive, NEOS co-founder on volatility as income tool

9 sources covering dividend timing risk, 70 ETF stress tests, CHPY semiconductor ETF, $750K income portfolio, Allegion deep dive, IQQQ NASDAQ income, Trinity Capital BDC

9 sources covering SCHD 2026 reconstitution (22 removed/25 added), quality ETF screening (SPYI/QQQI), NEOS Boosted products (XQQI/XSPI), QQQI tax efficiency deep dive, 4 dividend increases (Costco/P&G/Albertsons/J&J), Morningstar dividend growers (10 stocks with 5yr 10%+ growth), CHPY semiconductor ETF, Morningstar stock prospects (Pfizer/Sysco/Watsco), Seeking Alpha yield shield strategy

8 sources covering buy-and-hold dividend stocks (KO, JNJ, ENB), discounted dividend growers (ZTS, ACN, DPZ, INTU, SBAC), $1M income portfolio construction, Enbridge SVA analysis, 5 strong-buy May ex-dividend stocks (SUN, SFD, SW, BIP, DEC), Aptus ETFs (IDUB, DRSK), CHPY semiconductor income ETF, and NASDAQ covered call ETF comparison (KQQ, QQQI, JPQ, GPIQ, QDVO, IQQQ, TDAQ)

High-yield ETFs (KBWD, QYLD, JEPQ, SPYI), Fed rate hold, RQI REIT fund, ROCQ/ROCY new JP Morgan ETFs, VTI vs VOO, DIVO analysis, Visa/KRC/WPC earnings, BDC state with HTGC/RWAY/ARCC

Ivy Portfolio moving averages, ultra high yield ETFs, Morningstar dividend growers, IT dividend growth stocks, the 7% yield illusion, dangerous dividend ETFs to sell, stocks with 11%+ dividend hikes, and GPIX as single best income ETF

Episode 51 of Informed Investing

Episode 50 of Informed Investing

Morningstar on dividends for retirees, best dividend growth ETFs, 65 high-yield ETF stress tests, QQQI/SPYI comparison, Value Line picks AbbVie, insider buying in Nike/TSM, 4 best high-yield ETFs