Buy Dividend Growth Says Goldman

Here at MarketBeat we’ve been banging the drum on dividends for a while. And most recently, we spotlighted Don Yacktman’s explanation why investors looking for safety in the current environment should consider dividend stocks instead of bonds. (Short explanation: It’s the price increases, stupid.)

The Journal’s report last week that the Fed might be willing to start letting some strong banks start paying dividends seems to have help bring the conversation on shareholder payouts to more of a rolling boil. Of course, spotting who might raise dividends isn’t always the easiest. For its part, Goldman estimates that J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bancorp may be the financials showing some of the biggest dividend growth in the S&P 500 over the next couple years.

Source: Wall Street Journal

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