Keith Springer Quoted,in the Wall Street Journal US Stocks May Be At 2008 Levels

Jan. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- President of Springer Financial Advisors in Sacramento California Keith Springer Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

US Stocks May Be At 2008 Levels, but Dividend Payments Aren't

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Jan. 6, 2010 – Keith Springer explains why stocks are growing but dividend payments are not.

According to Donna Yesalavich, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, “Investors might be cheering U.S. stocks' return to two-year highs, but don't look for dividend payments to reach 2008 levels anytime soon.”

“The rebound,” Yesalavich says, “in U.S. stocks to 2008 levels has come as investors have been encouraged by improving economic data, stimulus measures from the Federal Reserve, and rising corporate earnings. U.S. corporations, meanwhile, are paying more in dividends than they were in 2009, but they are hesitant to raise their payments too much until the economy appears to be on firmer footing.”

"It actually makes perfect sense,"said Keith Springer, president of Springer Financial Advisors in Sacramento, CA. "Stocks are at highs for growth reasons, because earnings have increased. But companies ... they're just afraid to release the cash they have on hand because they're unsure of the economy, they're unsure that we're in a true recovery."

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About Springer Financial Advisors: Keith Springer is a financial planner, a market technician, a financial writer, founder of Top Down Tactical™ and President and founder of Springer Financial Advisors in Sacramento CA, a SEC Registered Investment Advisor. He has developed a proprietary process for successfully building tax-efficient and retirement portfolios and has been providing specialty wealth management services for over 25 years.

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Keith Springer presedent of Springer Financial Advisors, a SEC Registered Investment Advisory Firm.He has successfully built tax-efficient retirement portfolios and has been providing specialty wealth management services for over 25 years.