On October 14, 2020, S&P/NZX50 ended the session in green as there was an increase of 0.72% to 12,543.61 and S&P/NZX20 rose by 0.74% to 8,254.45. On the same day, S&P/NZX10 increased by 0.74% to 2,203.15. Energy sector rose by 1.82% and Consumer Non-Cyclicals sector increased by 1.53%. On the flip side, Financials sector witnessed a fall of 2.00%.
Sector Summary (Source: Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters))
Top Movers: Mainfreight Ltd (NZX: MFT) (up by 5.77%), EBOS Group Ltd (NZX: EBO) (up by 3.46%) and Serko Ltd (NZX: SKO) (up by 3.13%). On the other hand, Westpac Banking Corporation (NZX: WBC) witnessed a fall of 2.48%.
Top Movers (Source: Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters))
Movements on Wall Street:
On October 13, 2020, Dow Jones Industrial Average witnessed a fall of 0.55% to 28,679.81. NASDAQ Composite declined by 0.10% to 11,863.90.
The sole motive of an investor is to grow his/her capital over a period to meet financial goals. In pursuit of this, investors are in a constant hunt for stocks that have capital appreciation potential and those that pay dividends, which one can reinvest to further increase the rate of return. Dividends can also be seen as an incentive for an investor to hold the stock for a longer duration of time, especially when the overall market enters a bear phase, or the underlying invested company goes through business troughs and peaks.
Stocks that have high dividend yield are considered to be a safe bet, but to take a blanket call just on dividend yield would be naive, as there is more to be analyzed to make a sound judgment on the ability of the business to keep paying a dividend over long periods.
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