Dividends: A Macro Look at Yields, Past and Future
It is said: An Investor is someone who buys asset for income, a speculator is someone who buys assets in the hopes of selling it at a higher price.The current average dividend yield on the S&P 500 is only 1.71%. With the yield being so low, I wanted to check out the historical data of dividends to better give justice to any conclusion about dividends being either high or low currently.Over the last 30 years now, the average dividend yield has been lower than historical average. Below is a chart from Doug Short showing historical perspective of Dividend yield and the S&P 500.
(Click charts to enlarge) Taking data from the Federal Flow of Funds reports, compiled by the... Read more
SPY
Latest Price: $ 763.25
Dividend Yield (TTM): 0.99%
- 2025-12-19: $ 1.99
- 2026-03-20: $ 1.80
- 2026-06-18: $ 1.90
- 2026-09-18: $ 1.89
Source: Yahoo Finance. Stock prices and dividends can be delayed, cached or incomplete.
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