We have recently launched the ATM Dividend Portfolio, which is designed for income seeking investors.
While we apply our usual investment philosophy in order to find attractive investments which fit with our big picture world views, the emphasis is finding stocks which will provide healthy dividend income flows to investors. Importantly, it is not only the absolute level of dividend that we use to make our investment decision. We assess a number of factors, both qualitative and quantitative, in order to find attractive stocks that we believe should deliver above average, stable, consistent, and growing dividend flows to investors.
Factors include:
Dividend Yield. While the absolute dividend level is important, and the initial factor which we screen for, it is only one of many factors we assess when constructing a basket of dividend stocks. All else equal, the higher the dividend yield the more attractive from an income generating point of view – although...
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