Since its debut in 1957, the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.67%) index has served as the gold standard for measuring investment performance. It's a collection of the largest publicly traded companies arranged according to each company's market cap. This means giants like Apple, Nvidia, and Microsoft represent an outsized percentage of the overall index. Some investors complain that the S&P 500 is too heavily weighted toward its largest components, but you can't argue with its track record. Despite being off its peak, th ...

Buying a quality dividend stock near a multiyear low can be a great move, especially if you're willing to be patient and hang on for the long term. As long as the dividend remains intact, the yield moves up as a stock price falls in value. And that's been the case for all the stocks listed here.PepsiCo (PEP 0.88%), UnitedHealth Group (UNH -0.88%), and United Parcel Service (UPS 0.22%) are all down more than 15% in the past 12 months and are trading near multiyear lows. Their yields are also all firmly above ...