Best Sectors for Income Seekers
Aug 10th, 2009 | By Jim Nelson | Category: Stock Market InvestingIt’s been a rough year for dividends, but if you know where to look, your income will be just fine.
Below is a breakdown of S&P 500 yields by sectors:
As you can see, the biggest loser on the list is financials, which shouldn’t be a surprise. The segment’s dividend yield fell 300 basis points (right-hand column) from last year to now.
The sector that pays the most is doing so under the radar: telecommunication services. This is a favorite of ours. That 14 basis point increase is primarily due to AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) — both paying out around 6%.
These dividends aren’t nearly as safe as we’d like, though. Instead of gunning for the U.S. telecom industry, we like to play that game in emerging markets. We already have a Pacific Rim telecom in the Lifetime Income Report portfolio, and we’ll be adding another this week. Even after that, we’ll continue to keep our eyes peeled and noses to the ground in case something else pops up in that industry.
Going back to that table, you can see the next two best-paying sectors are utilities and consumer staples. Our portfolio is already loaded with these, and we’ll continue looking in these directions as well.
Source: Best Sectors for Income Seekers
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