True - I will have to pay taxes on dividends received - but when I retire then I will have to sell my non-dividend paying ETFs and then I will pay tax on the capital gain then or?
Yes - the high dividend stocks doesn’t have especially higher returns - I agree - in fact I understand that often companies that do not pay any dividends at all are likely to have a higher returns because instead of paying out dividends they reinvest the profit into the company - thus giving the company a better chance to grow and prosper - thus increasing the share price.
So is there any reason all to consider doing any form of dividend investing (either ETF or own portfolio)?