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Dapper Dividends
by Dapper Dividends
Dapper Dividends is a quirky and unique take on dividend growth investing!I’m Russ, born in '78, Chicago raised, US Navy in the late '90s, have a wife and two teenage daughters, commercial loading dock equipment installer and service tech since '99.While the following content are my opinions on investing and life, nothing is to be considered advice, but shared knowledge for your fun and entertainment!
Episodes
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#314~ Are REITs Still Worth Owning?
👉 Seeking Alpha's Quant Growth & Income — special price of $449/yr: DISCOUNT LINK Should you sell your REITs when the S&P 500 keeps winning? I'm 48, about a decade from needing my portfolio to pay the bills, and my two REITs, Agree Realty (ADC) and VICI Properties (VICI), have badly trailed...
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#313~ The Dividend King Faking Its Own Raises
👉 Seeking Alpha's Quant Growth & Income — special price of $449/yr: DISCOUNT LINK Sponsored by Seeking Alpha. Opinions are mine. Some companies hand shareholders extra shares every year instead of raising the cash dividend, and it looks like free money. It isn't. In this video, I break down…
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#312~ 2 Dividend Stocks Down Big (I Think It's Temporary)
👉 Seeking Alpha's Quant Growth & Income — special price of $449/yr: DISCOUNT LINK Sponsored by Seeking Alpha. Opinions are mine. Pool Corp (POOL) is down 44% from its high, and Hershey (HSY) is near a 52-week low — and both raised their dividends while the stock fell. POOL yields 2.76%, and HSY...
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#311~ Why This Millionaire Quit Buying Big Dividends.
Shaun | @ParlayBros is back on the channel three years later, and he's stopped adding to the high-dividend payers that built his income — including Altria, still his largest position- and he's doing something most dividend investors would never do on purpose: he's selling his high-yield dividend...
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#310~ I Tested 69 Covered Call ETFs. Only 4 Passed.
I tested 69 covered call and options-income ETFs against the assets they're built on — every fund from its own inception date through August 7, 2026, total return with all distributions reinvested. Only 4 beat their benchmark, and every one of those four had a flat or falling underlying, used...
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#309~ 5 Dividend Stocks: 4% Yield, Safe, and Cheap!
I used the Simply Safe Dividends stock screener to find dividend stocks with yields of 4% or higher, safe dividends, low valuations, and strong returns on capital. Five companies made the cut: Watsco (WSO), Paychex (PAYX), Amdocs (DOX), PepsiCo (PEP), and T. Rowe Price (TROW). For each one, I...
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#308~ $730K Portfolio Reveal + $11,000 Dividends!
This is our full investment portfolio reveal — every single stock and fund my wife and I own, worth about $730,000 and growing toward our goal of a $1 million portfolio. I walk through all 24 holdings one by one, share what's new with each one, and show you how we're now earning almost $11,000 a...
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#307~ Dividend Investing for People in a Hurry!
Dividend investing explained for beginners, fast. If a $100 stock pays a $5 dividend, do you have $105 — or $95 plus $5 in cash? Meb Faber's survey found only about 1 in 4 everyday investors get it right. I cover why dividends aren't free money, why a high dividend yield is often a warning sign...
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#306~ She Quit VTI To Buy This Instead...
Lisa J-Stocks | @LisaJStocks bought VTI for over three years straight — then she stopped. In this interview, she explains why she shifted to growth, the two stocks she's buying now (SPMO and SMH), and the simple mindset trick that keeps her investing no matter what: treat it like a bill you…
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#305~ Is OVL Better Than VOO?
So I kept hearing about this ETF called OVL — it's beaten the S&P 500 since 2019, and now it pays you over 10% a year in monthly checks. Sounded like a cheat code, so I popped the hood. In this one, I break down what's actually inside OVL (spoiler: it's basically VOO), how it uses options to…
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#304~ Caesars Sold — What VICI Investors Must Know
Caesars Entertainment just sold for $17.6 billion — and if you own VICI Properties, you need to hear this. Russ sits down with Travis from Dividend Collection Agency, a retired Navy vet and TipRanks Top 1% analyst, to break down what the Caesars sale actually means for VICI shareholders, whether...
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#303~ 4 Cheap Dividend Stocks Nobody Is Talking About!
