Morningstar dividend specialist Josh Peters selected 14 attractive European dividend paying stocks. According to Morningstar interest rate increase is not always bad news for dividend stocks, so they selected 14 attractive European dividend stocks. Josh Peters is a big fan of dividend investing and he manages to Morningstar a portfolio with dividend stocks on the…
Many investors are familiar with the saying “Sell in May but remember be back in September.” This phenomenon, also known as the Halloween effect, states that from May to August the stock markets generally negative returns and one can better not be invested. Recent studies show that this seasonable effect is gone. New research Researcher…
Merrill Lynch High Quality and Dividend Yield screener for dividend stocks, is a dividend portfolio the firm has run since 2004. The screen seeks to identify high-quality stocks with secure and above-market dividend yields that are aligned with the firm’s analysts’ fundamental outlook. Merrill Lynch believes that the following screening factors are likely to identify…
As in every year, Warren Buffett shared Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-A, BRK-B) largest stock positions (common stocks) in his 2014 annual letter to the shareholders. Berkshire Hathaway’s largest positions included Wells Fargo, The Coca-Cola Company and American Express Company shares. The letter said the company had stock holdings totaling $117.5 billion in value at the end…
As MoneyInvestExpert.com we track portfolio’s of high profile investors, dividend investors and billionaires. For example BofA/Merrill Lynch and its high quality and dividend yield screener, and billionaires such as Warren Buffett’s or the related Ibillionaire index. Today we’re taking a closer look at 10 dividend-paying stocks from Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio, according to the firm’s most recent 13F…
In its high quality and dividend yield screen, BofA/Merrill Lynch added BA and CMI. Since inception, the High Quality and Dividend Yield screen has outperformed the S&P 500 Total Return index by 146ppt (4.8ppt per year). In February 2015, the High Quality & Dividend Yield screen outperformed the S&P 500 by 0.4ppt, with a total…
The Swiss pharmaceutical and global health-care company Roche Holding AG (RHHBY.PK, ISIN: CH0012032113) reported Wednesday its fiscal 2014 results and although the profit declined, Roche proposes to increase the dividend. Roche is the only European Dividend Aristocrat for the moment, if we define European Dividend Aristocrats like the S&P 500 dividend aristocrats which are S&P…
S&P Dow Jones Indices defines the dividend aristocrats as the companies included in the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) that have raised their dividend payouts every year for at least 25 years. A high dividend yield is not required. These are large, blue chip companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility…
The dividend aristocrats have again proven their value in 2014. The basket of US stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 25 years in a row and are part of the S&P 500, gained in 2014 more than 13%. Dividend Aristocrats up 13.05% in 2014. The 53 stocks included in the S&P500 index…