Where does DIV's high yield come from?

From the underlying stocks' own dividends. The index selects high-yielding equities and the fund passes their payments through monthly — no options, no leverage, no return-of-capital engineering in the strategy itself.

How is DIV different from SDIV?

Geography and a volatility screen. SDIV hunts yield globally with no calm requirement; DIV stays in the U.S. and requires low beta, which filters out some of the wildest yield traps. The result has historically been a somewhat steadier, lower-drama version of the same strategy.

How often does DIV pay dividends?

Monthly, and it has paid since April 2013.

Is a yield-screened fund like DIV safe?

The strategy's known risk is the yield trap: stocks yield the most when their prices have fallen — sometimes because the dividend is about to be cut. Diversification across the index softens single-stock cuts, but the fund's own long chart above is the honest record of how often the screen has walked into them.

DIV Dividend History & Next Ex-Dividend Date

Q: When is DIV's next ex-dividend date?

DIV pays monthly, so the next ex-dividend date typically falls about a month after the previous one. Exact dates are announced by the fund shortly before each payout. This page computes the expected window from DIV's live payment data and shows the most recent ex-dividend dates and amounts. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.

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DIV Dividend — Quick Facts

Pays: monthly.
First paid: April 2013 — one of the longest monthly-payment records on this site.
What it is: high-yielding U.S. stocks screened for low volatility (Indxx SuperDividend U.S. Low Volatility Index) — the domestic, calmer sibling of SDIV.
Fee: 0.45% expense ratio (issuer fund page).
No options involved: the yield comes from what the underlying stocks actually pay — high because the holdings are chosen for high yield, not because upside was sold.

Screening purely for yield has a known failure mode: the highest yielders are often stocks the market has marked down for good reason, and dividend cuts follow. The long chart below shows how that tension has actually played out — including the lean years.

Every Dividend Payment, Over Time

DIV pays monthly. Each point below is one dividend since April 2013.

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DIV Payment Schedule & Next Ex-Dividend Date

Recent Ex-Dividend Dates	Dividend / Share

"Next expected" is estimated from DIV's recent payment rhythm — the fund announces exact dates shortly before each payout, and the data feed can lag a few days. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout; the cash typically arrives days later. See every fund's upcoming date on the live dividend calendar.

Yield-Screening, the Oldest High-Income Strategy

Long before option-income funds, the way to a double-digit yield was simple: own the highest-paying stocks you can find. The SuperDividend funds systematize it — DIV is one of the few funds anywhere with a monthly record long enough to show what yield-chasing does across entire market cycles, crashes included.

The modern comparison worth making: does a decade-plus of DIV beat the young option-income funds after their erosion? Run it on the compare tool — and see how DIV's payout steadiness scores on the payout statistics board.

Year-by-Year Table

Year	Total Dividends / Share	Payments	Change vs Prior Year

Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources.

When Is DIV's Next Ex-Dividend Date?

DIV pays monthly. The exact date of each payout is announced by the fund only shortly beforehand, so no site can promise the next date — but the live schedule box above shows the most recent ex-dividend date and the expected window for the next one, computed from DIV's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.

DIV's Record So Far

DIV — the Global X SuperDividend U.S. ETF — launched in March 2013 and has paid monthly since April 2013. That makes the chart above one of the most complete monthly-income records available anywhere: recessions, rate cycles, and all.

What a Long Record Teaches

Young income funds sell a story; old ones show a record. DIV's decade-plus of payments shows high-yield equity income exactly as it is — generous in stretches, cut in crises, and never free: the same market forces that push a stock's yield up are the ones threatening its dividend. It's the base rate against which every newer high-yield machine should be judged.

Reading the Chart Honestly

Watch the year-by-year totals rather than any single month, and put the share price beside the payouts — a high-yield screen can pay steadily while its principal drifts. The compare tool and Erosion Index show both halves.

See Every Fund's Next Payday

The live dividend calendar computes expected ex-dividend windows for every fund we track — one page, all the paydays.

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Educational content only — not financial advice. Payout history is provided by a third-party data source and may contain errors, omissions, or delays; verify against official sources before relying on it. Past distributions do not guarantee future payments. This is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.