By The Book I : The Ben Graham Dividend Strategy

Foreword:
A previous series of articles looked at (1,2, & 3) billionaire and hedge fund holdings beginning with 50 Kiplinger stocks selected from individual holdings of high net worth notables as penned by James Brumley, an author for Kiplinger.
Then (4) we surveyed Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) collection of dividend dogs, followed by (5) a survey of 61 Solid Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) dividend holdings, and then (6) looked at the dogs of BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), the world's biggest manager of fund holdings, went on to (7) survey Soros Fund holdings, and finished with a look at (8) Neuberger Berman equities, and (9) Renaissance-Medallion dividend stocks.
This new series to be submitted over the next several weeks looks at five essential published investment strategies named for Ben Graham, Peter Lynch, Large Cap Value, Growth at a Reasonable Price, and Dividend Power.
Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated 26.83% To 125% Net Gains For Ten Top Graham Selected Dividend Dogs By August 2020
Four of ten top Graham Selections by yield were among the top ten gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1-year target prices. (They are tinted gray in the chart below). Thus, this yield-based forecast for Graham formula selected dogs was graded by Wall St. Wizards as 40% accurate.
Projections were based on estimated dividends from $1000 invested in each of the highest yielding stocks and their aggregate one-year... Read more