Where does SDIV'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.

Why did SDIV's payments shrink over the years?

The global high-yield universe itself got poorer — dividend cuts in shipping, mortgage REITs, and emerging-market names, plus a major share consolidation, all show in the restated chart. It's the yield trap made visible: the index always finds 100 high yielders, but yesterday's yielders don't always keep paying.

How often does SDIV pay dividends?

Monthly, and it has paid since July 2011.

Is a yield-screened fund like SDIV 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.

SDIV Dividend History & Next Ex-Dividend Date

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

SDIV 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 SDIV'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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SDIV Dividend — Quick Facts

Pays: monthly.
First paid: July 2011 — one of the longest monthly-payment records on this site.
What it is: the 100 highest-dividend-yielding stocks in the world (Solactive Global SuperDividend Index), equal-focused and rebalanced by rule.
Fee: 0.58% 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

SDIV pays monthly. Each point below is one dividend since July 2011.

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SDIV Payment Schedule & Next Ex-Dividend Date

Recent Ex-Dividend Dates	Dividend / Share

"Next expected" is estimated from SDIV'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 — SDIV 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 SDIV beat the young option-income funds after their erosion? Run it on the compare tool — and see how SDIV'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. Note: after a share split, this data source restates all historical per-share payouts in today's share terms — the split disclosure above the chart applies.

When Is SDIV's Next Ex-Dividend Date?

SDIV 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 SDIV's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.

SDIV's Record So Far

SDIV — the Global X SuperDividend ETF — launched in June 2011 and has paid monthly since July 2011. 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. SDIV'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.