This 5-Stock Portfolio Pays Up to 7.3%, is Built for Disaster

Worried about a serious pullback in the S&P 500? That something is going to go a bit haywire here in America, or overseas, and send stocks swooning? If so, this 5-stock portfolio is for you. It yields up to 7.3% and it is built to withstand Armageddon. No, really. These “low beta” payers can really lower our blood pressure. (Hold my beetroot juice!) We blunt the bears with big dividends and small betas. Beta is a measure of an investment’s volatility against a benchmark. If a stock has a beta of 1, it means it’s every bit as volatile as “the market.”… Read more