- July 19, 2021, Barron's-Weekly published their annual mid-year Roundtable picks from 10 investment experts. Of 42 selected, 21 pay dividends. These are "Barron's Mid-Year21," or BMY21.
- The top-10 BMY21 showed net gains ranging from 9.11%-38.34% by DTEGY, WWD, BDX, PM, MDT, TM, SBGI, CNHI, VIVHY, and SIEGY. Communications and Industrial sectors led; Materials went missing.
- Top-10 BMY21 by yield were VIVHY; VIACA; VNQ; TM; SIEGY; SBGI; DTEGY, WYGPY; PM; ELEZY.
- Prices of four of the BMY21 (listed by yield) made the possibility of owning productive dividend shares from this collection more viable for first-time investors. The four promise ideal dividend returns with dividends from $1k invested exceeding their single share prices.
- $5k invested in the five lowest-priced of the 10 top-yield BMY21 showed 52.31% more net gain than from $5k invested in all 10. Low-priced stocks solidly led the BMY21 in July.
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Barron's 42 Mid 2021 RoundTable Picks Show 21 With Dividends And 4 With Ideal Returns