Category: Dividends
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Add Covered Calls to Your Dividend Strategy
Many investors have turned to a dividend strategy as a way to generate income in today’s low interest rate environment. Unfortunately, most high-dividend strategies are relegated to specific sectors, such…
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How Dividends Impact Option Pricing
Dividend stocks are a popular way to generate income, but they also impact several other investment strategies. For example, dividends impact option pricing. Let’s say that an investor that’s selling…
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Dividends Play a Big Part in Performance
Many investors fail to appreciate the substantial impact that dividends have on stock performance over time. According to Hartford Funds, more than 80 percent of the total return of the S&P…
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The Impact of Dividends on Covered Calls
More than 80 percent of large-cap companies in the S&P 500 index pay dividends, along with about 70 percent of mid-cap companies and just over half of small-cap companies. Many…