Of course, this all assumes one buys
into utility stocks.
Not exact matches
Power down A hunt for dividend income led investors to pour money
into high - yielding
utility stocks in 2016.
When I dive back
into utilities, I will definitely check out this
stock.
I personally am not ready to jump
into the pool of
utility stocks just yet, as the motto «don't fight the Fed» comes to mind.
I haven't looked at it much recently, but if it is like a lot of the
utility, REIT and other interest rate sensitive
stocks here in the US, it must be coming
into buy territory.
Into the afternoon, US
stocks turned positive (S&P +8 to 2675, telecom and
utilities lead gainers), while the 10 - year yield remained steady around 2.96 %.
Utility stocks have come under pressure in recent months as investors rotate out of stodgy dividend payers and
into sexier tech names.
Direct assistance is provided in the form of a three - year forgivable loan program that serves to improve Oneida County's housing
stock by alleviating codes violations, bringing homes
into compliance with Housing Quality Standards (HQS) and improving energy efficiency thereby reducing
utility costs.
Embattled Vivendi chief executive Jean - Marie Messier welcomed the investment as a sign of confidence in the company, whose
stock has tumbled this year amid concerns about the company's debt load and Messier's strategy for converting a water
utility into a global media and entertainment leader.
The Primecap funds have done well by overweighting pharma and tech over
utilities and financials and have rotated effectively
into and out of high - dividend
stocks.
Of the 10 sectors that MSCI breaks the U.S. and World markets
into - such as materials, energy and
utilities - 8 of the categories are being led by global
stocks versus their US counterparts (U.S. energy
stocks and healthcare
stocks are the two groups that are edging out their global benchmarks).
Here, you'll find 29
stocks broken out
into the five main sectors of the economy (Resources & Commodities, Finance, Manufacturing & Industry,
Utilities and Consumer).
As of June 2003, approximately 11 percent of the companies in the S&P 400 Index fell
into the industrials group, over 21 percent were in the consumer sector, info tech and telecom made up just under 16 percent, almost 14 percent were in the
utilities and energy sectors, nearly 20 percent were financial
stocks, about 4 percent were in materials, and 14 percent were in the healthcare group.
With bonds fully priced, it may be time to swap
into preferred shares,
utility stocks and other investment that offer protection if interest rates rise, according to Barron's Associate Editor Andrew Bary.
Almost all studies, including James O'Shaughnessy's, have excluded
utility stocks from investigation
into high dividend strategies.
I haven't looked at it much recently, but if it is like a lot of the
utility, REIT and other interest rate sensitive
stocks here in the US, it must be coming
into buy territory.
Do you find that people will make
utilities a large percentage of their portfolio, or just a small slice of the pie and put more
into mutual funds, bonds, other single
stocks, etc...?