Current yield information

[eyeball08]

Have been moving to investment trusts and the occasional ETF rather than individual shares like many here I suspect. Is it me, (may well be, retired some time back) or is it becoming more and more difficult to find latest historic yields, let alone predicted ones. Would like to be able to find yields for VWRL and VHYL for example. Tips very welcome!
Eyeball

[Newroad]

Hi Eyeball08.

Especially where ETF's are concerned (but also for the others) for something quick and not that dirty, I would use Hargreaves Landsdown (I don't use them for anything else).

https://www.hl.co.uk/

Use their search function with the Epic code and you'll usually be able to get what you want, or at least, something indicative.

As an aside, I think with ETF's, they're often actually distributions rather than dividends, but as you will see, HL does not seem to distinguish.

Regards, Newroad

[eyeball08]

Thanks for that Newroad. If it’s in an ISA anyway, is there a practical UK difference between dividends and distributions? …..or even it it’s not in an ISA?

[Newroad]

Hi Eyeball08.

In an ISA (or a SIPP) not that much difference, if any.

Outside a tax-wrapper, then yes. It's a longer conversation, but there is dividends vs interest for some investment trusts (typically those related to bonds/debt) and there is the fact that some ETF's are "reporting" and some "non-reporting".

https://www.justetf.com/uk/news/passive-investing/how-etfs-are-taxed-in-the-uk.html

Regards, Newroad

[tjh290633]

Thanks for that Newroad. If it’s in an ISA anyway, is there a practical UK difference between dividends and distributions? …..or even it it’s not in an ISA?

Companies declare dividends, funds make distributions. Some pay interest.

TJH