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My Dividend Growth Portfolio is a real-money dividend-growth portfolio created in 2008. It has been managed in real time for the past 16-plus years. In the DGP, dividends have gone up every year, achieving an all-time high 16.2% yield on cost in 2024. Total dividends received since inception have surpassed the original investment, illustrating the mutually reinforcing power of corporate dividend increases, dividend reinvestments, and compounding.

The Dow Jones is performing better amid the rise in Treasury yields and the tech sell-off. The trend might continue as we head into the fourth-quarter earnings season.

Among the three key U.S. equity gauges, the Dow Jones underperformed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in 2024. The Dow Jones-based exchange-traded fund SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF DIA has added 13.1% over the past year, falling behind the S&P 500 (up 23.7%) and the Nasdaq Composite (up 30.1%) (as of Jan. 9, 2025).

Wall Street was in the red on Tuesday as strong economic data dampened chances of near-term Fed rate cuts. Defensive ETFs may help in this scenario.

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow), and Nasdaq Composite are all stock market indexes used to measure the performance of various aspects of the U.S. stock market.

U.S. CPI increased 2.4% year-over-year in September, higher than expected, indicating persistent inflation risks. The DIA ETF, based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, offers lower valuation risks, higher dividend yields, and better downside protection compared to SPY and QQQ. Despite a concentrated portfolio of only 30 stocks, DIA provides global exposure, lower volatility, and lower turnover rates, making it a sound choice amid uncertainties.

I advise constructing a diversified portfolio with a foundation in a high-quality, low-cost S&P 500 fund, supplemented by exposure to major market indexes like the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust. The DIA ETF, despite trailing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 YTD, offers a decently diversified portfolio with significant exposure to financials and consumer spending. The DIA ETF has a solid long-term performance but has lagged the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 due to lower tech exposure and Boeing's terrible performance.

Launched on 01/13/1998, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Large Cap Value segment of the US equity market.

American stocks dived on Friday as concerns that the US was moving into a hard landing continued. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) ETF slumped to $490 on Friday, down by over 5.69% from its highest level this year.

The Dow Jones Index hit a new all-time high, notching its best one-day gain since June 2023, after reclaiming the 40,000 milestone for the first time since May.