(08-15-2014, 12:30 PM)Kerim Wrote: It's a good point, Turvok, thanks. Personally, I've been leaning lately towards giving more weight to initial yield than to DGR. A low starting yield can take decades to catch up, even with a projected and sustained high DGR. At any rate, I like to have some of each in my portfolio (what I like to call "yield diversity). So as long as I buy some higher DGR names also, I am happy to increase my exposure to a high (but stable) yielder like T, even if the DGR is going to be sluggish.