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How Dividend Reinvestment Plans Really Work
I’m not exactly jealous, but I sure am envious. I’ll fess up and admit it. Back in 1955, Fred Schwed came up with the perfect title for a book… “Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?” The subtitle for Fred’s book is “A Good Hard Look at Wall Street.” Fred was a professional trader who lost a […]
Dividend Aristocrats On Sale
After all these years, I’m still infatuated. And I still can’t figure out why back in 1963, only 21,513 Corvette Sting Rays came off the line. Devoted Corvette guys don’t always gush about the ’63 the way I figure they might, but that’s their call, and they’re probably thinking more about mechanics than styling. But […]
The Best Long Term Dividend Stocks To Buy
Want to find the best long term dividend stocks to buy? Invest like Howard Hughes. I’ll show you how to channel your inner eccentric tycoon in a minute, but first… Keep in mind that the best long-term dividend stocks come in different flavors. You have some good choices, like checking out the S&P 500 Dividend […]
Highest Dividend Yield Stocks For Cheapskates
I sunk some quality time into the U.S. Open this weekend, and if you’re a golf fan, I hope you did too. How about Jordan Spieth, only the sixth player in history to capture the Masters and the U. S. Open in the same year? Do you play golf? The U.S. Open brings a dividend […]
Top Small Cap Dividend Stocks To Buy
History sure is intoxicating. Last night it swept me away once again like it always does, this time back to the early 1970s and the Nixon White House. A bunch of those Oval Office tapes, 3,700 hours of them, have been cleaned up and released. Reading the transcripts with Nixon, Kissinger, Haldeman, and Erlichman have […]
Highest Yielding Stocks For Safety
The highest yielding stocks for safety don’t stagger in off the street and just crash the party unannounced. They show up with a reputation. A good reputation that’s been built on 25 years of paying dividends. This track record is the first thing you should look for because it’s a common ingredient… all the winners […]
High Dividend Stocks From Emerging Markets
What countries are we looking at when we talk about emerging markets? Well, right off the bat you’ve got China. And countries like Thailand, Brazil, South Africa, and Poland. Just a few years ago, Brazil, Russia, India and China were considered the top four emerging markets. But Vladimir Putin’s antics, and deeply embedded corruption in […]
The Best Dividend Growth Stocks For Uncertain Times
You probably don’t remember what you were doing on May 6, 2010. But I’ll never forget that day. The Dow sank almost 1,000 points in 45 minutes. Then, an hour later, it came roaring back, up 750 points. Over the next 3 weeks, it lost another 525 points. So how about this 2015 market? How […]
Dividend Payout Ratio Secrets
Sounds boring, doesn’t it? Look… There’s no way to convince you the dividend payout ratio packs the excitement of a classic James Bond movie. (I have a soft spot for Casino Royale.) But here’s the deal. If a James Bond movie villain put a gun to your head, and forced you to choose just one […]
High Yield Stocks Are Home Wreckers
You know what really sinks a lot of dividend stock investors? High yield stocks… Somebody thinks he’s found the best dividend stock because there’s a high yield. The high yield looks good for a week, maybe even a month after the dividend investor buys it. Then there’s a dividend cut because the high yield gets […]