Most dividend investors stick to the same handful of household names — but some of the best compounding businesses in the market are hiding in plain sight. In this video, I'm using a framework borrowed from investor Pulak Prasad — author of What I Learned About Investing from Darwin — to identify...
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#302~ Did My Magic Dividend Formula Beat The Market?
Two years ago, I built my own twist on Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula investing strategy. I called it the Dividend Magic Formula — I screened MagicFormulaInvesting.com for dividend-paying stocks, ranked them by 5-year Return on Capital Employed (ROCE), and bought the top 10. Did it beat the S&P...
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#301~ I Found $102,000 of Hidden Tech in My Portfolio!
I felt FOMO about missing the AI rally. Then I ran a 5-minute look-through analysis on my portfolio with AI and found $102,000 of Magnificent 7 stocks I didn't know I owned — hidden inside my 401(k) index funds. Here's the exact 3-step process you can use on your portfolio today....
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#300~ Top 10 Terrible Dividend Trades 😬 (And What I Learned)
I lost nearly $48,000 by being too "smart" with my investments — and every single one of these stocks beat the S&P 500 after I sold. In this video I walk through 10 real positions I sold from my own portfolio, the actual dollar cost of each mistake, and the lesson each one taught me. From...
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#299~ His "Fever Dream" Portfolio Pays Daily Dividends
In this video, I sit down with investor Jonah Weingarten, who ditched traditional dividend growth investing for what he calls his "High Yield Fever Dream" — a high-income strategy built around covered call ETFs, a daily buying schedule, and a plan to eventually live off his distributions in...
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#298~ The Safest Covered Call ETF (It's Not JEPI)
Covered call ETFs like JEPI, JEPQ, SPYI, QQQI, and the YieldMax single-stock funds (TSLY, NVDY) advertise huge yields — sometimes 12%, 30%, even 80%. But there's no free lunch with covered call income ETFs. In this video I walk through the new covered call ETF ratings from Simply Safe Dividends…
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#297~ I Called GE a Red Flag... Then This Happened
In 2021, I told my viewers that GE's reverse stock split was risky — and I was wrong. In this video, I break down exactly why GE's split was different from the typical panic move you see from struggling companies, what I missed, and the two questions every investor should ask before reacting to…
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#296~ Stock Lessons From 35 Years in the Market w/ Adam Kahn
What does 35 years of investing look like? In this conversation, I sit down with fellow YouTuber Adam Kahn to talk about his investing journey — from his first stocks to dividend income, options trading, and using AI to tell better financial stories. We dig into how he finds stocks, what makes…
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#295~ We're No Longer Millionaires. Here's What Happened.
Our net worth dropped $53,000 in March 2026 — knocking us out of millionaire status. But here's why I'm not worried, and why a market downturn might actually be the best thing that can happen to a long-term investor. In this portfolio update, I break down exactly what happened, what I bought…
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#294~ Very Safe Dividend Growth Stocks Too Cheap To Ignore!
The market is selling off — and a few high-quality companies on my watchlist just got a lot more interesting. In this video, I walk through my personal watchlist, explain how I use the 10-year median P/E as a buy zone barometer, and share which stocks have caught my attention in this pullback. I...
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#293~ BDCs Pay 10%+ Dividends — But Nobody Tells You This
BDCs like ARCC and MAIN offer 9–11% dividend yields — but there's one thing most investors don't understand before buying in. In this video, I break down exactly what a BDC is, why management trust is everything, and four specific red flags to watch every quarter that could signal it's time to...
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#292~ My Retirement Trading Guest Spot!
Russ was a guest on the My Retirement Trading YouTube channel with Michal Brownstein, and this is that conversation. We covered a wide range of topics from Russ' backstory, mistakes, stocks he's adding to, and tips on how to be a productive and indispensable employee. [Link to YouTube...
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#291~ Dividend Expert: I'm Buying This Hated 11% Yield Stock
Dividend Expert Kelly Green, @DownDogsandDividends returns to answer YOUR questions! Kelly writes for Mauldin Economics Dividend Digest and specializes in helping everyday investors build reliable income through dividends. In this video, we tackle real questions from the community — including…
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#290~ My Stock Crashed. I Smiled. Here's Why...
