4 High Dividend, Low Volatility Stocks For Income Investors

In today's investment world, there are literally thousands of metrics you can use to analyze a company and its stock price. An underrated indicator is one that is taught in every Finance 101 course, and is an essential component of many valuation models. We're talking about beta, the coefficient that measures a security's systematic risk in relation to the entire market. In the hunt for low volatility stocks, one of the best ways to find stable companies is by looking at those that pay a steady stream of dividends. To some investors though, a 1% or 2% yield won't cut it; they're looking for the so-called monsters. Let's take a look at four such S&P 500-listed companies with dividend yields over 5% and betas at or very close to 0.4-meaning they're about 60% less volatile than the market. Pepco We'll talk about Pepco Holdings (POM) first. Pepco... Read more