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Forget VYM: HDV’s 3.42% Yield and 8-Point Year-to-Date Lead Deserve a Hard Look

VYM has been a default income core for a decade, but a competing BlackRock fund is quietly pulling ahead on both yield and total return in 2026, and the reason comes down to a flaw hiding inside VYM's portfolio construction.

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Stocks· September 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Onur Erkan Yıldız
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VYM has been a default income core for a decade, but a competing BlackRock fund is quietly pulling ahead on both yield and total return in 2026, and the reason comes down to a flaw hiding inside VYM's portfolio construction.

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