Value Stocks Are Winning Out Over Growth Stocks
This trend has been in place throughout most of 2022 as interest rates have ticked sharply higher. After a dismal end to the third quarter for investors, markets have staged…
SPYD: High Dividend ETF Trades At Substantial Discount To Market
Summary The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF is composed of 80 companies that in aggregate have a 30-day SEC yield of 4.6%. To achieve that level of income,…
How to Invest in Dividend Stocks: Strategy From a Vanguard Manager
Vanguard’s Sharon Hill has overseen a fantastic performance for her $48 billion income-focused fund. She targets stocks with promising dividend growth, valuations, fundamentals, and sentiment. Hill shared her strategy for…
Wall Street’s Most Hated Dividend Stocks
I love dividend stocks that analysts hate. For two reasons: By definition, they can’t be downgraded. In weak moments, they are candidates to be upgraded. And since vanilla investors, for…
SPDV: Deep-Value Dividend ETF Yielding 4%
Summary SPDV is a high-dividend ETF yielding 4%, and is one of the few ETFs to take an equal-weight-by-sector approach. Fees are 0.29% and the ETF has $65 in AUM.…
SmartCentres REIT Offers A 7% Dividend Yield
Summary Introduction The past two years I really liked SmartCentres REIT (TSX:SRU.UN:CA (OTCPK:CWYUF) as the Canadian REIT offered an attractive dividend yield which was very welcome in an era of…
Check Out These 2 Stocks With 45+ Years of Dividend Growth: CLX and KMB
Story Highlights The Clorox Company and Kimberly-Clark Corporation are two consumer defensive stocks that feature exceptional dividend growth track records. However, future dividend hikes should be uninspiring, as earnings have…
Cboe, S&P Dow Jones to develop new dispersion index
Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) will work with S&P Dow Jones Indices, part of S&P Global (NYSE:SPG), to develop the Cboe S&P 500 Dispersion Index, a gauge that’s meant to help…
How Bear Markets Can Be a Blessing for Dividend Investors
KEY POINTS Bear markets occur when major indexes drop at least 20% from recent highs. Dividend investors receive higher yields during bear markets. Long-term investors should view bear markets as…
2 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist and 1 to Avoid Like the Plague
KEY POINTS Dividend stocks have a rich history of outperformance, which makes them a smart buy during bear market dips. Two supercharged income stocks, with yields of 5.8% and 7.6%,…