Dividend payers are on track for their worst half against stocks that don't pay dividends since 2009, Ed Clissold, the firm's chief U.S. strategist, wrote in a June 22 report.
"Our index of S & P 500 Dividend Payers underperformed Non-Payers by 13.7% year to date," he said.
Meanwhile, the ProShares S & P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) is up 3% in 2023.
SPYD .SPX YTD line SPDR Portfolio S & P 500 High Dividend ETF versus the S & P 500 in 2023 One of the reasons behind dividend stocks' underperformance is the fact that they have low betas.
For starters, dividend payers tend to outperform during the second year of the Federal Reserve's tightening cycles, NDR found.
Persons:
Ned Davis, Ed Clissold, Clissold, Jerome Powell, Michael Bloom
Organizations:
Ned Davis Research, underperformed, Nasdaq