text: 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? thanks. 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):  http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=vfinx  http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=spy  they indicate dividend yields of 1.69% and 1.65%.  click on the "performance" link of each to get their overall performance.