Dividend investing has always had a certain appeal with investors. Over time, dividend income has comprised a significant portion of long-term stock gains. That's what I've ever told on this blog.
Even better, over the long run, dividend-paying stocks have delivered better total return performance than non-dividend payers and generally have done so with lower volatility.
But the big gain or retirement contribution comes from capital gains. If your income doubles, your investment amount should also double. If the market pays a higher multiple, you could even gain more.
Today I would like to navigate the focus to the cheapest stocks by fundamentals. Price to book and price to sales are two additional important criteria to evalueate the cheapness of a stock.
Attached you will find a list of stocks with solid future earnings growth while P/B and P/S are below the magic 1. The forward P/E is expected below 15. Damn Cheap how we would say.
Here are the results....
Arnold Van Den Berg Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Arnold Van Den Berg’s - Century Management Advisers - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 as of November 30, 2011. In total, he held 77 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 101,996,000.
Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 06, 2012. In total, 20 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 5 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.58 percent.
