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22 dividend stocks screened for quality and safety
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These stocks have both high dividend yields and good prospects for earnings and sales
By Philip van Doorn | Marketwatch
Now that the S&P 500 has hit a new closing low for 2022, it is a good time to rerun a screen of low-volatility dividend stocks that may perform relatively better.
An initial screen of the S&P 500 SPX , from June 29, resulted in a list of 19 stocks that met quality criteria set by Lewis Altfest, CEO of Altfest Personal Wealth Management, which is based in New York and manages about $1.5 billion for private clients.
Altfest’s screen was designed to help investors identify potential stocks for long-term investments — that is, for commitments of several years, at least — with some implied downside protection. Any stock screen is only a first step for your own consideration of companies’ less tangible quality factors.
Here’s a year-to-date price chart to illustrate the broad market’s action before and after we did the first screen:
From the previous closing low on June 16, the S&P 500 rose 17% through Aug. 16. Then it took a 15% flop through Sept. 26, hitting its lowest closing level since Dec. 14, 2020, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
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Lewis J. Altfest, CFA, CFP, CPA, PFS, Ph.D
Lew directs the firm’s Investment and Leadership Committees and leads the Portfolio Action Group which sets investment strategy for client portfolios. Prior to founding the firm in 1983, he was a General Partner and Director of Research for Lord Abbett & Co., a large mutual fund and investment management company that manages more than $100 billion in assets. Lew has repeatedly been recognized for his sustained vision, outstanding leadership and client commitment.
Lew lectures frequently to investors, pre-retirees and retirees as well as to other financial professionals. Lew received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He has an MBA from New York University and a BBA from Baruch College. He also holds the CFA, CFP®, CPA and PFS designations.