Bank Stocks and Dividend Payouts
Bank stocks have always been one the sectors which pay the strongest and most consistent dividends to investors. But since the year 2007 bank stocks have been hammered as both the subprime mortgage lending crisis and narrow interest rate margins have decimated earnings for most banks. Analysts are mixed on the direction of bank stocks in 2009 with some analysts believing that more mortgage write-offs and losses are in store making bank stocks risky, while other analysts anticipate that bank stocks have hit their bottom and will rebound by the end of the year. Investors can expect more dividend decreases as the recession in the U.S. economy continues.
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