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Market Update 2nd Quarter 2017

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Good news this second quarter of 2017! 

Strong performances abound, both on the market front as well as among CAIM's dividend investments. 

Read on to learn more in this month's issue.

Warm regards,
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Catherine Maniscalco Avery
 
The backbone of CAIM is to employ a classic long term investment strategy including dividend paying stocks. CAIM is an independent, women owned investment management firm specializing in managing investment portfolios for women and baby boomers.

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July 13, 2017  Issue No. 84
In This Issue
Market Update 2/4 2017
Oil & Gas Pretty "Green"
Dividend Champs May 2017
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Market Update 2nd Quarter 2017

 
Good news!    The stock market rose once again this second quarter, bringing a year to date price increase of 8.2% (not including dividends).
 
Strength in the market is due to a combination of solid first quarter corporate earnings, as well as investors' expectations for improving economic growth.
 
Ironically, however, while there is the anticipation of stronger growth ahead, bond yields remained relatively low. One would have expected to see these yields moving higher in conjunction with higher expectations for growth.
 
We interpret this as the bond market telling us that the prospect for growth could be pushed out further than previously thought.
 
And while Washington has "promised" us tax and healthcare reform by the end of the year, uncertainty regarding their timeline could lead to more volatility in the stock market and keep bond yields at low levels. Furthermore, at this point in time, the Fed is more interested in getting interest rates back to normal.
 
Another theme we've witnessed throughout most of 2017 thus far, has been the wide gap in performance of growth stocks versus value.  It is the large growth technology companies, most notably, that have driven the performance of the overall market year to date.
 
We are happy to announce that CAIM dividend stocks have outperformed the overall market in both the industrial and healthcare sectors. Year to date, 70% of the companies in our portfolio have increased their dividend by an average of 8.23%, while 7 companies have increased their dividend between 11.5%-17%.
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Dividend Champs May 2017 

The stock market continues to do well during May.  Whether or not it can hold on to those gains is still a debate given
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