The ‘Dogs of the Dow’ is a well-known strategy first published in 1991 by Michael Higgins. The plan seeks to maximize the yield of investments by buying the ten highest-paying dividend stocks available from the Dow Jones Industrial Average each year. The highest-yielding stocks are also the lowest-priced stocks in the venerable average, as the lower a stock (or bond) goes in price, the higher the attached yield or coupon becomes.
We found it interesting that three of the Dow’s highest-yielding 2025 Dogs are healthcare leaders, while another is one of the top energy companies in the world. All five of the highest-yielding Dogs are rated Buy at many of the top Wall Street firms, and all make sense for 2025.
This post originally appeared at 24/7 Wall St.