3 High-Yield Stock ETFs to Buy With $500 and Hold Forever

Group 1 - The article highlights three high-yield ETFs as strong buy-and-hold opportunities: Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF, Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF, and Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF [1] - Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF offers diversification with over 566 dividend-paying stocks, comparable to the S&P 500 index [3][4] - A $500 investment in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF would yield approximately 2.5%, which is more than double the S&P 500 index yield [5] Group 2 - Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF focuses on stocks that have increased dividends for at least a decade, selecting the top 50 highest-yielding stocks [6] - This ETF weights stocks by dividend yield rather than market cap, giving more influence to higher-yield stocks [6]