In this video, I break down why I didn't sell my position in Harrow Inc. (HROW) after the stock dropped 30% following earnings. I walk through how I think about stocks like a business owner, not a trader — and why the price is often just noise. We look at HROW's real fundamentals: revenue growth,...
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#289~ 9 Very Safe Cheap & Growing FastDividend Stocks
Using Simply Safe Dividends to screen for stocks that are Very Safe, undervalued, AND growing their dividends fast — 9 stocks made the cut. This video walks through each one, starting with how to use the Simply Safe Dividends screener, then diving into Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), EOG…
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#288~Buffett's Gone. Here's His Final Portfolio...
Warren Buffett's final quarter as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is in the books — and the 13F tells an interesting story. In this video, we walk through every buy and sell Berkshire made in Q4 2025, including new positions, big trims, and what Todd Combs leaving for JPMorgan might have to do with the...
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#287~ This Stock Crashed 32%. I Bought More!!
Kinsale Capital (KNSL) just reported earnings and the stock dropped 25% from its highs. I bought more. In this video, I break down who Kinsale is, what E&S insurance means, why the combined ratio is the most important number in insurance, what happened with earnings, and why I added to my...
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#286~ This Stock Goes Nowhere (But Beats the S&P 500)
Is Ares Capital (ARCC) still a buy as interest rates fall? In this video, I break down my recent purchase of ARCC at $18.99 and why I view this BDC (Business Development Company) as a long-term "income factory." While many investors fear that Fed rate cuts will hurt dividend stocks, I dive into…
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#285~ 632% Return in 299 Days (Why I Sold Early)...
I made a 632% return in 299 days on a leveraged ETF, but I sold early and paid higher taxes. Why? In this video, I break down my trade from $95 to $695, explain how 3X leveraged ETFs work, and show you the math behind my decision to take short-term capital gains rather than wait for long-term...
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#284~ Why I Picked These Two International ETFs...
Learn why owning US companies that sell overseas (like Nike) doesn't give you real international diversification - and how two simple ETFs (SCHY and IDVO) can fix that gap in your portfolio. I break down the difference between developed and emerging markets, explain covered calls in plain…
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#283~ Piss Poor Yields: The Biology of Bad Investments
Discover why animal urine signals and investment yields work exactly the same way. Learn how deer avoid predators, why Toxoplasma parasites rewire mouse brains, and how yield-chasing fever tricks investors into financial traps. Real examples like AT&T's 47% dividend cut reveal how to spot danger...
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#282~ SCHD Expert: Is It DEAD or Just Sleeping?
Is SCHD dead or just sleeping? We sit down with Craig (SCHD Stan) to answer the tough questions about why SCHD went from the #1 dividend ETF to having investors posting "I'm done with SCHD" online. We break down the March 2025 reconstitution that pushed energy to 20%, why SCHD returned 0% while…
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#281~How a Welder Built $1 Million Net Worth!
In this video, I share how my family reached a $1,000,000 net worth as a welder with no college degree. Ten years ago we had less than $100,000 saved, two young kids, and a stay-at-home wife. I break down the simple habits that worked for us, the mistakes that cost me money, and what I would…
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#280~ Full Dividend Portfolio Review & Reveal!
In this podcast, you'll learn about EVERY dividend received in 2025, all the portfolio moves, and the whole portfolio reveal. Check out the VIDEO! 📖 How Not to Invest: The ideas, numbers, and behaviors that destroy wealth―and how to avoid them, by Barry Ritholtz Dapper Dividends…
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#279~The Index Fund Secret Wall Street Hides
Only 1.3% of stocks drive nearly all market returns—and the odds of picking those winners are worse than 1 in 75 against you. Even professional fund managers fail to beat the index 93-95% of the time over 20 years. This video explains why market-cap-weighted index funds like VTI and VOO...
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#278~ Warning: Mega Cap Dividend Cut Coming?
SimplySafeDividends just downgraded a major pharmaceutical stock with a 7% dividend yield. I break down why this dividend freeze could signal a cut ahead. Watch the YouTube video.In this video, I cover:-Why Pfizer's dividend freeze is the first warning sign (first since 2009)-How "accidentally…
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#277~The BIG Trap That Ruins Most Investors⚠️
In this video, @DapperDividends and @RyneWilliams sit down and answer some of the most common dividend investing questions we get from our audience. We talk about the biggest trap that causes the most damage to investors, how we think about staying disciplined during market volatility, and when...
