Dogs Of The Sectors Dividend Yields Frolic In February

As promised last year, while this article continues to report results for the 3x9 Sectors Index, it also makes good on the promise to select one top yielding stock from each of nine business sectors along with the best yielding runner-up from any sector to be the tenth in order to perfectly diversify the top ten sector index portfolio, named 1x9+1 Sectors Index. These two sector indices are analyzed using a once per year trading system triggered by yield, called the "Dogs of the Index" to determine the best of the best dividend stocks. Charts below for the 3x9 Sectors Index and the 1x9+1 Sector Index reveal low yielding stocks (whose prices increase or whose dividends decrease) as candidates to be sold off once each year in order to sweep gains and reinvest the seed money into higher yielding stocks in the same index. Two key metrics determine the yields... Read more