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7 Great Dividend Stocks Outside the Energy Sector
Dividend stocks cross many industries and these worthwhile companies pay them Last year was a tale of two halves for dividend stocks. The novel coronavirus pandemic made the first half of 2020 a period of payout cuts and halts by S&P 500 Index names, but payouts came back mightily in the second half of the year, indicating that […]
No Rate Worries Here, Just Tax-Advantaged Yields Up to 7.8%
Does a rising 10-year Treasury yield mean we should move on from municipal (muni) bonds? We’ll talk muni strategy in a moment. First, let’s pay homage to these tax-efficient payers. Munis are superior to Treasuries two ways. First, they pay more. Even with the 10-year rate popping above 1.6% earlier this week, we can double […]
3 Dividend Stocks for a 2021 Economic Recovery
As things get better economically, these steady stocks stand to benefit the most This pandemic has presented the global economy with an unprecedented challenge. The level of globalization, ease of travel from one country to another and the ensuing shutdowns contributed to the sharpest economic decline the developed world has ever seen. These conditions also […]
These Stimulus-Powered Investments Could Soar 53%+
There’s $2 trillion in cash headed straight into the US economy, and today we’re going to grab a share, both in the form of price gains and dividends. I’m talking about the latest stimulus plan that’s made its way through the House of Representatives. While plenty of folks fret over the rise in public debt this $1.9-trillion […]
Highest Yield Dividend Stocks For Your Stocking
Ready to stuff your stocking with a few of the highest yield dividend stocks? Want to find some good dividend stocks to buy… that are off the beaten path? Start by brushing up on the dividend yield essentials. And this is the time of year when it makes sense to look at the ghost of […]
Dividend Aristocrats That Dodge Disasters
My good friend Large Lou Sapino is an expert on vodka. Not long ago he asked me about Russian stocks. (A few weeks ago I told him that investing in Russian stocks is a dividend disaster.) Lou also happens to be a very smart real estate investor. He told me that investing in land out […]
Dividend Yield Essentials
Do you know how much we spend on Christmas lights and decorations? $6 billion a year. By comparison, the Pentagon spends about $12 billion for an aircraft Carrier like the USS Ronald Reagan. The numbers are staggering, so huge they’re hard to make sense of. I like simpler numbers where the arithmetic is easy, and […]
High Dividend Stocks To Serve With Turkey
Last year at Thanksgiving, one of my best friends came over and insisted on making the stuffing for our turkey. He told me it was his grandmother’s recipe. Nothing written down, all in his head. I didn’t think there was much culinary knowledge locked away in my friend’s otherwise remarkable brain. My suspicions were confirmed […]
These Buckeyes Don’t Play College Football
You wake up in a cold sweat. It’s a nightmare that haunts you and hammers you with the raw hurt of hindsight. Hindsight is more than 20/20. For investors, it’s both painful and helpful. When we look back on an investment that didn’t work out, it’s way too easy to see what went wrong. What’s […]
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 […]
