Summary

• The 2026 market has turned dividend investing upside down.
• SCHD is surging while the S&P 500 stumbles, and most investors have no idea how to position themselves.
• There is one non-negotiable rule for retiring on dividends that filters out dividend traps before they blow up your income, and it's more critical today than it has ever been.
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The market so far in 2026 has been crazy, with commodity prices skyrocketing, particularly energy commodities (XLE), recently, with the war in Iran and the threat to the flow of oil through the Straits of

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