My Top 10 High-Yield Dividend Stocks For August 2024

pcess609 Market Recap The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (SPY) somehow managed to post a positive return in July, +1.21%, but things did look a bit murky for a while. Vanguard's High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF (VYM) posted a very strong gain of 4.83% last month, breaking its two-month underperformance relative to SPY. My watchlist fared better than both, posting a gain of 5.72%, and pushes itself very close to SPY on the year. Year-to-date through July, the watchlist is up 15.52%, beating VYM, 12.94%, but still ...