FYI: Market volatility spurred by recent worries about interest rates, trade tensions and slowing economic growth are sending investors to the dogs—the Dogs of the Dow, that is.
Investors have fled shares of companies like technology firms that are known for their growth prospects in favor of those that offer higher dividend yields, benefiting followers of the classic investing theory, which is beating the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2018.
The strategy entails buying the 10 highest-yielding components of the 30-stock Dow industrials at the beginning of a year and holding the shares over the following 12 months. That gives investors dividend income and the benefit of buying cheaper stocks. Excluding dividend increases, yields rise when stock prices fall, highlighting a hallmark of the strategy.
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Ted
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-the-stock-market-its-a-dog-eat-dow-world-11545584400?mod=hp_lead_pos4Dogs Of The Dow.Com:
http://www.dogsofthedow.com/2018-dogs-of-the-dow.htm
