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In our continued pursuit to gather data that contradicts our view that low yield stocks outperform the high yield stocks (aka Dogs of the Dow) as presented in Michael O’Higgins’ book Beating the Dow, we have obtained the performance of the top ten, top five, top three and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stocks in the high and low yield groups then contrasted their performance against the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the same year.

In this case, the year under consideration is 1994 and we have added the list of ten stocks and their price with the dividend yield.

1994 Data Breakdown

After reviewing the data and adjusting for splits, the Dogs of the Dow (High Yield stocks) again underperformed the Low Yield stocks.

Average Return 1991-1994

On average, from 1991 to 1994, the Low Yield stocks continue to outpace the Index and the High Yield (Dogs of the Dow) stocks at more than double the rate.

see also:

• 1991 Dogs of the Dow
• 1992 Dogs of the Dow
• 1993 Dogs of the Dow
• 1951 Nifty Fifty

In our continued pursuit to gather data that contradicts our view that low yield stocks outperform the high yield stocks (aka Dogs of the Dow) as presented in Michael O’Higgins’ book Beating the Dow, we have obtained the performance of the top ten, top five, top three and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stocks in the high and low yield groups then contrasted their performance against the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the same year.

In this case, the year under consideration is 1992 and we have added the list of ten stocks and their price with the dividend yield.

1992 Data Breakdown

For the second year in a row, the top ten stocks in the high yield category underperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average AND the low yield category.

Average Return 1991-1992

The average return for the period from December 31, 1990 to December 31, 1992 highlights the strength of the low yield stocks.  However, for the top ten high yield stocks, they could not outperform the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

see also:

• 1991 Dogs of the Dow
• 1993 Dogs of the Dow
• 1994 Dogs of the Dow

In our continued pursuit to gather data that contradicts our view that low yield stocks outperform the high yield stocks (aka Dogs of the Dow) as presented in Michael O’Higgins’ book Beating the Dow, we have obtained the performance of the top ten, top five, top three and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stocks in the high and low yield groups then contrasted their performance against the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the same year.

In this case, the year under consideration is 1991 and we have added the list of ten stocks and their price with the dividend yield.

1991 Data Breakdown

The data should be considered amazing because the exceptional yield that is offered by the high yield stocks (Dogs of the Dow) an investor generally foregoes nearly double the return.  Also notice that the high yield stocks had 4 of the ten companies on their list that failed (bankruptcy, forced liquidation) while only one company in ten on the low yield list has failed (so far).

see also:

• 1992 Dogs of the Dow
• 1993 Dogs of the Dow
• 1994 Dogs of the Dow
• 1951 Nifty Fifty