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Construct a Fixed Income Portfolio with 5%+ Dividends Using ETFs

I like the dividend charts however I would have liked to see comparisons of each ETF's standard deviations for the volatility gauge instead of the 52 week high/low, and I thought you would have published the yield of each ETF since you refer to using this for construction.

I struggle with the payout ratio suggestion. If you're looking at the individual companies you would want to look at their interest coverage ratio (preferably on a forward looking basis) to gauge credit quality. If you're looking for an indication of yield you will have to look at the current trading yield of the individual issues also. Then there's the matter of duration, which along with credit quality is going to have the most impact on your bond fund performance, rather than yield. How is each ETF positioned along the yield curve? Just looking at the current running yield is really only meaningful for short-term issues.