For Yield Hunters, Here's a Place Still Offering Rich Dividends
- Stoxx 600 dividend yield near 300 bps above 10-year bund yield
- Europe offers highest dividend yields among main regions
Citi's Levkovich Says 3.25% 10-Year Yield Would Be 'Challenging'
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With bond yields marching higher, U.S. dividend payouts have lost their luster. Not Europe.
The recent surge in the U.S. 10-year bond yield toward 3 percent is making the S&P 500 Index’s estimated dividend yield of around 2 percent look pretty skinny just as the stock market selloff of the past two weeks reminds investors that equities as an asset class is still riskier than fixed income.