Sentences with phrase «fund decent dividends»

This means fairly reliable revenues and consistent cash flows for consumer - staples companies that help fund decent dividends.

Not exact matches

By purchasing these companies after a price decline, we find we are able to control risk in the portfolio as these investments often have less downside while offering a decent potential return.The U.S. Equity Fund seeks to invest in companies with a lower Price to Book Ratio, lower Price to Earnings Ratio and higher Dividend Yield than the S&P 500 index.

So, although a price index is a decent barometer, it is not good for comparing investments because a person who invested in a mutual fund or exchange - traded fund that tracked the S&P 500 Index would receive dividends as part of their return.

A FAVORITE BECAUSE: PRESX is cheap for a low minimum, actively managed foreign fund and has a decent yield for a mutual fund considering there is a 1 % expense ratio cutting into your dividends.

To help home in on funds with decent dividend yields, start by screening for diversified domestic - equity funds with dividend yields that are at least as high as the S&P 500's trailing -12-month yield of roughly 2 %.