Question: What is the yearly average dividend on an sp500 fund? If you had let's say 10,000 in an SP500 fund how much would it pay in yearly dividends. I am assuming it is between 1 and 2%. Is that right?\nThanks.

Answer: If you go to the Yahoo Finance pages for VFINX (a Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund) and SPY (an S&P 500 index exchange-traded fund):\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=VFINX\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=SPY\n\nThey indicate dividend yields of 1.69% and 1.65%.\n\nClick on the "Performance" link of each to get their overall performance.
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