The world’s financial system is a vast ecosystem of various firms and subtypes, all offering different exposure to the wheels of capitalism. But some of these firms are whales among minnows. Offering exposure to a multitude of businesses and holding trillions of assets, these banks are bastions of the world’s economy. And our latest Best Dividend Capture Pick happens to be one of the biggest of all. With its immense size and scope, our pick has consistently delivered strong dividends and shareholder rewards for decades.
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Our pick got its start during the days of the Robber Barons, even providing a backstop for the U.S. government during its early days. Since then, it has leveraged its size and importance to grow further, becoming one of, if not the, biggest bank in the world. Today, its business covers everything from asset management and regular consumer banking to more exotic fair and prop trading. The combination of these assets has provided strength and diversification among its cash flows.
What’s perhaps amazing is that our pick has continued to find new ways to grow.
This has included its shift into becoming one of the largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsors in the market, as well as focusing on wealth management and private client banking. Both of these businesses have continued to grow, creating plenty of fee income to pad its coffers. Meanwhile, a focus on technology and A.I. has helped it reduce costs, improve processes, strengthen underwriting, and overall boost its profits.
So much so that the firm has continued to raise its dividend despite being regulated by the Feds.
With that, investors have continued to turn to our pick as a great dividend capture play. A dividend capture strategy involves buying a stock before its ex-dividend date and then selling it after the payout has been recovered. With an ex-dividend date of Monday, October 6 our pick is primed for the strategy, as is evident from its historical track record of a recovery period within an average of 2.5 days after going ex-dividend.
For investors looking for a quick total return of income and capital appreciation, our latest mega-sized bank pick could be a lucrative option.
