Investors typically turn to dividend-paying stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to boost their passive income streams so that their returns aren't solely tied to stock price gains. But so far this year,

The S&P 500 was down slightly year to date before last Friday's rally, which boosted the index into positive territory. Surprisingly, the Mega Cap Growth ETF is only down 1.5% year to date because gains in Eli Lilly, Visa, and Meta Platforms have largely offset sizable losses in Tesla, Broadcom, and Alphabet.