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Four Dividend Paying Companies Raising Dividends. Which Ones Are Worth A Closer Look?
I review the list of weekly dividend increases as part of my monitoring process. Over the past week, there were several companies that raised dividends to investors. I am going to discuss how I came up with the list of companies that raised dividends this week. I will then also discuss the quick review process I go […]
10 Dividend Stocks Growing Their Payouts By 20% Or More
High current yield or not, these dividend growth stocks can deliver even larger, top-quality payouts down the road With thousands of dividend stocks trading in the market, investors have a number of flavors and income angles to consider. While many dividend investors are drawn to companies with higher yields — such as this list of […]
5 High-Yield Stocks To Buy On Financial Media’s “Fake News” Nonsense
Creating mountains out of mole hills once again, the financial media circus has been peddling rumors and half-truths in the name of “reporting”. But for the wise investor that means the opportunity to purchase quality stocks at an amazing discount. Tim Plaehn shares five such stocks that are great purchases right now and that have […]
Why Dividend History Matters When Investing In Dividend Stocks
Dividends are an important part of shareholder total returns. The following chart compares the long-term price returns (excluding dividends) to the long-term total returns (including dividends) of the S&P 500 (approximated using the ETF SPY). The 10-year rolling total returns of the S&P 500 over the past 10 years have been, on average, 82% higher […]
5 Stocks To Buy For Double-Digit Growth And 20%+ Dividend Hikes
What do Exxon Mobil (XOM), Colgate-Palmolive (CL) and Walmart (WMT) have in common? Their dividend growth is running on fumes. Sure, they’re all still members of the Dividend Aristocrats – that social club of companies that have raised dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. But Exxon, Colgate and Walmart all have kept their streaks of dividend increases alive within […]
The 7 Best Dividend Stocks To Buy For Q3 And Beyond
These are some of the best dividend stocks for the latter half of 2017 The theme for the first half of 2017 was something to the effect of “Buy Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and dump pretty much everything else.” At least that’s what it seemed like. Recent pullback aside, 2017 has broadly been a great year for tech […]
3 High-Yield Stocks For Long-Term Wealth And Income
Tim Plaehn has just discovered some unsettling news about the future of stock market returns over the next ten years, and your ability to comfortably retire could be in jeopardy if the right precautions are not taken. Read today’s article to find out if your investments are at risk and see Tim’s three recommendations for […]
Eight Dividend Companies Increasing Dividend Payouts And Returns To Investors
As part of my monitoring process, I review the list of dividend increases every single week. I usually focus on companies that have raised dividends for at least a decade, in order to narrow down the list of companies to review. In order to be successful at dividend growth investing, you need to identify companies […]
5 Bulletproof Dividend Stocks That Yield At Least 5%
The bear growl is rising. Hot-running tech stocks suffered a huge multiday crack after Goldman Sachs raised bubble worries. The “smart money” is increasingly sounding the risk alarm. Many analysts and prominent investors say the market could use a healthy pullback … but others are now concerning themselves with the potential for an outright crash. […]
10 Best Dividend Stocks For The Market’s 10 Sectors
Diversification matters. So when you’re scouring the market for income, don’t throw all your money at just one or two sectors. I’ve been a big believer in piling money into the best dividend stocks, then staying there for a long time. Perhaps because the start of my career coincided with the nasty 2000-02 bear market, […]
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