Scott's Investments

14 Stocks and 2 Strategies for High Yield Dividends

Good discussion, I've discovered the best way to get a contentious debate going is to mention the word "dividend"...There may be some misunderstanding on my objective here: 1) This is just a screen based on 2 different criteria from academic papers I recently read. 2) I would suggest reading the background along with returns on both strategies studied, here scottsinvestments.blog... and here scottsinvestments.blog.... Judging by some of the comments, I don't believe everyone has done that 3) The highest yielding sectors in the market right now tend to be utilities, telecom, and reits, thus the current results of the screen; however, it goes without saying that this is article is not meant to be comprehensive portfolio.

19 High Yield Stocks that Historically Outperform

You're welcome, thanks for the kind words!

Smarter Way to Pick High Yield Stocks?

Stay tuned for part 2 in the next couple of days, which will address payout ratio...

Smarter Way to Pick High Yield Stocks?

To the first 2 comments: 1) An analysis of yielding stocks from 1990-2006 was done by Credit Suisse papers.ssrn.com/sol3/p... which finds similar results that the highest yielding stocks are not the top performers, however, 2) a momentum affect exists among stocks and has been well-documented. I would suggest starting here for some research on the topic: www.cxoadvisory.com

GlobalTreker- 'data-crunching too marred by Schwab's non-rigorous methods.' Please elaborate - do you know something about this particular study we're not aware of? Have you read it? There are quite a few assumptions in the comment that I suspect is not based on actually reading the study.