In sharp contrast to last year, U.S. equities generated impressive returns in 2019, with the S&P 500® up 31%, its biggest annual gain since 2013. Easing trade tensions, a potential “Phase-One” deal mid-January, and Fed accommodation renewed optimism about the economic outlook, resulted in higher stock prices. In 2019, the Dogs of the Dow strategy…
U.S. equities continued their way up in November, helped by optimism around trade talks with China. The S&P 500 gained 3.63%, its biggest monthly gain since June, and year-to-date the S&P 500 is up around 27.6% and just below all-time high records. The Dow Jones (DJIA) jump even 3.72% The Dogs of the Dow are…
U.S. equities continued their way up in October, helped by optimism around trade talks with China, a good earnings-season, and easing from the Fed. The S&P 500 gained 2.17% and year-to-date the S&P 500 is up around 23% and just below all-time high records. The Dogs of the Dow are only up 11.8% in 2019,…
Regardless of slowing economic growth, ongoing trade tensions and a presidential impeachment inquiry, U.S. equities recovered in September to end the third quarter up 1.7%. Year-to-date the S&P 500 is up around 21% and ended September +1.87%. The Dogs of the Dow are only up 10.74% in 2019, excluding dividends. The average dividend yield for…
The table below lists the ten highest dividend yield Dow stocks as of Monday’s (09/17/2019) close. These ten dividend stocks would be the current Dogs of the Dow, when an investor started investing in these high dividend-paying stocks. For your convenience, the table also identifies the “small dogs”, which are the five stocks (out of…
The stock market bounced back in June, and the gain in July has been neutralized by the -1.58% loss in August. For the ten Dogs, August has been a mixed month as well. Only four Dogs of the Dow showed a positive performance in August. So let’s have a look at the performance of the…
The stock market bounced back in June, including the “dogs of the dow”. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, showed their best months since January, rising 6.9% and 7.4%, respectively. On top of that, the S&P is up 17.4% for the year, marking its best first half since 1997. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied…
From the ten Dogs of the Dow, eight are still showing a positive performance in the year 2019. The Dow Jones Index is up with +6.38% in 2019 and the S&P 500 is also up 10.73% (both YTD). The price performance of the 10 dogs of the dow is 7.51% (YTD), so outperforming the Dow…
From the ten Dogs of the Dow, nine are showing a positive performance in the year 2019. The Dow Jones Index is up with +14.18% in 2019 and the S&P 500 is also up 18.40% (both YTD). The price performance of the 10 dogs of the dow is 12.76% (YTD), so underperforming the dow at…
From the ten Dogs of the Dow, nine are showing a positive performance in the year 2019. The Dow Jones Index itself started 2019 with +11.15% and the S&P 500 is also up 13.65% (both YTD). The price performance of the 10 dogs of the dow is 11.51% (YTD), so beating the dow. So let’s…