What Is a Good Dividend Yield?

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In this video, Thomas Brock explains that a good dividend yield is typically above the S&P 500’s historical average of around 2%, with yields between 3% and 5% considered high.

Video Transcript
What is a good dividend yield? Well, historically, the S and P five hundred has been just shy of two percent, and it's a tad bit lower today. So any stock that's paying a dividend above two percent is above average. Now if you find a stock paying three to five percent, that's very high.