If that is accepted then some shares in the posts above may not clear that hurdle rate, but more will clear that than applying a FTSE 100 average yield hurdle. However, taking this thinking one step further, as this is not an HYP board an investor may have a strategy that accepts individual shares below a hurdle rate as long as the portfolio overall beats that hurdle level. Such an approach would allow them to address matters such as explicitly balancing yield and capital growth which HYP does not.
So if, somebody were to start a thread on just Nvidia (continuing my example) it would clearly not be right for this board. But if the post was about a basket of US shares that overall beat the average yield of the Dow Industrial Average and included Nvidia then I would have thought that is perfectly legitimate to discuss that on this board.
It would be interesting to understand what others think.
Terry.
Edited. Good question on how do you define "high yield" in non-UK shares, moved from "International Shares as part of High yield Portfolio. Created Seperate thread. Raptor.