Why Low Volatility Dividend Stocks Shine When Rates Rise

Dividend Investing with Fexingo: Income Stocks, Yield, and Long-Term Cash Flow Portfolios · Jul 8, 2026 · 8m · transcript

With the ten-year Treasury yield climbing back to 4.55 percent as of July 2026, dividend investors face a familiar question: do high-yield stocks still offer enough income to compete with bonds? In Episode 99 of Dividend Investing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna look at a corner of the market that often gets overlooked—low-volatility dividend ETFs like the iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY) and the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD). They compare recent performance data showing SCHD up 1.5 percent and DVY up 0.7 percent over the past five days, while the S&P 500 is flat. The conversation…