Our analysis of a combined dividend and free cash
flow yield portfolio [3] showed that a stable dividend income can be achievable when funded by sufficient free cash flow.
Not exact matches
The methodology provides a well - screened group of stocks that also delivers
yields greater than the market (S&P 500
yields ~ 2 % while the stocks in our
portfolio have an average
yield of 6.5 %), safety in the sustainability of the
yield because of strong free cash
flow, and the potential for capital gains as each stock is currently undervalued.
The High
Yield Bond Fund is a concentrated
portfolio made up of liquid securities, focused on high quality non-investment grade bonds with strong cash
flows.
This Model
Portfolio only includes stocks that earn an Attractive or Very Attractive rating, have positive free cash
flow and economic earnings, and offer a dividend
yield greater than 3 %.
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Yield Dividend Newsletter
portfolio seeks to find some of the highest -
yielding stocks supported by strong credit profiles and solid business models, but not always robust traditional free cash
flow.
So while low and negative interest rates across the globe has inspired
flows into stocks, emerging market bonds and corporate credit in search of higher
yields, keep in mind the high correlations of these assets to oil prices and the advantages of holding actual diversifiers in your
portfolio to smooth the ride.
GM's high dividend
yield and steady free cash
flow earn in a spot in our Safest Dividend
Yields Model
Portfolio.
Portfolio yield is something that every income investor should be concerned about because it's the primary driver of income and cash
flow.
Bond Swap: Selling municipal bonds (usually at a loss) and using the proceeds to buy other municipal bonds, to establish a loss for tax purposes, to diversify a
portfolio, to increase cash
flow, or increase
yield.
And, do you recommend a high -
yield investment
portfolio to create the necessary cash
flow during retirement?
All equities qualified in our
portfolio must consistently generate above - average free cash
flow and often provide good dividend
yield.
It is invested primarily in the credit market, not so much in government bonds because government bond
yields are so low, but we're looking for absolute returns even if interest rates go up, so some of the
portfolio, a significant piece of it actually, is floating rate, so if interest rates go up, you just get higher cash
flows, which will support higher returns, and the rest of the
portfolio is in relatively short maturity bonds, which will have some price volatility and if there's bad market conditions, will have temporary losses, so the goal is to offer something that is absolute returns.
Investors who require a minimum stream of cash
flow from their investment
portfolio can secure this cash
flow by investing in stocks paying relatively high, stable dividend
yields.
They would increase our
portfolio yield and add a bunch of cash
flow to our
portfolio.
Unlike owning an individual bond, the ladder has maturing bonds each year, which gives the
portfolio a stream of cash
flow to reinvest in new, cheaper higher -
yielding bonds.
The white paper Performance of Value Investing Strategies in Japan's Stock Market examines the performance of equal - weight and market capitalization weighted quintile
portfolios of five price ratios — price - to - book value, dividend
yield, earning - to - price, cash
flow - to - price, and leverage - to - price — excluding the smallest 33 percent of stocks by market capitalization.
The value quintile of equal - weighted
portfolios book - to - market, dividend
yield, earning - to - price, cash
flow - to - price, and leverage - to - price generated monthly returns of 0.84 percent (10.6 percent per year), 0.78 percent (9.8 percent per year), 1.31 percent (16.9 percent per year), 1.13 percent (14.4 percent per year) and 0.0 percent (0.0 percent per year) in the 1990 — 2011 period, respectively.
The
yield figure is particularly important for retirees dependent on
portfolio income
flows.
As displayed in Exhibit 2, the
portfolio's 3.57 % average dividend
yield was supported by a 9.5 % average free cash
flow yield, compared with the benchmark's 1.99 % average dividend
yield funded by 4.87 % average free cash
flow yield over the sampled history.
Fluctuations in the economy, accounting fraud, and problems with cash
flows could affect the fixed - income securities market, which in turn affect Unum's
portfolio yield.