Top 10 Net Payout Yields For January 2018

This article is a continuation of a monthly series highlighting the top net payout yield (NYSE: NPY) stocks that was started back in June 2012 and explained in August 2012. The series highlights the best stocks for the upcoming month utilized in part to make investment decisions for the IB Asset Management model that has beaten the S&P 500 for six out of the eight years on the platform. Please review the original articles for more information on the NPY concept.
December Returns Below are two charts highlighting the monthly returns of the top 10 stocks from December (see list here). For presentation reasons, the chart is broken into the Top 5 and Next 5 lists and compared to the S&P 500 benchmark index along with the Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD), which offers a fund for comparison purposes that is aligned with the net payout yields concept.
The Top 5 stocks had a strong month in December to end 2017 following a few disappointing months. The S&P 500 index produced another solid gain, but CenturyLink (CTL) and Seagate Tech (STX) had big gains in excess of 8% to cap off the year. CBS (CBS) had a 5% gain to mostly offset the nearly 6% loss of Allergan (AGN). AIG (AIG) had a small loss during December that didn't impact the monthly return. In total, the Top 5 stocks gained 4.3% for December in comparison to the 1.0% gain of the benchmark S&P 500 and the strong 2.5% gain of the Shareholder Yield ETF.
AGN data by YCharts
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