Fish Dividend Champions Vs. Dogs Of The Dow In January

Last week David Fish published his Dividend Champions: 26 Increases Expected By March 30 on this Seeking Alpha site. He defines Champions as "companies that have paid higher dividends for at least 25 straight years." This article utilizes the dogs of the index strategy to sort David's Top ten Champions as of January 13 into a suitable grouping to trade. One aim of this article is to help answer the question, "which dividend stocks are good, better, best, bad or ugly?" This article also aims to provide strong evidence of the need to heed Yale professor Robert Shiller's observation: "People still place too much confidence in the markets and have too strong a belief that paying attention to the gyrations in their investments will someday make them rich, and so they do not make conservative preparations for possible bad outcomes." The Dogs of the Index Strategy Two key metrics determine... Read more