Did you notice that the Nasdaq hit the 5,000 yesterday?
Congratulations, what a number. The Nasdaq index compromises many growth stocks, more than the Dow Jones did.
That's also one of the reasons why the index is well-know for technology and innovation firms.
But the technology sector isn't particularly known for finding good dividends. Indeed, many of the most exciting technology stocks don't pay a dividend at all.
Assuming they're profitable (an assumption that doesn't always hold), technology companies often funnel their cash back into their business rather than pay shareholders a dividend.
You may also like my articles related to technology dividend stocks. There are a few great ideas in it. Cash, innovations and growth are main topics.
Today I would like to celebrate the 5,000 mark by highlighting some of the highest yielding stocks from the index.
Around half of the index members pay a dividend and of them has a high yield of more than 5 percent. Attached is a list of the highest yielding top 20 stocks from the Nasdaq 100.
Here are my favorites in detail:
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Growth Technology Portfolio Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Technology stocks are hot
because they can boost your wealth in a very fast way if you bet on the next big theme.
The current trends are smart phones and cloud computing. If you have had invested your
money in a well diversified cloud computing portfolio, you should have realized
a total return of 524 percent since January 2002. This represents a yearly return
of 18.35 percent. Below is a list of 24 companies that have a business unit in this growth industry. SAP is currently the fastest growing cloud computing stock. Below the results are
six companies with a positive dividend. Twenty IT-stocks have a current buy or better
recommendation.
Stephen Mandel - Lone Pine Capital Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Stephen Mandel's - Lone Pine Capital - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he held 48 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 13,063,798,000.
