{"id":2030,"date":"2023-04-29T13:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/our-sector-by-sector-playbook-for-quick-8-dividends-and-price-gains\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T13:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T17:25:16","slug":"our-sector-by-sector-playbook-for-quick-8-dividends-and-price-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=2030","title":{"rendered":"Our Sector-By-Sector Playbook For Quick 8% Dividends (And Price Gains)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019ve missed out on this market\u2019s roughly 6% gain this year, don\u2019t worry. There\u2019s an easy way to grab that same 6%\u2014and more\u2013and do so in safe dividend cash.<\/em><\/p>\n

The key, of course, is closed-end funds (CEFs), our favorite high-yield vehicles, specifically the 8%+ payouts these funds offer.<\/p>\n

Before we get to a couple of high-yielding CEF tickers (yielding 8.8% and 10.2%), let\u2019s dive into the market\u2019s gain and go sector by sector, because it tells a clear story of how some investors have seen that 6% rise and some have seen even more<\/em> (or less!).<\/p>\n

First up, if you\u2019re not holding a significant amount of tech, you\u2019re likely already behind, as the sector, a laggard last year, is up 16% so far in 2023. Meantime, sectors like energy (whose benchmark index fund is shown in purple below) is down alongside utilities (in blue), while financials (in orange) are the hardest-hit, no thanks to the banking scare, which has faded from the headlines (Tuesday\u2019s news about First Republic Bank [FRC]<\/strong> notwithstanding).<\/p>\n

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Looking at the pattern of price gains for these three sectors, we can see something interesting. Financials were on a tear before the banking problems emerged, which put them in negative territory. But energy peaked much earlier (in late January) and went into negative territory sooner, while utilities went negative by mid-January and have only recently recovered a bit. Investors who overweighted themselves in energy last year did particularly well.<\/p>\n

But energy, of course, is renowned for its volatility\u2014a sector you\u2019re best to play for short-term upside. Because over the long-term, energy has been a dud.<\/p>\n

If we compare energy (in purple above) to utilities (in orange), we see the latter is the much better option over the long term. And that\u2019s no surprise; utilities buy oil and gas from energy companies, and oil and gas are commodities, which means the buyer can always seek alternative sources. And they are very much doing that, lowering fossil-fuel demand as fossil fuels become a smaller portion of total energy produced.<\/p>\n

Of course, an investor who knows energy well might be able to choose the right stocks at the right times, but we choose to take a longer view at CEF Insider<\/em>,<\/em> which is why we focus on diversified<\/em> CEFs for the equity portion of our portfolio.<\/p>\n

That way we\u2019re minimizing our overall exposure to this volatile sector. And the exposure we do<\/em> have is placed in the hands of a professional portfolio manager with intimate knowledge of the sectors in which they\u2019re investing.<\/p>\n

Diversified Equity CEFs Give Us Income, Gains and Maximum Safety<\/h2>\n

Two examples of CEFs I keep a close eye on, for example, are the Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA)<\/strong> and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG),<\/strong> payers of 10.2% and 8.8% dividends, respectively. ASG holds just 1.8% of its portfolio in energy; for USA, that total is around 2.2%.<\/p>\n

One thing we like about Liberty All-Star Funds is that the firm takes diversification a step further, diversifying its management teams, too.<\/p>\n

USA, for example, is run by three managers who focus on value investing and two that focus on growth. ASG has three managers, with one each focused on large-, mid- and small-cap growth stocks. You might think this approach would result in high management fees, but happily that\u2019s not the case, with USA sporting a 0.93% expense ratio, and 1.14% for ASG.<\/p>\n

As you can see above, both USA (in orange) and ASG (in blue) have closely tracked the S&P 500\u2019s benchmark index fund (in purple) over the long haul. But notice how before the 2022 selloff, both were well ahead of the S&P 500. The close tracking is no surprise, as USA\u2019s biggest holdings are Microsoft (MSFT), Visa (V)<\/strong> and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).<\/strong> In other words, some of the biggest components of the S&P 500.<\/p>\n

Similarly, ASG\u2019s portfolio has these names, as well as other fast-growing firms like Workday (WDAY), Thermo-Fisher Scientific (TMO) <\/strong>and Chegg (CHGG)<\/strong>, which have driven the fund\u2019s strong outperformance in the past. That outperformance faded in 2022, but in recent months, we\u2019ve seen the Liberty funds return to their natural tendency to outperform.<\/p>\n

With both funds\u2019 high yields, you\u2019re not only getting big profits over the long term, but you\u2019re also getting strong dividend payouts, too. And if you jump in now, you might get in at the very start of a return to form, where Liberty\u2019s funds outperform the market, while diversifying your portfolio across over 250 positions between these two CEFs.<\/p>\n

Michael Foster is the Lead Research Analyst for <\/em>Contrarian Outlook<\/em>. For more great income ideas, click here for our latest report \u201c<\/em>Indestructible Income: 5 Bargain Funds with Steady 10.4% Dividends.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Disclosure: none<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you\u2019ve missed out on this market\u2019s roughly 6% gain this year, don\u2019t worry. There\u2019s an easy way to grab that same 6%\u2014and more\u2013and do so in safe dividend cash. The key, of course, is closed-end funds (CEFs), our favorite high-yield vehicles, specifically the 8%+ payouts these funds offer. Before we get to a couple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-2030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\nOur Sector-By-Sector Playbook For Quick 8% Dividends (And Price Gains) | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you\u2019ve missed out on this market\u2019s roughly 6% gain this year, don\u2019t worry. 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