Four Big Dividends Living on Borrowed Time

Oil crashed below $30 a barrel, the broader domestic indexes continued to pull back, and economies around the world — namely China’s — are growing riskier. There might be what some consider panic in the streets… but this isn’t entirely a buying opportunity. After all, there are lots of dividend traps, falling knives and paper payout tigers ready to obliterate your value buying. It pays to be cautious and careful right now.

Lots of stocks are getting haircuts during this pullback. Enthusiastic valuations and years of earnings increases have grown from financial monkeying – instead of real business growth. But now they’re starting to fade. Two Big Dividends Living on Borrowed Time: Blackstone Group (BX) is a global alternative asset manager. The firm focuses on investment vehicles like private equity, real estate, non-investment grade credit, secondary funds and exposures outside of other funds’ mandates. Apollo Global Management LLC (APO) is an investment manager in private equity, credit and real estate. The firm manages funds on behalf of pensions, sovereign wealth funds, institutions, and individual investors.

Source: InvestorPlace

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