I found Choosing The Right Dividend ETF [1], which discusses several dividend funds and mechanisms they use to predict which companies will continue paying high

I found Choosing The Right Dividend ETF [1], which discusses several dividend funds and mechanisms they use to predict which companies will continue paying high dividends. A poster on another forum [2] warned that you should watch out for companies that prop up a dividend and then tank but don't roll out of the index right away. I guess that's where the more conservative filtering ETFs come into play (or you can screen stocks from the index yourself and monitor them). The chart in [3] shows a few funds against the S&P 500. Prices seem to largely track the S&P index. Maybe there's a way to chart the dividend yield over time, too. [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/moneybuilder/2014/08/22/choosing-the-right-dividend-etf/#4460b9cd63a0 http://www.forbes.com/sites/moneybuilder/2014/08/22/choosing... [2] http://gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/stocks/what-about-a-high-yield-dividend-stock-fund/msg10608/#msg10608 http://gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/stocks/what-about-a-hig... [3] https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1454621711970&chddm=909075&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NYSEARCA:DVY;INDEXSP:.INX;NYSEARCA:VIG;NYSEARCA:DIVI&cmptdms=0;0;0;0&q=NYSEARCA:VYM&&fct=big&ei=qMCzVuHBM4SOmAHm44HYBw https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&...