how do I obtain dividend yield on S&P 500?

Hi all,

Reading the Hull's book, it says when pricing the options on S&P 500,
I need to take into consideration of the continuously compounded
dividend yields.

Where do I obtain the historical data for the dividend yields of S&P
500? Could that be obtained from Yahoo finance?

And in real time trading, where do I obtain that number for real time?

Thanks!

 

Current dividend yield info for the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and DJIA are available at http://www.indexarb.com/dividendAnalysis.html .

 

Thanks a lot!

That solves the problem of finding current index dividend yield on SP500...

But where are the historical dividend yields?

 

S&P500 Dividend Yield 40 Year Chart
S&P500 Dividends 40 Year Chart

More info here...