With the SPDR S&P 500 SPY down roughly 22.5% year-to-date, investors may want to turn to blue chip dividend kings. These stocks usually lose more of their value than other stocks in the S&P 500 and increase dividends for 50 consecutive years.
The SPDR Series Trust SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF SPYD is designed to track the performance of the 80 highest yield dividend equities in the S&P 500, which is only down about 13.13% year-to-date.
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Stocks such as PepsiCo Inc. PEP and Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB are down about 4.81% and 20.2% year-to-date. Target Corporation TGT is down 34.2% year-to-date. Benzinga's Dividend Calendar: Get Up To Date Dividend Announcements