Can Dividends-Satisfy The Rising Demand For Yield?

Global dividends hit a record high in 2024, with $606.1 billion paid in Q2 alone, as tech giants like Meta and Alibaba entered the dividend-paying market. Equity yields remain low compared to bonds, with the FTSE All-World index yielding 1.86% in September 2024, while the FTSE World Government Bond index yield to maturity stood at 3.03%. Dividend-focused strategies can enhance income potential in equity portfolios by prioritising high-dividend-paying sectors and reducing risks of dividend cuts.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 16, 2024

Equity Income Investing Redux

The last 12 months have been difficult for equity income investors. The top 20% of dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500 Index have returned 13.5% in the 12 months through March.

Seeking Alpha • Apr 23, 2024

Very Good News For Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks, including REITs and utilities, have underperformed in recent years. Rising interest rates and increasing costs of capital have contributed to the underperformance. The beginnings of a strong dividend stock rally may have just begun on the back of some very good news.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 11, 2024

TPHD: A Dividend ETF With Biblical Aspirations

Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock ETF tracks a Biblically Responsible Investing index. It holds mostly mid-cap stocks with industrials, utilities and energy appearing as top sectors. Valuation metrics are similar to a mid-cap benchmark, and quality is a bit better.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 9, 2023

TPHD Vs. PEY: Social Screening With Higher Return But Less Income

The article discusses the financial benefits of investing in ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) or SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) Funds, specifically the Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock ETF. The Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock ETF is compared to the Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF, with a focus on return, risk, and income. Both ETFs have dividend achievers as a goal , with PEY generating twice the income as TPHD, though the overall returns slightly favor TPHD currently.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 24, 2023

Taming Biases In High-Dividend Equity Strategies

Stocks paying higher dividends showed their mettle during a challenging 2022: the S&P 500 High Dividend Index declined only a modest –1.1% even as the S&P 500 tumbled –18.1%. In our view, much of the volatility in high-dividend strategies, broadly speaking, comes down to portfolio design choices, which can create very different characteristics.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 23, 2023

Timothy Plan Launches “Biblically Responsible” Market Neutral ETF

Timothy Partners Ltd. has launched the seventh “biblically responsible” exchange-traded fund within its Timothy Plan family of mutual funds and ETFs.

ETF Trends • Feb 2, 2023

TPHD: Volatility Weighted And Biblically Responsible Dividends

TPHD is a dividend-focused ETF that concentrates on companies that avoid behaviors that Bible-believing Christians find objectionable. The ETF is also volatility-weighted, a somewhat rare characteristic for a dividend ETF.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 7, 2020