Often when more conservative income investors look for companies paying big dividends they are drawn to the Dividend Aristocrats, and with good reason. Now is the time to reduce risk and more to safer ideas. While not the lowest of the year, the inflation-adjusted yield for the 10-year Treasury is a stunningly bad −4.7%, the lowest since 1974. With interest rates remaining very close to generational lows, top-quality dividend health care stocks may be the way to go for the rest of 2021 and in 2022.Ĭoncern over the Omicron variant has scared investors fleeing to the Treasury market yet again, causing yields to tumble to levels posted in early November. Some of the momentum stock trades are very crowded and have been hit hard during recent sell-offs. One thing is for sure, and that is the stock market is very overbought. With December here and 2021 almost over, many investors are looking to the holidays. In addition, existing vaccines are still expected to provide some protection, and it also appears they can perhaps be tweaked to account for the new strain. There was some discussion about how Omicron symptoms may be milder than other variants. With the Omicron variant comes the potential for renewed restrictions and lockdowns. Just when you thought it was starting to look safer, yet another COVID-19 variant comes around.
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