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The Case for Dividend Aristocrats in Pan Asia
During a time of acute monetary policy tightening throughout much of the western world, major Asian central banks have remained relatively more accommodative. In China, the People’s Bank of China cut its key five-year prime loan rate last week1 after cutting it only a few months ago in May. In addition to the looser monetary…
The S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats Index Series: One Year Later
Dividends have historically provided a significant source of returns. A recent blog stated dividends have become an important source of household income for U.S. investors and accounted for 7.3% of personal income as of Q1 2022, climbing from 3.2% in 1980. Over the same period, interest income has declined in share from 16.2% to 9.2%….
Combining Dividend Strategies
Throughout this year’s market turmoil, dividend strategies have been among the most reliable sources of relative, if not absolute, performance. Through June 21, 2022, e.g., when the S&P 500® had declined -20.4% YTD, the S&P 500 High Dividend Index (roughly speaking, the 80 highest-yielding stocks in the 500) sustained a loss of only -3.7%. The…
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Introducing the S&P 500 ESG Dividend Aristocrats Index
Investors are increasingly aspiring to align their investment objectives with their personal and societal values. At the same time, dividends are at the top of investors’ minds, as monetary policies tighten globally and volatility in the financial markets increases. In light of these trends, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) recently launched the S&P 500®…
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S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats: Defensive Attributes, Growing Dividends, and Competitive Yields
Driven primarily by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plan to tighten monetary policy and curb inflation, and compounded by geopolitical tensions and earnings, the S&P 500® finished January down 5.26%. Market participants contemplating how to position themselves for the path ahead should not overlook dividend growth strategies such as the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats®. To be…
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How ESG + S&P Dividend Aristocrats Influences Risk/Return
What happens when cutting-edge ESG data is applied to quality dividend growers? Jon Winslade and Ari Rajendra of S&P DJI join Ryan Reardon of State Street Global Advisors to explore how the new S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats Indices could help market participants identify and access new and innovative opportunities.
Capturing Future Tech with Index-Based Tools
Discover how index-based strategies are expanding access to technology and innovation factors with S&P DJI’s Anu Ganti, Direxion’s Dave Mazza, and ProShares’ Simeon Hyman.
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Dividends Have Stabilized After a Challenging 2020: What Comes Next?
A CRITICAL DISTINCTION TO BE MADE When the pandemic began, many investors feared widespread dividend cuts. However, while some companies did cut or suspended their dividends, the damage was largely confined to the pandemic’s early stages. Once the economy began to stabilize, so did dividends. By the end of 2020, approximately three times as many…
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Active U.K. Income Funds Endure Challenging Times
The U.K. has been one of the worst-hit countries in developed markets in terms of dividend cuts in 2020. One in two dividend-paying companies in the S&P United Kingdom BMI have cut dividends, while half of the remaining companies are also expected to cut dividends.1 A tough year indeed for equity income managers, as opportunity…
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Will Powell Power the Aristocrats?
As the recovery from the Global Financial Crisis edged forward in the early 2010s, inflation hawks warned about the “certainty” of an imminent spike in inflation following the aggressive stimulus measures taken by global central banks. Unfortunately for the U.S. Federal Reserve and some of its other monetary counterparts, that certainty never materialized, and it…
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