Dividend Bust
Dividend Danger Signs: 3 Red Flags That Scream “Sell Now!”
Dividends come and go more easily than investors might expect No matter an investor’s confidence level in a particular position, not all stocks guarantee success. Some companies, despite their long-running blue-chip status, or consistent growth decade after decade, fail to adapt to a rapidly changing market. This results in companies that, by all metrics of […]
2021 Midyear Report: The Best (And Worst) Dividends To Buy Now
It’s mid-2021, and stock prices are up, dividend yields are down, and you’re probably wondering what the heck to buy for a decent income stream as we thunder toward 2022. It’s a head-snapping reversal from where we were a year ago, which makes now the perfect time to step back and plot our next dividend moves. So let’s piece […]
What Is A Dividend Disaster?
I never thought my friend Large Lou Sapino would be a credible source of good dividend stocks investing wisdom. We get together a few times a year when he drags me into Danny’s on Orange Avenue in Coronado, California. I’ll nurse a beer and he’ll be drinking vodka. Actually, he’s lecturing me on vodka. It’s […]
High Yield Dividend Stocks For Safety
On a mild Saturday night a few weeks back, I went with a good friend to Donovan’s on Prospect Street in LaJolla. What a terrific place, one of those classic American steakhouses we can’t seem to get enough of. It got me thinking about the strange similarities shared by steaks and stocks. A steak that […]
Dividend History Helps You Pull In Higher Income
New Yorkers usually can’t resist taking a shot at California. All the superficial showbiz glitz. The shortage of history. I get it. When San Francisco started to boom, New York City was already a few hundred years old. But… When Juan Cabrillo sailed into San Diego harbor in 1548, New Amsterdam didn’t exist. And in […]
Leave The Lobby Before This Bank Robbery Goes Down
No, it’s not the bank that’s going to be robbed. The tellers’ drawers won’t be cleaned out. But the bank’s investors are about to be picked clean. This bank stock pays a dividend yield of 4.29%. But it takes 89% of all the bank’s revenue to fund it. This is not a recipe for dividend […]
Don’t Get Caught In This Tricky Dividend Trap!
Beware! Those high yield dividend stocks you keep seeing could be nothing but trouble. Expensive trouble. There’s a reason why the S&P 500 pays an average dividend of 1.91%. But you keep running into stocks that pay dividends of twice this much. Or even three and four times this much. Today, I’m going to tell […]
The WORST Dividend Mutual Fund!
Thinking about a good dividend mutual fund? Stop and think about something else, because no matter what dividend mutual fund you invest in, you’re in for an expensive ride. You should never buy any mutual fund for dividend investing. There are better ways to go. Better ways to diversify your investment, and better ways to […]
Warren Buffett’s Trying To Destroy The Lives Of Retirees!
I’ve been keeping my eye on Congress lately, and I’ve got to tell you, I don’t like anything I’ve seen. Unfortunately, our country is being led by a group of self serving, self dealing liars. It makes me sick… The trouble is, neither party has a leg to stand on… Republican or Democrat. Both are […]
