Gain Jaw-Dropping Performance With Small-Cap, Emerging Market High Yielders

A recent article discussed the double-edged sword of the high yield / low payout ratio category of stocks. They can provide superior performance provided you keep one eye on economic trends. Over the last 5 years this strategy would have been a disaster if you focused on financial stocks only. The strategy works as long as you take care to reduce exposure to risky sectors and industries. Has this high-dividend yielding strategy delivered strong excess gains in foreign markets as well? If so, this would improve your portfolio with diversification in addition to a market-beating strategy…if it holds up. High Yielding / Low Payout Ratio Foreign Stocks The setup will mimic our previous S&P 500 system with a couple of extra rules. In addition to yields being in the top 70% of non-OTC stocks, payout ratios being at least 25% less than the industry group average (TTM), and exclusion of... Read more