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#276~ Execs Spending Millions on Their Own Dividend Stock!
Discover 5 dividend-paying stocks where CEOs and CFOs are buying shares with their own money—including $5 million in purchases at one company in a single week. When executives put their personal cash into their own stock, especially when the CFO oversees all the finances, it's worth paying...
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#275~ 3 Dividend Growth Stocks Too Cheap to Ignore!
In this video I break down three high-quality dividend growth companies that all earn over 20% returns on capital and are trading below their historical valuations. I explain why ROCE matters, then walk through Kinsale Capital (KNSL), Zoetis (ZTS), and Automatic Data Processing (ADP) using simple...
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#274~ Top 1% Dividend Expert Reveals 2 Stocks He's Buying
Travis from DividendCollectionAgency.com ranks in the top 1% of financial experts (#197 out of 31,973) with an average return of 12.70% since 2023. In this interview, he shares two dividend stocks the Agency is buying right now, plus his take on REITs like Realty Income versus competitors, VICI...
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#273~ This Dividend Has Me Worried 🚨
Starbucks (SBUX) just reported its first positive same-store sales in almost two years, but I'm still worried it might cut its dividend. In this video, I break down something most investors miss: how companies can make their numbers look better by closing underperforming stores right before...
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#272~What I’d Do Differently After 7 Years Investing
Ever wonder what you’d change if you could start investing all over again? In this video, I break down the biggest lessons I’ve learned from 7 years in the market—what worked, what didn’t, and the one thing I wish I knew from the start. Whether you’re brand new or just looking for fresh ideas,...
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#271~ 3 Dividend Stocks That Are Cheaper Than You Think!
If a stock costs $500 per share but earns $600 per share... is it expensive? Nope. It's actually cheap. In this video, I'm breaking down 3 dividend growth stocks that might look expensive because of their stock price, but are actually trading at or below their 5-year average P/E ratio. I used...
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#270~Dividend Expert ROASTED My Portfolio!
Kelly Green, @DownDogsandDividends is a dividend investing expert, and she absolutely roasted my portfolio. I showed her all 21 of my holdings - the good, the bad, and the ugly - and she didn't hold back. We talked about my heavy allocation to funds like VTI and VSGAX, my non-dividend payers…
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#269~ $212K SCHD Investor: Your Expectations Are Wrong!
Remember Craig from our viral SCHD interview? Well, he's back with some eye-opening updates! His SCHD portfolio has grown from $96,000 to over $212,000 in just two years, and he's sharing exactly what he's learned along the way. In this conversation, Craig breaks down why most people…
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#268~ 💰Why I Keep Selling Realty Income (O)
Hey dividend investors! In this August portfolio update, I'm diving into why I keep selling my Realty Income (O) shares and putting that money into Agree Realty (ADC) and VICI Properties (VICI) instead.I'll walk you through all the dividend income I collected this month - we're talking a total of...
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#267~ High-Yield Conversation w/ Marcos!
I had the pleasure of being a guest on Marcos Milla's channel to talk about my path to being on the doorstep of a $1M net worth and why I'm not interested in High-Yield covered call ETFs. Check out the YouTube Video! Blossom Investor Tour, where Russ will be a speaker! Email Russ: 👉...
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#266~ The Path to $1,000,000 w/ Moe!
In this episode, we head North of the border as a guest to chat with Moe from @MomentumFinance to talk about my journey from >$100K net worth at 39 to the doorstep of being a net worth millionaire 8 years later. Check out the YouTube Video! Blossom Investor Tour, where Russ will be a speaker!…
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#265~ Buffett Expert Alex W. Morris On How To Approach The Investing Game.
Warren Buffett expert Alex W. Morris, author of "Buffett & Munger Unscripted," reveals how he believes most people approach investing completely wrong. After analyzing 30 years of Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings, Alex shares Buffett's real strategy for playing the investing game. Whether…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Dapper Dividends is a quirky and unique take on dividend growth investing!I’m Russ, born in '78, Chicago raised, US Navy in the late '90s, have a wife and two teenage daughters, commercial loading dock equipment installer and service tech since '99.While the following content are my opinions on investing and life, nothing is to be considered advice, but shared knowledge for your fun and entertainment!
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