S&P 500 Dividends Still High
The Motley Fool reports that dividends paid by stocks in the S&P 500 are still quite significant:
But there’s more to know about dividends and the S&P 500. For one thing, dividend payments, in absolute value, have been rising lately. The folks at Standard & Poor’s have noted that dividend payments in 2007 totaled $27.73, up 11.5% over 2006. In the big picture, total dividend payments for S&P 500 companies came to $246 billion.