Where are the dividend growers in the US?

Aviva Investors' Thom Forsha

In the wake of the Federal Reserve's 2013 announcement that its quantitative easing programme would be wound down, investors began to anticipate rising interest rates.

It is only natural that investors would look to identify areas that could be impacted by the shift, including dividend stocks. However, we believe it would be a mistake to get too carried away with concern given the tendency for many firms to increase their dividend payments over time. BNY Mellon IM unveils US Equity Income fund Fixed income investors and banks understand the value of growth in a rising rate environment as they look toward floating rate loans and securities to mitigate interest rate risk. US dividend stocks did not collapse as rates rose in 2004 to 2007, and as...