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3 Deep Value Stocks for Income and High Total Returns

3 Deep Value Stocks for Income and High Total Returns

| March 12, 2021

They offer a blend of dividend safety, payout growth, current yield and capital appreciation potential Income investors sometimes take the route of finding the best income stocks to meet their needs based upon criteria like dividend safety, dividend growth potential, or historical dividend streak. These can help investors find great value stocks that will provide them with […]

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9 Beaten-Up Tech Dividends Up to 5.9%

9 Beaten-Up Tech Dividends Up to 5.9%

| March 11, 2021 | 0 Comments

The Nasdaq’s recent quick 11% slip earned the “correction” label. This alarmed many newbie investors who bought technology shares hoping they would keep heading higher. We careful contrarians, on the other hand, welcome pullbacks like these. Being focused on income, we are now able to go shopping and secure more tech dividends per dollar. The only “catch” is that […]

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7 Great Dividend Stocks Outside the Energy Sector

7 Great Dividend Stocks Outside the Energy Sector

| March 10, 2021

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 […]

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No Rate Worries Here, Just Tax-Advantaged Yields Up to 7.8%

No Rate Worries Here, Just Tax-Advantaged Yields Up to 7.8%

| March 9, 2021

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 […]

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3 Dividend Stocks for a 2021 Economic Recovery

3 Dividend Stocks for a 2021 Economic Recovery

| March 8, 2021

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 […]

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These Stimulus-Powered Investments Could Soar 53%+

These Stimulus-Powered Investments Could Soar 53%+

| March 5, 2021

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 […]

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Highest Yield Dividend Stocks For Your Stocking

Highest Yield Dividend Stocks For Your Stocking

| December 14, 2015 | 0 Comments

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 […]

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Dividend Aristocrats That Dodge Disasters

Dividend Aristocrats That Dodge Disasters

| December 7, 2015 | 0 Comments

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 […]

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Dividend Yield Essentials

Dividend Yield Essentials

| November 30, 2015 | 0 Comments

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 […]

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High Dividend Stocks To Serve With Turkey

High Dividend Stocks To Serve With Turkey

| November 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

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 […]

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