High-Yielding Dividend Portfolio That Has Outperformed By A Big Margin

I have created a very high-yielding stock portfolio. Back-testing the screening formula, which was the basis for this portfolio, has shown much better returns during the last year, the last five years and the last 14 years than the S&P 500 and the Russell 3000 benchmarks. Although the past guarantees nothing, it does provide insight into how this screen has performed under various economic conditions over varying time frames. I have searched for profitable companies that are included in the Russell 3000 index that pay very rich dividends with a low payout ratio and have shown dividend growth over the past five years. Those stocks also would have to show low debt. The screen's method that I use to build this portfolio requires all stocks to comply with all following demands: Price is greater than 1.00. Market cap is greater than $100 million. Dividend yield is greater than 5.0%. The... Read more