Beware the Dividend Trap
Jul 26th, 2008 | By Alexander Green | Category: Financial News, Politics & EconomicsFor years, investors have bemoaned the low dividend yield on stocks. But with the market down roughly 20%, the yield on the S&P 500 Index is up to 2.25%. That doesn’t sound terribly rich, I know, but it is only slightly less than the average money market is paying right now.