Different Takes on “Dogs of the Dow”—Part One
While some analysts may write off the nearly thirty-year-old “Dogs of the Dow” theory as antiquated, Ian Cooper of chasingmarkets.com disagrees. “Plus,” Cooper adds, “we have to remember that each of the Dogs also pays a healthy dividend.” Antiquated or not, “Dogs of the Dow” is hardly new to investor vocabulary. The concept—out of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the strategy involves choosing the ten with the highest dividend yield. The premise, as Investopedia explains, [...]