Let me come at my question in another way.
Now in a taxable account, that $1 dividend gets taxed - hopefully as a "qualified" dividend, but at my tax rates, I'm left with only $0.76 after 20% LTCG and 3.8% NIIT. So I'd prefer if they hadn't paid the dividend to begin with...
Back on topic, again with a total stock market - dividends remain irrelevant. If companies pay them - fine. If companies don't - fine. I don't care. My "preference" for not getting dividends (at least in taxable) has no impact on my choice. I simply accept what the market provides - however it provides. I'm not "picking" one way or the other...
Could the same arguments you've made not be made for VOO and QQQ?
Statistics: Posted by thatbrian — Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:41 am — Replies 15 — Views 582