Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Stock Yields

I'm still on the road but saw this interesting fact from the folks over at Bespoke Investment Group today: "With the 10-Year US Treasury now yielding 1.74%, it is now paying a coupon that is less than the dividend yield of more than half of the stocks in the S&P 500.  As of today's close, there are now 271 stocks in the S&P 500 that have a greater yield than the 10-Year US Treasury.  Of the remaining 229 stocks in the index, 126 have a dividend yield that is less than the 10-Year US Treasury, while 103 pay no dividend at all." Link: