Charles Schwab Conservative Income Portfolio: Dividend Yield

Last Update: 30 November 2024

The Charles Schwab Conservative Income Portfolio granted a 3.92% dividend yield in 2023.

It's a Low Risk portfolio and it can be implemented with 6 ETFs.

Portfolio Dividend Yield

The Dividend Yield of Charles Schwab Conservative Income Portfolio is the result of the following asset allocation:

CHARLES SCHWAB CONSERVATIVE INCOME PORTFOLIO
Dividend Yields (%)
Period: January 2023 - November 2024
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2024(*) 2023
Charles Schwab Conservative Income Portfolio 3.20% 3.92%
Weight Components Dividend Yield (%)
5.00% VNQ - Vanguard Real Estate 2.63% 4.30%
40.00% BND - Vanguard Total Bond Market 2.97% 3.20%
25.00% BIL - SPDR Blmbg Barclays 1-3 Mth T-Bill 4.23% 5.03%
18.00% TIP - iShares TIPS Bond 2.15% 2.79%
7.00% HYG - iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond 4.94% 6.20%
5.00% BNDX - Vanguard Total International Bond 1.85% 4.66%
(*) Dividend Yield is calculated only for a portion of the year

Capital Growth and Dividends

In the following table, Capital Growth details (with and without dividend reinvestment) are represented.

If you are not interested in a periodic income and you need a strategy with a dividend reinvestment, please refer to the Charles Schwab Conservative Income Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

CHARLES SCHWAB CONSERVATIVE INCOME PORTFOLIO
Capital Growth with or without dividend reinvestment
1000$ invested from January 2013 to November 2024
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Year
Dividend
Cumulative
Dividend
Cashflow
Portfolio
Value
EOY Capital
Amount Yield Effective
Ptf + Cashflow
Total Return
Div. reinvestment
1000.00
2013 19.55 1.96% 19.55 961.31 980.86 980.86
2014 21.32 2.17% 40.87 988.92 1029.79 1030.36
2015 17.90 1.74% 58.77 968.81 1027.58 1027.30
2016 21.24 2.07% 80.01 982.49 1062.50 1063.04
2017 24.35 2.29% 104.35 988.63 1092.98 1094.03
2018 29.93 2.74% 134.28 959.90 1094.18 1092.17
2019 30.56 2.80% 164.84 1013.36 1178.20 1183.55
2020 22.57 1.91% 187.41 1049.24 1236.65 1248.03
2021 28.17 2.26% 215.58 1051.01 1266.59 1278.30
2022 36.05 2.82% 251.63 916.56 1168.19 1150.83
2023 45.13 3.92% 296.76 933.66 1230.42 1217.42
Nov 2024(*) 38.95 3.20% 335.71 946.83 1282.54 1273.55
(*) Dividend Yield is calculated only for a portion of the year WITHOUT
dividend
reinvestment
WITH
dividend
reinvestment

Column meaning:

  • Dividend -> Amount: Income returned over the year (or portion of the year)
  • Dividend -> Yield: Dividend Yield calculated on the starting price of the year
  • Cumulative Dividend Cashflow: Sum of all the dividends received
  • Portfolio Value: Investment Value, excluding dividends, at the end of year
  • EOY Capital -> Effective: Investment Value plus cumulative dividends
  • EOY Capital -> Total Return: Investment Value, with dividend reinvestment

Which are the global returns of the last periods? In the following table, the Effective Return considers the received (and not reinvested) dividends. Total Return is calculated assuming dividend reinvestment.

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Period Portfolio
Return
Effective
Return
Total
Return
Jan 2023 - Nov 2024 +3.30% +9.79% +10.66%
Jan 2021 - Nov 2024 -9.76% +3.71% +2.04%
Jan 2019 - Nov 2024 -1.36% +17.21% +16.61%
Jan 2017 - Nov 2024 -3.63% +20.71% +19.80%
Jan 2014 - Nov 2024 -1.51% +30.76% +29.84%
WITHOUT
dividend
reinvestment
WITH
dividend
reinvestment

Yearly Returns and Dividend Yield

Dividends are essential for the investor who needs additional periodic income. When dividends are not reinvested, how much is the real portfolio return over the years?

CHARLES SCHWAB CONSERVATIVE INCOME PORTFOLIO
HISTORICAL RETURNS AND DIVIDEND YIELDS
Period: January 2013 - November 2024
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Year Total Return Dividend Yield Return
Without Dividends
2013 -1.91% 1.96% -3.87%
2014 +5.05% 2.17% +2.87%
2015 -0.30% 1.74% -2.03%
2016 +3.48% 2.07% +1.41%
2017 +2.91% 2.29% +0.62%
2018 -0.17% 2.74% -2.91%
2019 +8.37% 2.80% +5.57%
2020 +5.45% 1.91% +3.54%
2021 +2.43% 2.26% +0.17%
2022 -9.97% 2.82% -12.79%
2023 +5.79% 3.92% +1.87%
Nov 2024(*) +4.61% 3.20% +1.41%
(*) Dividend Yield is calculated only for a portion of the year

Actual Dividend Yield for long term investors

What would have been the annual Dividend Yield received by investors if they had implemented the Charles Schwab Conservative Income Portfolio allocation over the past years?

E.g. If you had implemented it 3 years ago, how much would be your actual dividend yield today?

CHARLES SCHWAB CONSERVATIVE INCOME PORTFOLIO
ACTUAL DIVIDEND YIELD for long-term investors
Period: January 2013 - November 2024
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Starting Period
of the
Investment
Actual Dividend Yield over years
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024(*)
Jan 2013 2.99% 3.06% 2.26% 2.82% 3.61% 4.51% 3.90%
Jan 2014 3.05% 3.12% 2.30% 2.87% 3.68% 4.60% 3.97%
Jan 2015 2.90% 2.97% 2.19% 2.73% 3.50% 4.38% 3.78%
Jan 2016 2.91% 2.97% 2.20% 2.74% 3.51% 4.39% 3.79%
Jan 2017 2.82% 2.87% 2.12% 2.65% 3.39% 4.25% 3.66%
Jan 2018 2.74% 2.79% 2.06% 2.57% 3.30% 4.13% 3.56%
Jan 2019 2.80% 2.07% 2.58% 3.30% 4.13% 3.57%
Jan 2020 1.91% 2.38% 3.05% 3.81% 3.29%
Jan 2021 2.26% 2.89% 3.62% 3.12%
Jan 2022 2.82% 3.53% 3.05%
Jan 2023 3.92% 3.38%
(*) Dividend Yield is calculated only for a portion of the year

Collecting dividends is useful to obtain an additional income. Obtaining a large amount of income is the first step to financial freedom. However, if your need is to increase your capital as much as possible with dividend reinvestment, please refer to the Charles Schwab Conservative Income Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.