Dividends vs Index Funds: Which Is Most Profitable?

What kind of investing makes the most profits? Dividend investing or index (growth) investing? Today we will test 3 of my own personal portfolios to see what has gotten the best return over the last 1 year, then compare those to a portfolio of the Top 10 Dividend Stocks of 2024. Which will get the best returns? ⏱Handy Timeline: 0:00 Intro 0:44 My dividend portfolio 2:00 My IRA index portfolio 6:28 Our BEST performing account 8:34 Top 10 Dividend Stocks performance 9:32 Dividend strategies in the Income Factory book 10:56 I suck at exercising 11:35 Investing is like relationships 12:20 James Clear quote 12:36 Secrets ⧉Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVaO3-9dDkesDFAFrvqvcFg/join ===== 📗Easily learn all the essentials of stock market investing in a single afternoon: https://www.udemy.com/course/investingmasterclass/?referralCode=BEE5C6159005EDA7BE79 Digital Products I made for you: Relationship Money Plan: https://brendanevan.gumroad.com/l/RelationshipMoneyPlan Net Worth Tracker: https://brendanevan.gumroad.com/l/ZCeXo Budgeting Spreadsheet: https://brendanevan.gumroad.com/l/BrendanBudget2022 New Investor Checklist: https://brendanevan.gumroad.com/l/InvestingChecklist Better Goal Template: https://brendanevan.gumroad.com/l/Goals Memento Mori Life Grid: https://brendanevan.gumroad.com/l/BFAM-MementoMori My Free Newsletter: https://brendanevan.substack.com/ My Early Retirement Projection Spreadsheet: https://brendanevan.gumroad.com/l/RetireEarly ===== Services Worth Checking Out: 👨‍💻Data made easy with Fennel, the superpowered investing app: Free trial without a credit card AND get 1-12 months free!: http://fennel.sjv.io/c/2906384/1959471/20785 📈M1 Finance Investing: (Get up to $100 when you start investing today! *eligibility requirements apply* To get it, invest at least $100 in an individual account or at least $500 in a retirement account) https://m1.finance/td-bpuTpiT9T 🐿Start investing with Acorns! Now get $20 when you use my invite link: https://www.acorns.com/brendan/ 🤿Want to dive deeper with an investing service built for the pros and available to everyone? Check out Interactive Brokers: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/mkt/?src=brendanevanPY1&url=%2Fen%2Fwhyib%2Foverview.php 📊Get 2-12 free stocks with WeBull after you make your first deposit! (The best app for getting free stocks. Remember, you MUST link your bank account or you get no free stocks!) https://www.webull.com/k/BrendanEvan 💡Make informed decisions with deep investing tools and research with Seeking Alpha (My subscribers get 20% off plus the first 7 days free!): https://www.sahg6dtr.com/3146C9P/R74QP/ 👩‍🏫 Learn more with Skillshare, my favorite online learning platform: https://skillshare.eqcm.net/c/2906384/298081/4650 Sign up for Robinhood with my link and we'll both pick our own gift stock 🎁 https://join.robinhood.com/brendab533 (These are ALL affiliate links) ===== 🕰Make sure to check the time stamps to navigate to the most interesting parts easily. 🏎💨If I am talking too slowly, just click on the video settings option and look for “Playback Speed”. Changing this to 1.25x or 1.5x can make the video flow a little better if you want to pick up the pace! 📥Contact me here for business purposes: Brendan@brendanevan.com #BrendanEvan Disclaimer: Any financial or investing-related topics discussed on this channel are not from a professional investment advisor and are not financial advice for you. This is for entertainment and inspirational purposes only. My opinions are not reflective of the companies mentioned in the video. Also please know that many of the links I have in video descriptions like this one are affiliate links which means I may be compensated by the company whom you do business with at no extra expense to you. Thank you for your support! Updated Acorns Affiliate disclosure as of 4/9/24: Paid ad. Compensation provides an incentive to positively promote Acorns. The information and opinions presented are for informational purposes only and represent the views of the promoter as of the date created and are subject to change. Investment advisory services offered by Acorns Advisers, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser. View important disclosures at https://www.acorns.com/brendan/ and Acorns.com. ^This doesn't mean I was paid to make this video, it means I have an affiliate relationship with the company which allows me to make money by people using my links to sign up for services. I have to put this in every video description that includes the affiliate link.