Stock dividends are yielding more than the 30-year Treasury bond for the first time in a decade PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGOUPDATED MOMENTS AGO Kate Rooney @KR00NEY KEY POINTS For the first time since 2009, S&P 500's dividend is yielding more than 30-year Treasury bonds. The only other similar inversion in the past four decades came in March 2009 — a low point of the financial crisis, according to data from Bespoke Investment Group. But it might bode well for stocks as investors have few other options to find yields. “For an investor looking to hold something for the long term, it makes equities relatively attractive,” says Bespoke’s Paul Hickey.
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