First, it drove up the valuations on many traditional
equity dividend plays.
First, it drove up the valuations on many traditional
equity dividend plays.
Not exact matches
Originally most
equity investments were made with an eye towards how much income they would pay to the stock holder; today
Dividend paying stocks (or ETFs or Mutual Funds)
play that role along with Fixed Income (Bond / Debt) investments and increasingly more sophisticated investors are looking into Alternative Investments («Alts»
Explore Income Generating Investments: Originally most
equity investments were made with an eye towards how much income they would pay to the stock holder; today
Dividend paying stocks (or ETFs or Mutual Funds)
play that role along with Fixed Income (Bond / Debt) investments and increasingly more sophisticated investors are looking into Alternative Investments («Alts» include private
equity, hedge funds, managed futures, real estate, commodities and derivatives contracts).
Another factor
playing a role in near term relative return comparisons, particularly with respect to our Value Fund and our Worldwide High
Dividend Yield Value Fund, is the continued strong performance of US
equities, which today constitute nearly 60 % of the total weight of the MSCI World Index.
Healthy
dividends prevent some of the games management
play using
equity for compensation.