According to CNBC, the Dogs of the Dow strategy "worked pretty well" in 2025 and CNBC highlighted stocks to target for 2026, source: CNBC. The Dogs of the Dow rule buys the 10 highest dividend yield Dow Jones Industrial Average components at year-end and rebalances annually, guiding traders to screen the highest-yield Dow stocks into early January 2026, source: Dogs of the Dow. Performance versus the Dow benchmark is publicly tracked by Dogs of the Dow, enabling assessment of whether the dividend yield tilt remains effective, source: Dogs of the Dow. Because crypto assets such as BTC and ETH have shown rising correlation with equities since 2020, equity factor rotations like a shift toward high-dividend Dow stocks can influence crypto risk appetite and cross-asset flows, source: International Monetary Fund.