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Well I found something interesting
>dividend investing via SCHD/SCHY
>these exclude reits
>would like to own everything
>VNQ would be the go to pick
>absolutely terrible dividend growth
>-1.0 to +2.0% unless you happen to pick a good year
>5 year and 10 year yield on cost is essentially 0%
>this compared to the 11% dividend growth of SCHD
>about to throw in the towel on riets being bad
>then see SCHH
>only holds equity reits i.e. traditional reits
>has 40 less holdings
>lower expense ratio
>actual genuine dividend growth
I am confused but I guess the 40 companies in VNQ really dragged it down. I know mortgage reits are infamously terrible but it's a small percentage but excluded from SCHH