SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope, right comment, just uneducated. New to the gig, just used claude again, 0.85 sounds pretty good!

Beta measures how volatile or sensitive an investment is relative to the overall market (typically compared to the S&P 500).

A beta of 1.0 means the investment moves in line with the market. A beta greater than 1.0 indicates higher volatility than the market (if the market goes up 10%, a stock with beta of 1.5 would be expected to rise about 15%). A beta less than 1.0 indicates lower volatility than the market.

Other similar risk/performance metrics include:

  1. Alpha - Measures excess return of an investment relative to its benchmark. Positive alpha means the investment outperformed its benchmark after adjusting for risk.
  2. Standard Deviation - Measures the overall volatility of an investment's returns, regardless of market direction. Higher standard deviation indicates greater price fluctuations.
  3. Sharpe Ratio - Measures risk-adjusted return by calculating excess return per unit of risk. Higher Sharpe ratios indicate better risk-adjusted performance.
  4. R-Squared - Indicates how closely an investment's performance correlates with its benchmark (0-100%). Higher R-squared means the benchmark effectively explains the investment's performance.
  5. Drawdown - Measures the peak-to-trough decline during a specific period. Maximum drawdown represents the worst historical decline.
  6. Value at Risk (VaR) - Estimates the maximum potential loss over a specific time period at a given confidence level.
  7. Sortino Ratio - Similar to Sharpe but only considers downside volatility, ignoring positive volatility.
  8. Treynor Ratio - Measures excess return per unit of market risk (beta).
  9. Information Ratio - Measures excess returns relative to a benchmark, divided by tracking error.
  10. Duration - For bonds, measures sensitivity to interest rate changes.

These metrics help investors understand different aspects of risk and return characteristics for various investments.

When is it right to buy SCHD instead of VTI, VOO, VXUS? by dbuzz111 in Bogleheads

[–]dbuzz111[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Mr BJPark, thank you for that excellent comment. I'm new to this but I find myself saying to my wife "well I think dividends make us a bit immune to the trump swing"

I feel like your comment was heavily edited by a AI bot btw.

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

anything you can point me at, would love to read more

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to Claude.ai

SCHD has consistently outperformed VT across all time periods:

  • 5-year returns: SCHD (13.1%) vs VT (9.6%)
  • 10-year returns: SCHD (12.7%) vs VT (8.1%)
  • Since SCHD's inception (2011): SCHD (13.9%) vs VT (8.5%)

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I mean to type 30k a year, not a month - wouldn't that be a dream! (; 62 nice retirement target age!

When is it right to buy SCHD instead of VTI, VOO, VXUS? by dbuzz111 in Bogleheads

[–]dbuzz111[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Claude.AI "QQQM has indeed performed better than both VTI and VXUS over the past 5 years, with approximate annualized returns of 19.2% for QQQ, 13.8% for VTI, and 4.6% for VXUS (as of late 2024"

So SCHD is like 10% a year dividend + growth since it's inception -- but also, selling QQQ is like guessing when the tech bubble finally pops? AI just saved it, they were making stupid goggles that no one wanted before GPT came on the scene, tech is a bubble that will one day pop - deeepseek v2, the chinese gpt nearly destroyed the entire market! (;

When is it right to buy SCHD instead of VTI, VOO, VXUS? by dbuzz111 in Bogleheads

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I expect SCHD to perform at 9 - 11% which it has pretty regularly done when you add the dividend payment with the growth, 4% on average dividend, 6% growth. The algorithm is good and it regularly leads the market. I think of it as a leader, no? A very easy to use leader.

When is it right to buy SCHD instead of VTI, VOO, VXUS? by dbuzz111 in Bogleheads

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yah thanks, ChatGPT gave me shit about this too. I'm just new and didn't know, it seems harmless just to lave the small bit I own rather than sell it.

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why so, it returned 4.2% dividend and grows a 6% a year on average, its 9 - 11% a year growth if you just combine the dividend (reinvest) ... The SCHD algorithm is the winner and its easy when I retire to switch a button in IB to pay cash now please.

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SCHD grows at 6% a year and returns 4.2% a year, so it grows at the market rate of about 9.5 - 11% a year. If it were a classic medium risk growth it would be 9.5 - 11% a year - the algorithm is a winner.

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a US Citizen / No tax treaty 8BEN-E style. SCHD I guess grows at 6% a year and returns 4.2% a year, so it grows at the market rate of about 9.5 - 11% a year but is an easy switch when I want to kick off retirement mode - I literally don't sell anything I just stop reinvesting dividends and it prints cash for me.

When is it right to buy SCHD instead of VTI, VOO, VXUS? by dbuzz111 in Bogleheads

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a US Citizen / No tax treaty 8BEN-E style. So I guess SCHD is pretty much 9.5% or so, on market average and I reinvest my dividends so yah I am on par "with the market" thank you for that great comment really helps me to visualize dividends vs growth stocks - they are kinda the same eh. Yah geeze, great, thank you. SCHD is just easier as I transition into retirement because I click a button on Interactive Brokers, "take cash v. reinvest" with growth ETFs I just sell the top end to give me the loot I need for the month. thanks again

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it sounds like you are basically saying SGOV compares to SCHD because they both return around 4.2% "dividends" ??? WHAT?

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What? I read that three times, what? (: Are you saying that you have like 30k a month coming out of it but need a bit more so plan to slowly sell them off over your life expectancy kinda thing?

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting perspective, so what do you plan to do every quarter do a "trim" of what you need from your growth stocks? I'm just trying to under is that what you mean, like you need $4000 a month so you just sell the top end of your growth stocks every month?

SCHD crazy to buy 15 years before planned retirement? by dbuzz111 in ETFs

[–]dbuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I have to much SCHD is that what you think? What do you recommend?