5 Dividend Stocks In Under Appreciated Industries

These are not your father's dividend portfolio picks. The five stocks listed below include stocks that have been pushed down unjustly. The portfolio beta of the five stocks comes in at 1.12, and it generated an alpha of 4.85% in 2012. The purpose of owning the stocks is not for what they did in 2012, but what they can do in 2013 and beyond. I hope to find picks that are not only great additions to a dividend portfolio but have underlying growth opportunities. The thesis behind owning these stocks is not just the dividend; price appreciation is a big part of growing a portfolio. The approach lies in finding the top companies in fundamentally strong, but underperforming, industries. So if you are looking for some overlooked industry leading dividend picks continue reading. The Western Union Company (WU) pays a 3.6% dividend yield. The market for payment outsourcing... Read more