Title photo: iStock.com/ Bottom Line/Personal interviewed John Buck- ingham, CEO and chief investment officer at Al Frank Asset Management, which manages $2.5 billion in assets, Laguna Beach, California. He is editor of The Prudent Specula- tor, a...
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Title photo: iStock.com/ Bottom Line/Personal interviewed John Buck- ingham, CEO and chief investment officer at Al Frank Asset Management, which manages $2.5 billion in assets, Laguna Beach, California. He is editor of The Prudent Specula- tor, a 38-year-old stock-picking newsletter that appears monthly. ThePrudentSpeculator.com BOTTOMLINE PERSONAL ave flavo M ost stocks that pay dividends have had a rough time over the past few years. Their prices have lagged behind stocks of companies that focus on fast growth but don’t pay dividends…and one dividend-paying category—utility stocks—even lost 4.2% in 2015 through December 24. Many investors fear that dividend-paying stocks will continue to lag over the next several years as interest rates rise because investors will be able to get higher yields elsewhere. But top stock picker John Bucking- ham says investors who are scared away from dividend-paying stocks will be missing some great opportunities. Here’s why… RATES WON’T SOAR, PROFIT
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