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What is the Value of Market Dividend Yields?
What is the Value of Market Dividend Yields?
Blogging is often a cooperative venture, so this piece begins with thanks to three people: James Picerno of The Capital Spectator, who gave me the idea for this piece in his article, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN DIVIDEND YIELD TELL US? Eddy Elfenbein , who saw a question that I posted on ...
 Dividend Yields are rising
Dividend Yields are rising
dividendgrowthinvestor.com — S&P didn’t help either as it lowered its dividend growth forecast for the S&P 500 dividends to... a little over 1% from the 2007 dividend rate of $27.73. Furthermore S&P maintained a cautious outlook for dividend growth in general in 2009, since some of ... (more) Dividend Yields are rising
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN DIVIDEND YIELD TELL US?
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN DIVIDEND YIELD TELL US?
capitalspectator.com — It's been known for some time--decades, really--that relatively high dividend yields tend to precede relatively high returns... in subsequent years. Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis suggested as much about the relationship between valuation and ... (more) WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN DIVIDEND YIELD TELL US?
DIVIDEND YIELDS, PART II
DIVIDEND YIELDS, PART II
capitalspectator.com — Last month, we looked at the relationship between dividend yield and the subsequent 5-year return for the... U.S. stock market. The motivation: searching for a liaison that binds relatively high yields with relatively high returns. If it holds, then ... (more) DIVIDEND YIELDS, PART II
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Thursday links: change is good
Abnormal Returns — ... “In finance, we know less than we think, so we should be cautious in our conclusions.”  (Aleph Blog) ...

DIVIDEND YIELDS, PART II
The Capital Spectator — ... Our essay inspired others to run a deeper analysis of dividend yield and stock returns. The Aleph Blog, for instance, correctly points out that over a longer sweep of history, the 0.95 R-squared we quoted falls dramatically. Using ...

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