Although the high -
yield portfolio delivered both higher dividend yield and total return, it also had a higher percentage of delisted companies1 and slower dividend growth.
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.
My dividend strategy is a hybrid of high
yield and dividend growth designed to
deliver high current income with dividend growth at a
portfolio yield of ~ 7 %.
One option for investors seeking to reduce their interest rate risk and increase
yield, while still maintaining the overall risk profile similar to a traditional Canadian bond
portfolio is the iShares Short Term Strategic Fixed Income ETF (XSI), which seeks to
deliver a higher
yield with reduced interest rate sensitivity.
Given our expectations for lower bond
yields over the next decade we see the 50/50 and 40/60
portfolios delivering lower returns going forward of potentially 6.4 % and 5.8 %, respectively.
The balanced or cautious
portfolio aims to
deliver a
yield of 4.5 %, with underlying investments
yielding in a range from 3.5 % to 5.5 %.
But the
portfolio's
yield on cost has now ballooned to a current run - rate of 5.9 %, or more than 2.8 times what it
delivered in its first year of existence.
A further unpleasant reality adds to the industry's dim prospects: Insurance earnings are now benefitting [sic] from «legacy» bond
portfolios that
deliver much higher
yields than will be available when funds are reinvested during the next few years — and perhaps for many years beyond that.
The Enhanced
Yield approach serves as a bond substitute, reducing
portfolio volatility while
delivering 9 % or so after commissions.
We have extensive leveraged finance capability,
delivering integrated bank / bond advice to underwriters and issuers, advising a wide range of non-bank investors and funds on all leveraged finance trends, including senior / bridge / bond commitments, private high
yield and evolving intercreditor arrangements; as well as on new financing originations, restructuring, refinancing, distressed acquisitions, non-performing loan
portfolio acquisitions, private equity and special situations.
«A
portfolio is going to
deliver a better initial
yield than that office building in New York,» he said.