7 Dividend Stocks Will Boost Your Portfolio in Bull or Bear Markets
0.11%June 07 | MyPlanIQ portfolio symbol P_35249

PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian and Bill Gross are famous for their "new normal" view on the current global economic and investing environment. In the "new normal" situation, developed countries including U.S. and countries in Eurozone will continue to de-leverage and struggle to reduce their debt obligation. As such, the economic growth will be anemic at best, with several bumps ahead, which is what we have not seen in the last 20 years or so.

Brian Stoffel of the Motley Fool puts together a trio of filters to select companies that will perform in both up and down markets that we are likely to see over the coming months.The trio of filters he uses are:s:

• Strong dividend yields
• Opportunity for growth
• Dividends that will stick around for a long time

From this he extracts seven stocks:

• Intel (Nasdaq: INTC)
• Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT)
• Banco Santander (NYSE: STD)
• Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE: CTB)
• Navios Maritime (NYSE: NM)
• Eaton (NYSE: ETN)
• Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX)
  

This is an interesting filter that brings up an eclectic set of stocks that will make for an interesting comparison.

We will compare these companies with our benchmark set of dividend ETFs that are well diversified.