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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Dividend investing still beneficial |
BRADENTON.COM - Jan. 25, 2011 - by Griffin Dalrymple
While the Federal Funds Rate continues to sit at a quarter of 1 percent, corporate bond prices have quietly tumbled over the last few months as the yield on 10-year treasuries rose nearly 1 percent. This has forced bond-adoring retirees and investors to seek alternative strategies for consistent portfolio income. There are numerous alternatives to choose but I have four reasons dividend investing has been and will continue to be a beneficial strategy for investors to implement as part of their overall allocation.
The 30-year bull run in bond prices may come to an end. Bond investors have enjoyed consistent interest payments along with capital appreciation for the last 30 years. Since 1981, 10-year treasury yields have gradually decreased from upwards of 12 percent to less than 3 percent. The steady drop in interest rates has propped up bond prices along the way. Now, with interest rates hovering close to all time lows, it is difficult to fathom any direction for interest rates to move other than sideways or up.
Dividends could be a favorable additive to an income producing portfolio full of bonds.
Was it really a lost decade in the stock market? At first glance, U.S. stock indexes have been flat for the last decade. Depending on the asset allocation strategy, one’s portfolio performance may not have been much better than the S&P 500, which is still negative on a 10 year and four year basis. Yet, S&P 500 performance is typically quoted by its basic index calculation of the aggregate prices and shares of the 500 underlying companies. It does not factor in the payment of dividends or the compounding of such through reinvestment, called “total nominal return.”
Read more: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/01/25/2901387/dividend-investing-still-beneficial.html#ixzz1C9t6y7cS
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