Monday, June 06, 2005

Stocks As Income Source

The 30-year bond yield stands at 4.24% today. Mr. Greenspan has termed these low rates as a “conundrum”. The long rates today are at the low range of historical averages and are falling in the face of rising short-term rates.

The value stocks of United States has current yield of about 2.50%. I am using the Vanguard Value Index (Symbol: VIVAX) as proxy for the value stocks of US. The historical dividend growth in the US has been around 5% for the last 50+ years.

The following table lays out the expected income generated by the long bond and the value stocks for the next 30 years. In each case, a $10,000 initial investment is assumed. For each year the income generated by value stocks and long bond is displayed in a row.

YearValue Stocks
Yield
Value Stocks
Income
Long Bond
Yield
Long Bond
Income
20052.50%$250.004.24%$424.00
20062.63%$262.50.4.24%$424.00
20072.76%$275.634.24%$424.00
20082.89%$289.414.24%$424.00
20093.04%$303.884.24%$424.00
20103.19%$319.074.24%$424.00
20113.35%$335.024.24%$424.00
20123.52%$351.784.24%$424.00
20133.69%$369.364.24%$424.00
20143.88%$387.834.24%$424.00
20154.07%$407.224.24%$424.00
20164.28%$427.584.24%$424.00
20174.49%$448.964.24%$424.00
20184.71%$447.414.24%$424.00
20194.95%$494.984.24%$424.00
20205.20%$519.734.24%$424.00
20215.46%$545.724.24%
$424.00
20225.73%$573.004.24%
$424.00
20236.02%$601.654.24%
$424.00
20246.32%$631.744.24%
$424.00
20256.63%$663.324.24%
$424.00
20266.96%$696.494.24%
$424.00
20277.31%$731.324.24%
$424.00
20287.68%$767.884.24%
$424.00
20298.06%$806.274.24%
$424.00
20308.47%$846.594.24%
$424.00
20318.89%$888.924.24%
$424.00
20329.33%$933.364.24%
$424.00
20339.80%$980.034.24%
$424.00
203410.29%$1029.034.24%
$424.00
Totals-$16,609.71-$12,720.00

As we see from the totals that the value stocks will generate more income than long bond for the next 30 years if 5% year over year growth in dividend continues.

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