This High-Yield Dividend Portfolio Will Beat the Market

Six months ago, I invested my cold hard cash into 10 high-yield dividend stocks I believe will beat the market. Let's see the results so far: [..]
Over the past week, the S&P 500 fell 6.54%. As the market fell, our portfolio outperformance rose, moving from beating the market by 11.89% to beating the market by 16.51%. While outperformance is always good, it should be taken with a grain of salt. We're investing for the long term, and it's only been six months. I firmly believe the results will bear us out.

Movers and shakers
Of our stocks, the biggest mover in the portfolio the past week was France Telecom, which fell 5%. Our other big telecom giant Vodafone also fell 3.43%.

Money!
There are four upcoming dividends for the portfolio:

Southern Co. will pay a dividend of $0.4725 on Sept. 6. The ex-dividend date was July 28.
Eli Lilly will pay a dividend of $0.49 on Sept. 9. The ex-dividend date was Aug. 11.
Frontier Communications will pay a dividend of $0.1875 on Sept. 30. The ex-dividend date is Sept. 7.
France Telecom will pay a dividend of $0.85 on Sept. 8. The ex-dividend date is Sept. 5.... Read more