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8 New High-Quality Stocks in the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index

We take a closer look at the dividend payers we added to the index (and those we removed) in June.

Karen Wallace, CFP®

Jun 28, 2017

Mentioned: Six Flags Entertainment Corp (SIX) , Frank's International NV (FI) , Williams-Sonoma Inc (WSM) , CA Inc (CA) , Las Vegas Sands Corp (LVS) , Waddell & Reed Financial Inc (WDR) , Old Republic International Corp (ORI) , General Electric Co (GE) , Eaton Vance Corp (EV) , New York Community Bancorp Inc (NYCB)

In June, we made some changes to the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index.

Our Dividend Yield Focus strategy considers both backward-looking and qualitative forward-looking measures to find high-yielding stocks that are financially healthy enough to sustain their dividend.

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Karen Wallace does not own (actual or beneficial) shares in any of the securities mentioned above. Find out about Morningstar’s editorial policies.

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