Comparing dividend growers and high dividend
yielders in different rate environments Let's examine two popular dividend indexes as an example: S&P 500 ® Dividend Aristocrats ® Index (dividend growers) vs. Dow Jones U.S. Select DividendTM Index (high dividend yielders).
The 100 highest
yielders in the S&P 500 have a much higher yield than the index — 4.1 % vs. 2.5 %.
Not exact matches
So if most of your portfolio, or even one third of it, was
in your employer's stock and it was a high -
yielder, you lost a lot of money,» Cramer said.
March 2015 Quick Hits: Continued investing
in some high
yielders (KMI / BP) as well as building up a core position
in JNJ.
As my horizon is 20 - 30 years I do not mind adding some low
yielders like $ DAL or $ ACN
in there, as long as the dividend growth rate is substantial.
In buying stocks I try to maintain a balance between high
yielders (such as most REITS) and low
yielders with above average dividend growth rates (stock like SBUX, DAL).
In contrast, dividend growth stocks, primarily from cyclical sectors like technology, tend to be higher quality and less expensive than those higher
yielders.
In the low - interest - rate, income - starved world of the past several years, those high
yielders drew a lot of interest — and assets — so much so that they are now quite expensive.
High
yielders have tended to outperform broad equity indexes
in times of economic contraction, based on our analysis of PMI data.
High
yielders have tended to outperform broad equity indexes
in times of economic contraction, based on our analysis of PMI data.
This High - Yield Stock Deserves a Look
In the bond market, the highest
yielders are usually considered junk bonds.
You probably hold at least a few dividend - paying stocks
in your portfolio and there's no doubt you love the income boost that these
yielders provide.
There are two major types of dividend strategies: Dividend growers: those targeting stocks that consistently grow their dividends over time High dividend
yielders: those focusing on stocks that pay a high dividend yield
In our paper «A Case for Dividend Growth Strategies,» we compared dividend growth strategies to high - dividend - yielding strategies and concluded that dividend growers, Read more -LSB-...]
None are what I consider monster dividend
yielders today, but all pay a respectable current dividend that promises to get a lot bigger
in the years to come.
In other words, for sustainable high dividend yields, it can pay to look beyond the highest
yielders.
In the low - interest - rate, income - starved world of the past several years, those high
yielders drew a lot of interest — and assets — so much so that they are now quite expensive.
In contrast, dividend growth stocks, primarily from cyclical sectors like technology, tend to be higher quality and less expensive than those higher
yielders.
Guest contributor Tony DeSpirito explains a «dividend stock paradox»
in which higher - quality dividend growers are less expensive than the interest - rate sensitive (and arguably riskier) high
yielders.
In that subgroup higher returns show up in the low yielder
In that subgroup higher returns show up
in the low yielder
in the low
yielders.
I know you (& everyone) want to be officially FI as soon as possible, and it's easier to get there with 3 % -4 %
yielders, but I think it's very smart to mix
in high dividend - growth stocks as well even if the current yield is unsatisfying.
We do not want to pick out the very high
yielders, as they may indicate a company
in distress and where the dividend may be unsustainable.
These handpicked high -
yielders can get you started on the right foot... To help you sort the wheat from the chaff, we asked some of your fellow investors here at The Motley Fool to highlight a few high -
yielders that are
in it to win it.
I am aiming for $ 5k
in divvies this year, and targeting high
yielders right now to get the ball rolling if prices drop when rates rise.
And yet,
in today's market, most double - digit
yielders are having a hard time finding an audience.