04-26-2021, 08:55 PM
(04-26-2021, 07:31 PM)ken-do-nim Wrote: Ok; the reason I asked is because I'm making a conscious effort to keep my portfolio yield between 2 and 2.5% for the time being. Too little and I'm too heavy on pure growth; too much and I'm too light on pure growth. I was wondering if you were thinking along the same lines.That is a perfect place to accumulate IMO. Still well above SP500 yield so you get some income to re-invest. A lot of those stocks paid 3%+ not so long ago. Share price just outgrew the dividend raises which usually means a stock that gave you capital appreciation. Who doesn't love a T or MO div? But fact is you traded yield for a dead stock for years. There are times when that is fine. The past few years hasn't been one of those times if you analyze it rationally. Maybe they will run past 2018 SP and maybe they won't. Boring UTEs outperformed them with a smaller dividend. Never mind a successful growth stock and there are hundreds of large cap safe examples.