3 High-Yield BlackRock ETFs Perfect For Retirement

If you’re retiring, or even thinking of it, protect your portfolio with safe, yielding exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have a history of solid returns.

Look at the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF, for example.

With an expense ratio of 0.08% and a yield of 2.01%, the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO | DGRO Price Prediction) offers investors exposure to U.S. stocks that have a history of dividend growth. That includes stocks such as Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan, Apple, Microsoft, Merck, and Home Depot, to name a few of its 395 holdings. It also just paid a quarterly dividend of just over 44 cents per share on December 16.

Since bottoming out at around $54 in April 2025, the DGRO ETF rallied to a high of $74.28. Now oversold at $71.10, it’s well worth buying on the dip. From its last traded price of $71.12, we’d like to see the ETF initially retest $74.28 and eventually $80 a share.

iShares Select Dividend ETF 

Another yielding iShares ETF to consider is the iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY).

With an expense ratio of 0.38% and a yield of 3.26%, the ETF also offers exposure to U.S. companies with a strong history of dividend growth. That includes Seagate Technology, Altria Group, Edison International, Ford Motor, Verizon, and Pfizer, to name a few of its 98 holdings. It also just paid a quarterly dividend of just over $1.61 a share on December 16. Before that, it paid a dividend of just over $1.24 a share on September 16.

Since bottoming out at around $112 in April 2025, the DVY ETF rallied to a high of $160.38. Now oversold at $151.36, we’d use weakness as an opportunity to buy the DVY ETF.

iShares International Select Dividend ETF 

In an effort to diversify outside of the U.S., we can also look at the iShares International Select Dividend ETF (IDV). With an expense ratio of 0.5% and a yield of 3.94%, the IDV ETF offers exposure to high-quality, dividend-paying international stocks, such as British American Tobacco, BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Vodafone, and Orange SA, to name a few of its 100 holdings.

It also pays a quarterly dividend. In fact, it just paid out a dividend of just over 59 cents a share on December 18. Before that, it paid out just over 38 cents a share on September 19. Since bottoming out at around $27 in April 2025, the IDV ETF rallied to a high of $44.35. It’s now oversold at $42.25, where it’s offering investors a solid buy opportunity.