These Big Dividends Could Surge 20%+ In 2022

These Big Dividends Could Surge 20%+ In 2022

Businessman analysis stock chart in crisis covid-19 for investment in stockmarket and finance ... [+] business planning selective stock for Stockmarket crash and Financial crisis Inflation is up, stocks are soaring (Omicron be damned!) and bargains are thin on the ground. Well, not all stocks are soaring—one sector has fallen behind, and it's set us up for some nice "snap back" upside in 2022, with big dividends (yielding up to 7. 6%!) on the side. We'll talk tickers in a moment. First, let's take a 50, 000-foot view of the sector we're going to dive into and work our way down from there. That would be real estate, specifically publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), which have been left in the dust in the pandemic- (and Federal Reserve–) powered market of 2020/2021. Check out the performance of the REIT sector index fund, the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) compared to index funds representing the tech-heavy NASDAQ and S&P 500. That lag makes zero sense—and is on borrowed time, frankly—because the bear case on REITs during lockdowns (people won't be going out to these companies' malls, offices and other properties because they can't) doesn't apply anymore—people are desperate to get