
May 1999 to May 2000; and May 2004 to June 2006. The table includes the Fed Fund rates, 10-yr Treasury yields, the total return (capital gains plus dividends) for the Dow Jones US Select Dividend Index ( DVY ), the total Complete Story »
By Eric Parnell : I recently read an article on a business news website other than Seeking Alpha that sought to explore why people in the investment industry do not like the Fed's balance sheet expanding quantitative easing (QE) stimulus program. Given my strong disagreement with the content of the
Furthermore, dividends should rise ~30% over the next two years, bolstering the firm's claim that dividend-paying equities ( DVY ) are one of the only places U.S. investors can look to for income-generation. Some of GS's dividend picks, as listed
Income's nice, but don't focus too much on dividends, says Faber, who also adds in share buybacks and debt repayment to create "shareholder yield." Competing dividend ETFs include: VIG , DVY , SDY , VIG , HDV , and DLN . Post your comment!
By Cranky : There have been many fine articles on how dividend growth companies (and portfolios) fared in the Great Recession. There is tons of statistical analysis to consider. And many articles paint a rosy picture, as there were many great dividend aristocrats (companies that had raised their ...
GOOG )," asks the WSJ 's Tom Lauricella. Enthusiasm for anything with yield has driven the P-E ratios of dividend payers ( DVY ) like P&G maybe way too high. Techs ( XLK ) with double-digit earnings growth, no debt, and massive cash balances trade
By Mark Piro : The purpose of this article is to discuss PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund ( RCS ) and how it compares to other funds and ETFs as an investment option. I recently wrote an article on PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund ( PGP ) and had a reader bring up RCS, which is now on my
and 55-35% bond funds - per market condition, 5% REIT, and 5% cash. For equities, I’ll hold mostly SPY, SPLV and a bit of EEMV and DVY . For Bonds, I’ll hold PONDX, HYG, and good Pimco CEF’s. Is this portfolio too simple?
panel. The percent performance of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats index ( SDY ), Dow Jones Select Dividend index ( DVY ) and the FTSE High Dividend Yield index ( VYM ) are plotted in the lower panel. Figure 1: You can see that low volatility has
How is it possible for the dow to go up 60 points and DVY , consisting of dow type stocks, ends down for the day?