At the conclusion of last week’s FOMC meeting, Fed Chair Powell announced that the committee anticipates three rate hikes in 2022. Matt Wagner explains why investors should consider a high-dividend strategy as a potential interest rate risk mitigator. 

In this market environment, dividend payers may be poised to solve for income as well as generate long-term outperformance. Matt Wagner provides two potential solutions.

Elevated valuations are leading many investors to lower forward return expectations. In our latest dividend updates blog post, Matt Wagner outlines why dividends are an increasingly important factor when thinking about total return estimates. 

With full-scale lockdowns seemingly a thing of the past (pending what we learn of Omicron), supply chains set to normalize in the year(s) to come and the anticipation of new fiscal stimulus pumping its way through the economy, we believe Japan offers a compelling investment opportunity in an environment of elevated valuations globally.