BTC iShares International Select Dividend ETF

AvalonBay’s revenue grew 7% in the first quarter, driven by rental and other income.

The story behind CenturyLink’s 8% yield Another acquisition-driven telecom company is CenturyLink (CTL). The cohesive communications company provides a wide range of services to its residential and business customers. Like Frontier, it has been impacted by the slowing traditional phone business. The company’s operating metrics, excluding those of Prism TV, are trending downwards. This trend has […]

In this series, we’ll be looking at ten dividend aristocrats with low PE ratios. Dividend aristocrats are S&P 500 stocks that have raised their dividend payouts for at least 25 successive years.

General Electric’s (GE) revenue fell 7.0% in the first half of 2017, driven by its energy connections and lighting business.

The sector has seen the weakest growth in its top and bottom lines due to uncertainty in terms of sector reforms.

If we compare the performances of the defensive sectors, we can see that their YTD performance and one-year performances have been reasonably uniform with the exception of the energy and telecom sectors.

Historically, dividend growers have often performed better than the S&P 500 (IVV) and provided higher income during Market volatility.

Yields remain at unattractive levels. This has caused yield-thirsty investors to flock to high-dividend-yielding stocks, driving their valuations higher.