Tag: yields
A 3-Fund Portfolio for 10% Dividends
This “stocks-up, yields-down” market is clobbering income investors. With stock prices floating higher, yields are crumbling to dust: with the 1.3% payout on the typical S&P 500 stock—a 20-year low—you’d need to invest $2.2 million to get just $2,500 a month in dividends! (And let’s not forget that the typical S&P 500 stock pays dividends quarterly, not […]
3 Good Yields In Energy We’ll Soon Buy As GREAT Yields
The broader market, as defined by the S&P 500, has rallied like crazy. But don’t worry, you haven’t “missed out” on anything. The rally has been carried by large, and largely non-dividend paying stocks! Most income plays are just now getting up off the mat. We’ll discuss one of my favorites today. Energy, for example, is in the […]
3 Stocks Increasing Their Dividends In August
Pencil in a pay raise for August because these three stocks will be boosting their yields in the next couple of weeks. A rising dividend is one of the best signals for the health of a business, and as your dividends compound over time you will watch your wealth incrementally grow to new heights. When interest rates […]
Stocks With High Dividends
When my grandfather started saving for retirement he didn’t have much in the way of choices. Most of his money went into bonds where he collected an interest payment every quarter. Slowly his portfolio grew to include stocks and mutual funds. Back then investing wasn’t as complicated. Investors had fewer choices and transaction costs were […]