Foreword
The many ways to evaluate the S&P 500 list include pitfalls and perils. A straight listing by yield, for example, includes as many top dogs poised to fall amid a few rising stars. This high-dividend yield index list narrows the field to (presently) 74 stocks with (mostly) positive returns over the past year, and yields greater than 2.39%, assuming their good fortune holds. Nevertheless, past pleasantries are never a guarantee of future fates. Witness the six S&P 500 dearly departed high dividends from March: F; GPS; JWN; LB; M; TPR.
The S&P 500 High