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…
Barron’s favorite stocks for 2014 had a market beating year, so what are the top-picks for 2015? The top-picks for 2014 beat the market, gaining an average of 20.6% (including dividend), compared with 18.2% for the S&P 500 index. The top gains were US Airways and Intel with a performance of 133% and 51%, respectively.…
Here’s the list of the Dogs of the Dow 2015 including the small dogs. Three stocks are new to the list for 2015, which are Caterpillar (CAT), ExxonMobil (XOM) and Coca-Cola (KO) replacing 3 IT-related stock, Microsoft (MSFT), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Intel (INTC). Performance Dogs of the Dow The performance over 2014 for the…