"A high dividend yield is an indicator for solid earnings as well as a stable market position. Value stocks are core investments and should be part of every portfolio." Heiko Geiger, Senior Advisor at Vontobel Financial Products, said this while highlighting the benefits of his product, with which he wants to win the election for the 'Certificate of the Month of January' (more details at http://www.boerse-express.com/zertifikat...
Statistics prove him to be correct: According to various studies, dividends accounts for 40 percent of the success of an equity investment. Even the 'lost decade' would not have been lost if one had invested with dividends in mind: Since the beginning of 2000, the German DAX Dividend Index rose by 32.5 percent, while the standard DAX is down by 19.4 percent. And who are the dividend kings in Austria? A 7.5 percent rate of return is paid by Telekom Austria, while Post (pictured CEO Georg Pölzl) is paying up to 8.3 percent.
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