Dividend Payers Make Up Ground Versus Non Payers In March

In March the dividend paying stocks in the S&P 500 Index out performed the non-payers, -.96% versus -3.26%, respectively. On a year to date basis the payers also out performed the non-payers, -7.96% versus -11.24%, respectively. In the first three months of the year, the payers also out performed the S&P 500 Index as a whole.

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Source: Standard & Poor's