5 Dividend Aristocrats That Pay Double the Club’s Current Average
Brett Owens, Chief Investment StrategistUpdated: March 16, 2018
The Dividend Aristocrats, as you may well know, are companies that have increased their annual dividends without interruption for at least 25 years. That speaks to a high level of dependability and stability that even many other blue chips can’t claim.
But boy, can they be stingy.
Aristocrats, Or American Debt? It’s Not Even Close
The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL), which faithfully tracks those payout champions that call the S&P 500 index home, collectively yields 1.7% at the moment, which is an almost laughable amount of current yield. The 10-year Treasury isn’t just beating that – at a roughly 2.9% yield, it’s simply clobbering it.… Read more