The rubber band seems to be stretched rather tightly right now. Value Line's average Yield is down to 1.8%. That doesn't compare favorably to 26 weeks ago when it was 2.3% or from the 2020 Market Low when yield hit 3.7% briefly. There's not much benefit in buying stocks for yield right now as there has been. Median value is 2.1%, so current yield is one more indicator that the markets are a bit richly priced right now.
Hi JD, Re: Richly Priced Markets.....................
In general accumulating stocks when Value LIne's median dividend yield has been 2.3% or higher has been rewarded with better total return. When yield is below 2.0% price appreciation potential has usually been lower along with total return. Current Value Line Yield shows 1.8%, the lowest it's been since November of 2007.
This is another sign of the stock market being richly priced.