Income Redux: Dividend Stocks vs. Savings Accounts

A quick peek at the widening yield spread between a basket of diversified high-yielding multinational stocks and the best savings account rates:

 

Dividend Stock Portfolio (4.04% yield)

Southern Copper (SCCO) 6.98%

Eli Lilly (LLY) 4.96%

Total (TOT) 4.90%

Merck (MRK) 4.48%

Kimberly-Clark (KMB) 4.14%

Waste Management (WM) 4.03%

Vodafone (VOD) 3.80%

Intel (INTC) 3.37%

Chevron (CVX) 3.12%

Coca-Cola (KO) 2.94%

McDonald’s (MCD) 2.90%

Microsoft (MSFT) 2.75%

 

Source: Seekingalpha.com

 

Savings Portfolio (1.27% yield)

Savings Account 1.01%

Money Market Account 0.90%

1-year CD 1.15%

2-year CD 1.25%

3-year CD 1.48%

5-year CD 1.85%

 

Source: MoneyRates.com, RateBrain.com, SavingsAccounts.com, Interest.com