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5 Stocks I am Retiring On

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Key takeaways

  • A retirement portfolio needs businesses that can keep rewarding shareholders long after the current market narrative fades.
  • Exposed: DIA, QQQ, IWM, RSP, VTI
  • Market reaction: price tracking starts with the next trading session.

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5 Stocks I am Retiring On

A retirement portfolio needs businesses that can keep rewarding shareholders long after the current market narrative fades. Dividends show how important those quieter sources of return can be: according to S&P Dow Jones Indices research cited in our coverage of Dividend

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • DIA SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

    SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ

    Invesco QQQ: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    iShares Russell 2000 ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

    Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

  • VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

    Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
DIA+1.38%+4.07%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
QQQ+3.80%+5.39%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
IWM+2.05%+3.78%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
RSP+1.83%+3.38%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
VTI+2.17%+4.12%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

5 Stocks I am Retiring On Yahoo Finance

Source: Yahoo Finance

Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA) since “5 Stocks I am Retiring On,” compared with the market

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)three days earlier+4.07%final price
Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)five days earlier+1.38%final price
Ishares Tr (IWM)three days earlier+3.78%final price
Ishares Tr (IWM)five days earlier+2.05%final price
Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)three days earlier+5.39%final price
Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ)five days earlier+3.80%final price
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T (RSP)three days earlier+3.38%final price
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T (RSP)five days earlier+1.83%final price
Vanguard Index Fds (VTI)three days earlier+4.12%final price
Vanguard Index Fds (VTI)five days earlier+2.17%final price

Who gains and who loses around Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

Companies carried with this story

  • DIA Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust

    Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 9 Nov 2026 story “5 Stocks I am Retiring On.” Reason on file: SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story

  • QQQ Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1

    Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 9 Nov 2026 story “5 Stocks I am Retiring On.” Reason on file: Invesco QQQ: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story

  • IWM Ishares Tr

    For “5 Stocks I am Retiring On,” Ishares Tr (IWM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares Russell 2000 ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story

  • RSP Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T

    For “5 Stocks I am Retiring On,” Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T (RSP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story

  • VTI Vanguard Index Fds

    For “5 Stocks I am Retiring On,” Vanguard Index Fds (VTI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story

How “5 Stocks I am Retiring On” reaches Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

“5 Stocks I am Retiring On” (9 Nov 2026) reaches Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA) through this story.

For Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA), the reason on file says SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story

Invesco Qqq Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) is here too. Its reason reads: Invesco QQQ: it is a broad US stock-market fund. Linked by “stocks” (the broad US market) in this story

Price levels for Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

DIA traded between 504.92 and 522.62 across 13 sessions. The latest close on file is 515.65. IWM traded between 269.88 and 285.25 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 279.20. QQQ traded between 680.34 and 757.18 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 685.32.

How strong the case is around Spdr Dow Jones Industrial Average Etf Trust (DIA)

40 out of 100

“5 Stocks I am Retiring On” scores 40 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 5 linked companies.