This research report was jointly produced with High Dividend Opportunities co-author Jussi Askola.
Blue chip stocks tend to trade at low dividend yields, and only sub-par businesses generally trade at elevated yields. This is the challenge faced by income investors today. We want high dividend payments, but not necessarily at the expense of low underlying business quality. Of course, sometimes we have to make compromises and will accept higher risk if the dividend yield is very high and the valuations are attractive; but generally speaking, our goal is always to earn high dividends