A Look at Dividend Growth Securities Performing Well

By Todd Rosenbluth, CFRA The S&P 500’s 9.3% total return in the first half of 2017 was driven by sectors with below-average dividend yields, while higher-income-generating sectors lagged behind. Indeed, non-dividend-paying stocks across all sectors in the benchmark had an 8.8% total return, stronger than the 7.6% gain for dividend payers. Nonetheless, the second quarter of…Click to read more at ETFtrends.com.