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High-Occupancy REIT With Dividend Growth
A few weeks ago, we discussed Gaming and Leisure Properties (ticker: GLPI), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning casino properties across the United States. The company has a 100% occupancy rate, which is incredible. However, Gaming and Leisure owns only 71 properties, so the 100% occupancy rate, while impressive, has a small asterisk next […]
Digging Into A Popular Dividend ETF
A few months ago, we talked about Charles Schwab (ticker: SCHW), a financial services company. Schwab has averaged over 11% dividend growth each year over the past two decades. It’s on quite a run for dividend investors. But we’re not going to talk about Schwab. Instead, let’s discuss one of Schwab’s most popular products, the […]
Private Markets Investing With 10% Dividend Growth
There’s a whole world of investing most people don’t even know about. It’s more than just stocks and bonds! Investing in art, commodities, derivatives, private companies, and real estate are a few other areas investors can park some cash. It’s called alternative investing, and some investment firms specialize in matching investors with some different places […]
Tiny Companies, Monster Yields: 5 Small Caps Paying Up To 15.3%
Small-cap stocks are the cardiac kids of the market. They can bring high risk, and with that high risk can come high reward. For the first half of the 2020s, the reward hasn’t been there—but that’s beginning to change this year. And today, we’re going to discuss five small caps paying between 6.5% and 15.3% […]
The House Always Wins
Some people treat investing like gambling. They buy and sell options contracts or use leverage to juice their returns. Sometimes it works out, but most of the time they lose everything. Dividend investing is the opposite of gambling. Sure, it’s still the stock market, so there’s always some risk. But we’re looking for stable companies […]
2,400% Dividend Hike For Major Tech Stock
There’s some breaking news regarding dividends I wanted to share. A major tech stock has been paying a dividend since 2012. Most tech companies don’t pay dividends at all, so it’s a little surprising it’s paid a dividend for so long. But here’s the breaking news: it just raised its dividend by 2,400%! Now, don’t […]
This 10.5% Dividend Shines As Americans Get Richer (And Are Less Happy About It)
There’s a clear “disconnect” happening in the US economy right now. And most investors are on the wrong side of it. Funny thing about it is, it’s pretty obvious. We hear about both sides of it in the news daily, but few people truly see it for what it is. And the 10.5% dividend we’re going to […]
Award-Winning ETF With A 12% Dividend Yield
ETF.com is one of the top sources of information about exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Every year, the website gives out awards to the top ETFs in various categories. Here’s a link to the award winners as well as the nominees. The category I’m most interested in is “Best New Options Income ETF.” Options income ETFs are […]
The Best AI Investment Right Now Isn’t In Silicon Valley
Recently, I read an interesting article in The Epoch Times discussing the condition of the U.S. power grid. It was not a confidence-inspiring read. However, the grid’s challenges offer some investment opportunities. The article is quite long, and you can read it here. Here are some data points that caught my attention: ● The U.S. power […]
Small Community Bank With 22 Years Of Dividend Growth
The regional bank industry is interesting for dividend investors. They’re similar to the larger national banks, but the size differences among regional banks can be enormous. Some regional banks are worth over $100 billion, while others are only a few million. Smaller regional banks don’t get enough attention… and we can find some great ones […]
