Another 5 Dividend Stocks Failing to Outperform a Diversified ETF Portfolio

The last couple of weeks have brought equity performance into sharp focus as a wave of fear reaches out with uncertain markets. The problem is that we can easily be overwhelmed and want to run away and hide. The way to solve this is to focus on what works in the long term, allowing us to filter out what may work in the short term but won't stand the test of time. We continue to examine different portfolios to see what we can learn and use to further our investment portfolios. Two weeks ago, Jonas Elmerraji of Stockpickr selected five stocks that have boosted their dividends and we put them into a portfolio to see how they compare against a benchmark set of ETFs. This is the list of dividend stocks: Exxon Mobil (XOM) Kimberly-Clark (KMB) PPG Industries (PPG) Wells Fargo (WFC) Aetna (AET) A few days ago, Jonas suggested... Read more