Here's Why Bear Markets Are Great for Passive Income Investors

By Neil Rozenbaum – Oct 17, 2022 at 10:00AM

NYSE: VZ

Verizon Communications

Market Cap

$162B

Today's Change

(-4.67%) -$1.89

Current Price

$38.60

Price as of April 22, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

During bear markets, dividend yields usually go up.

In this video, I will explain why bear markets are great for passive income investors, better known as dividend investors. I'll go over the reason you should consider buying dividend-paying stocks during a bear market and what characteristics to look out for. For example, Verizon Communications (VZ -4.67%) is down 30% this year, but thanks to that, the yield that investors are getting today is also higher.

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*Stock prices used were the closing prices of Oct. 14, 2022. The video was published on Oct. 16, 2022.

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