Beating the S&P with Dividends

Download or read book Beating the S&P with Dividends written by Mergent, Inc. and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2005-03-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beating the S&P with Dividends Soaring stock prices, dot.com millionaires, and day traders are things of the past. The time has come for a safer and smarter way to build wealth. No matter what your investment objectives or risk outlook, Beating the S&P with Dividends can show you how to accomplish this. Dividend-yielding stocks have made their long-awaited comeback, and in today's financial environment, they should be a part of your investment portfolio. But to make the most of dividend-yielding stocks, you need the detailed information that only Mergent--the preferred source for global business and financial information--can provide. In Beating the S&P with Dividends, Peter O'Shea and Jonathan Worrall reveal the strategies and techniques that Mergent professionals use to continually uncover these high-return/low-risk stocks, and explain how you can implement them in virtually any portfolio. Beating the S&P with Dividends will show you how to: * Select the best dividend-yielding stocks available * Assemble a portfolio of top-performing dividend-yielding stocks * Reap the rewards of REIT dividends * Allocate your portfolio for the greatest tax efficiency * Maximize your returns through direct investment Dividends really do matter--now more than ever. Pick up Beating the S&P with Dividends and find out how investing in "dividend achievers," either directly or through a fund, can work for you.