I have actually focused more on dividend / earnings growth and
less on current yield as I have gotten older.
Not exact matches
Yet even if companies were to suddenly boost dividends back to their historical norm of 52 % of earnings, and even if
current earnings figures were reliable, the dividend
yield on the S&P 500 would still be under 1.9 %,
less than half the historical norm.
The
yield on the
current 30 - year bond fell
less than one basis point to 3.37 percent.
The
current yield on a 10 - year U.S. bond stands at
less than 2.5 %.
I could argue for more or
less based
on interest rate risk and
current yields, but that's a post for another day.
Additionally, at American Express CDs with maturities
less than 24 months actually have lower
yields than the
current yield on the savings account.
The
current yield on a 10 - year U.S. bond stands at
less than 2.5 %.
If you are making independence decisions based
on the income generated by your portfolio then the
current yield (and even market value) of your portfolio becomes
less important.