Dividend Basics
Stocks That Pay Monthly Dividends
Do you ever open up your electric bill and find yourself in a state of shock? Not me… it’s pretty much the same every month. The only real curve I was thrown came a few months ago. That’s when a State of California windfall, the “California Climate Credit” drove my bill down to $12.66. Not […]
How Dividend Reinvestment Plans Really Work
I’m not exactly jealous, but I sure am envious. I’ll fess up and admit it. Back in 1955, Fred Schwed came up with the perfect title for a book… “Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?” The subtitle for Fred’s book is “A Good Hard Look at Wall Street.” Fred was a professional trader who lost a […]
Dividend Payout Ratio Secrets
Sounds boring, doesn’t it? Look… There’s no way to convince you the dividend payout ratio packs the excitement of a classic James Bond movie. (I have a soft spot for Casino Royale.) But here’s the deal. If a James Bond movie villain put a gun to your head, and forced you to choose just one […]
Dividend Investing Secrets
I’m going to give you 3 dividend investing secrets. Each one will help you make money. And each one will help you protect your money. These 3 secrets can give you a much better way to grow your wealth, even in markets that whipsaw like crazy. Most investors don’t know these secrets. They don’t think […]
Build Your Own Dividend Stock Diversification Plan
Need to play it safe? A dividend stock diversification plan is nothing more than a simple way to protect your portfolio. The common sense balance gives you safety and performance. And it takes the edge off volatility. It softens the wild swings. The extremes of the market’s highs and lows are balanced with consistency. How […]
Dividend Payout Ratio Bombs Ready To Explode
Dividend payout ratio bombs ready to explode? What’s this all about? And what makes the dividend payout ratio so explosive? I’m about to show you three stocks that are likely to blow up. You might as well haul around a volatile mixture of NI-3. That’s the explosive amateur crackpots mix up using iodine and ammonia. […]
Dividend Investing Breakthroughs
Dividend investing breakthroughs aren’t usually the result of home runs from single stocks. Breakthrough dividend performance is a team effort. It’s putting together a lineup of different kinds of dividend stocks that work well together. Go with some of your dividend stocks that pay a yield below 3%, and some with higher yields in the […]
Dividend Reinvestment Plans
Dividend reinvestment plans are a way you can unlock the power of compounding. Dividend reinvestment plans compound your dividends, increase the number of shares of the dividend stocks in your portfolio, and exponentially drive your returns higher. Do these dividend reinvestment plans, usually called a DRIP, make sense for you? The DRIP takes the dividend […]
What Is The Ex Dividend Date?
What is the ex-dividend date? It’s a deadline on a dividend investor’s calendar. If you own the stock before this date, you’ll be paid the next dividend. Buy the stock after the ex-dividend date, and you won’t be paid the current dividend. Here’s another way of looking at it. Somebody actually owns this dividend payment […]
Can You Predict The Death Of A Dividend Aristocrat?
James Bond knew that “Diamonds Are Forever.” And the Dividend Aristocrats can easily be as valuable to investors as diamonds. But unlike diamonds, they are definitely not forever. To be an Aristocrat, a stock has to pay a growing dividend for 25 years in a row. So how does today’s S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat become […]
