The AFG EI, or Equity Income model, is comprised of companies that pay a sustainable dividend rate that is in excess of the average yield of S&P 500 stocks.
The inception date of this model is 4/22/09 and it has generated a total return of 192.60% vs. the S&P 500 (including dividends) return of 216.83% since that date. This model’s return for 2016 (1/1-2015-12/31/15) was 19.14% vs the S&P 500 Total Return Index of 11.96%.
Model Risk Metrics as of 1/18/2017
Beta vs. S&P 500: .1.02
Volatility / Absolute risk: 14.36 / Below Average
Dividend Yield: 4.98%
Representative Holdings:
ACN - Accenture PLC
CAT - Caterpillar Inc
DMLP - Dorchester Minerals LP
EMR - Emerson Electric Co
INTC - Intel Corp
IBM - International Business Machines Inc
KKR- KKR & Co LP
OMC - Omnicom Group Inc
PDL - PDL BioPharma Inc
