It's been a rocky start to the 2015 calendar year for the S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) with the oil price playing havoc with some of the biggest names in the index. Given the weighting of these constituents, the pressure on their share prices has had a significant effect on the overall direction of the market.
Given the expected imposition of tighter financial regulations as a result of the Murray Inquiry plus continued weakness in iron ore and oil prices, the usual suspects – namely the banks and major miners – could struggle to deliver adequate returns to investors in the coming year.
Couple this scenario with the possibility that the Reserve Bank of Australia will further cut interest rates and solid blue-chip dividend paying stocks could be the key to your portfolio's performance.
Here are four worth considering…
- AMP Limited (ASX: AMP): Share price $5.48; forecast dividend of 28.5 cents per share (cps); 70% franked yield of 5.2%.
- ASX Ltd (ASX: ASX): Share price $36.86; forecast dividend 182 cps; fully franked yield of 4.9%.
- Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS): Share price $5.98, forecast dividend 30 cps; fully franked yield of 5%.
- Woolworths Limited (ASX: WOW): Share price $29.86; forecast divided 145 cps; fully franked yield of 4.8%.
Here's an even better bet than the four companies mentioned above.
