'Safe' Russell Index Review II: Small Cap Russell 2000 Dogs Fetch More Dividends Per Dollar

The Dividend Dogs Rule
The "dog" moniker was earned by stocks exhibiting three traits: (1) paying reliable, repeating dividends, (2) their prices fell to where (3) yield (dividend/price) grew higher than their peers. Thus, the highest yielding stocks in any collection became known as "dogs." More specifically, these are, in fact, best called, "underdogs."

FTSE Russell states:
"The Russell Indexes are a family of global equity indices that allow investors to track the performance of distinct market segments worldwide."
"Using a rules-based and transparent process, Russell forms its indexes by listing all companies in descending order by market capitalization adjusted for float, which is the actual number of shares available for trading. In the United States, the top 3,000 stocks (those of the 3,000 largest companies) make up the broad-market Russell 3000 Index. The top 1,000 of those companies make up the large-cap Russell 1000 Index, and the bottom 2,000 (the smallest companies) make up the small-cap Russell 2000 Index."
Which Sectors Are "Safe" For The Russell 2000 Index?
Five of eleven Morningstar sectors were represented by the 23 R2K firms whose dividends were bolstered by adequate cash as of February 22. The sector representation broke-out, thus: Financial Services (4); Real Estate (14); Industrials (2); Consumer Cyclical (2); Healthcare (1); Communication Services (0); Technology (0);... Read more