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The 5 Best Monthly Dividend Stocks To Hide In
While most income-based stocks pay shareholders quarterly, some of the best pay out each month There’s no denying the obvious. Right now, financial markets across the globe are unstable, with the U.S. stock market dropping 3% on back-to-back days in late February (the market has only done that 15 times in the past 80 years). […]
BDCs As The “New Bonds,” With Yields Up To 9.1%, But Are They Safe?
If you want to live off dividends in retirement, you can’t depend on “blue-chip stocks.” They simply haven’t paid enough yield for years: Even High-Yield Savings Accounts Start to Look Good at These Levels The S&P 500’s yield recently hit 1.7%. Think about it in “retirement spending” terms. If you took an entire million-dollar nest […]
These Three CEFs Are Worth Another Look
Every month, I ask subscribers to my Dividend Hunter Insiders service to send in any stock they want for a deep dive analysis. Out of the submissions, I pick one stock to analyze and share my thoughts with all Insider subscribers. Each month, when the email to send in stock picks goes out, I am […]
5 Cheap High-Yield Dividend Stocks Set To Grow Their Dividends
These stocks have yields over 6.5% that are well covered by earnings and low price-to-earnings ratios This article discusses five high-yield dividend stocks that have grown their dividends in the past five years and also have low price-to-earnings ratios. In addition, the dividends are well covered by their earnings. This means that each company can […]
How To Buy Tomorrow’s Dividend Aristocrats At A Discount Today
The blue-chip corporations that make up the Dividend Aristocrats are a tribute to the power of dividends. They have raised their payouts for 25 straight years or more and, most importantly, made many of their investors quite wealthy in the process. Unfortunately for us, everyone already knows these firms are great. And as a result, their […]
Coronavirus Fears Select High-Yield Stocks Are On Sale Now
The Coronavirus outbreak is a real threat to human life and business results. However, when unexpected tragedies like this outbreak occur, the stock market almost always overreacts to the perceived risks to company results. During the sell-off, stock prices fall too far, even if short to intermediate-term business results will be affected. It takes guts […]
Dividend vs Share Buyback: Which Is Better?
For well over a century, dividends were the preferred means for corporations to return excess cash to their shareholders. But companies began focusing more on share buybacks in the 1980s to return capital to shareholders. According to Morningstar, stock buybacks have now surpassed dividends as the means to return excess capital to shareholders. In this dividend vs share […]
The Secret To Safe 7% Dividends (With Upside) In 2020
I’m annoyed with this bubbly stock market. It’s making it nearly impossible for regular people to find decent dividends. Sure, we’ll always take upside, and despite overdone drops due to the coronavirus, the market has handed us a 4% total return since the New Year, building on the 31% it delivered last year. But where the heck do we […]
7 Utility Stocks To Buy That Offer Juicy Dividends
Strong utilities offer investors both reliable growth and inflation-beating dividends When growth is going, people look askance at utilities. They’re boring. They aren’t big growers. They’re reliable. I remember when the dot-com boom was near its height, there were plenty of brokers and financial talking heads saying growth was the new income. Ditch your boring […]
These 15 Funds Crush Their Index (And Pay 7% Dividends, Too!)
You’ve probably heard that less than half of active funds beat their index, and a low-cost index fund is your best bet for long-term investing. Well, today I want to show you why that is 100% wrong. I’ll also reveal 15 funds paying dividends from 5.6% to 7%, while crushing their index, too. First, the facts. When […]
