Running firms under the pressure of high dividend and interest payments wonderfully concentrates managers' thinking.
His answer, avoid the imminent losses in bonds and buy high dividend paying stocks.
The problem with high dividend yield stocks, though, is that they are hyped for their dividends.
Individual stock prices fluctuate between repetitive extremes of high dividend yield and low dividend yield.
Are high dividend-paying stocks going to lose value if their dividends are taxed at higher rates?
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For the true longer-term investor high dividend stocks continue to merit a prominent place in portfolios.
You probably were not even aware there is a bubble in stocks that have high dividend yields.
And empirical research suggests that there is a link between high dividend pay-outs and good corporate governance.
The emphasis on high dividend paying stocks is a value trap unless fundamentals of these companies are sound.
Total returns over the last 12 months: 10.4% for high dividend payers, vs. 4.7% for low div payers.
Mutual funds may not show a high dividend yield, and there may be little to glean from it.
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Nevertheless, investors should keep an eye on high dividend stocks that have been attracting institutional and individual investors alike.
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So far, REIT equity investors remain attracted to nursing-home landlords, in part because of their relatively high dividend yields.
For instance, one particular fund that I recommend a lot is the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF ( VYM).
Investors worried about the eventual return of higher inflation (like us) are well-served to stock up on high dividend stocks.
Some analysts are now trying to convince investors that high dividend big cap stocks will protect you during a market decline.
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For 40 years, Investment Quality Trends newsletter has been alerting investors to undervalued opportunities in quality stocks with historically high dividend yields.
Weiss' analysis goes deeper than just finding stocks with high dividend yields.
In lesser corrections the degree of safety promised for high dividend paying stocks has been equally disappointing for those who accepted the theory.
Even if we hike dividend tax rates to ordinary income rates, some high dividend stocks will still be attractive compared to their bonds.
If you click on the slide show incorporated in this post you will see a collection of 12 stocks with relatively high dividend yields.
Australia's near-record-low interest rates have made cash investments less attractive, and in turn increased the appeal of banking stocks with comparatively high dividend yields.
As Dharmapala notes, research shows that while the value of firms with high dividend yields rose, the value of non-dividend paying firms rose even more.
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Moroney suggests mixing the virtues of dividend stocks and the relative strength this year of the technology sector by tapping into a high dividend-payer in tech.
The main attraction of preferreds is their high dividend yield.
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The strong showing of commercial-mortgage REITs during the quarter reflected their high dividend yield of an average of 7%, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Investors used to rely on Europe's telecommunications operators for their high dividend yields, but now such payouts are seen as a sign that cuts may be on the way.
High dividend tax rates will cause tax conscious boards not to make that choice, opting instead for other uses of free cash flow such as debt-fueled stock buybacks and acquisitions.
So far this year investors have poured billions into high dividend strategy exchange-traded funds yet almost all the big dividend ETFs have underperformed the market, even after including reinvested dividends.
Buying stocks with high dividend yields is at the core of the "Dogs of the Dow" investment strategy made popular by Beating the Dow, a 1991 book by Michael O'Higgins .
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