Dividends Make These Two Exchanges Lifelong Holds
Dividend growth investing can be an excellent way for new investors to familiarize themselves with the stock market. A simple test of a company's dividend sustainability is to find its payout ratio, or the percentage of net income it sends to shareholders in dividends. S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), famed for its S&P 500 Index, has four distinct segments, of which its huge namesake index is just a portion.