The Dividend “Deal of the Decade” Can Quadruple Your Cash
May 06, 2020 at 05:00 AM EDT
Mainstream financial channels have made a big deal out of the current relief rally (“Is it a ‘V-shaped’ recovery?” they comically muse). Whether it’s a V, W, L, Nike swoosh or (my favorite) bathtub, the fact is that most stocks are still down on the mat . (This is no surprise. The average bear market lasts 12 to 18 months. We are just beginning month three —yikes.) The well-known S&P 500 always leads the headlines. Five hundred of America’s blue-chip firms, sounds like a pretty good sample size, no? In 2020… no. The index is weighted by market cap, giving favor to Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) —its top three holdings—which have outperformed the market by a wide margin recently.… Read more