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Dividend Yield Update
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Dividend News
Companies with profits reward shareholders by paying dividends to owners of the stock. The dividend yield of a stock indicates to the potential investor the yield they can expect at the current stock price and dividend payout. The dividend yield changes when the price of the stock goes up (yield increases) or when the [...]
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Treasury Bond Yields vs DJIA Dividend Yields
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The decline of the stock market by over 10% in the last 30 days combined with a fall in U.S. Treasury yields has narrowed the gap between dividend yields on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the yield on the 10-year Treasury Bond yield to 2.18% down from the over 4.00% differential seen earlier this [...]
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The Market Bloodbath and Bank Stocks
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Market Update for week of July 23 - July 27:
Dow Jones Industrial Average -4.2%NASDAQ -4.6%S&P 500 -5.0%
Bank Stock Watch:
The bloodbath in the markets last week left our group of favorite dividend-paying group of bank stocks to watch (which includes the 5 largest banks in the country) with a higher yields for those who purchase the [...]
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Bank Stocks with +3% Dividend Yields
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
Banks traditionally have been one of the best sectors for finding dividend-paying stocks. The five largest banks in the country all pay dividends and trade with yields comparable to U.S. Treasuries or other fixed-income securities:
Citigroup (C) 4.09% yieldBank of America (BAC) 4.49% yieldJP Morgan Chase (JPM) 3.03% yieldWachovia (WB) 4.26% yieldWells Fargo (WFC) 3.13% yield
Bank [...]
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Dividend Yields of S&P 500 stocks
By MoneyRates team | Money-Rates Columnist
The Standard and Poor’s 500 index represents the most widely-held U.S. stocks based on market size and liquidity with a diverse selection of stocks across all sectors. Because of the strict requirements, inclusion in the index is an excellent indicator of the financial health of a company. Many mutual funds mirror the holdings of the [...]
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