Dividend Stocks
New Billionaire-Backed Dividend Value Play
I read SEC filings like my daughter watches bad television. That is to say, I read them often and enjoy doing so, even if no one else understands why I take so much pleasure in them. Insider buying and selling have proven to be a great indication of what the people running a company think […]
How To Grow Your Income By 10%-50% Every Year
Bear markets are great for calculated contrarian investors like us. We have many dividend growers in the bargain bin. I mean, it’s rarely this stuffed. We have lots to sort through today. Specifically we’ll talk about 43 dividend payers that are about to announce their next payout hikes. Most of these stocks are cheaper than they were at the start of the year. […]
This Dividend Catalyst Creates Safe 15% Yearly Returns
Why chase the market when we can let 15% per year—every year—come to us? This is the perfect time to buy what I call “hidden yield” investments. These are stocks that dish out dividends today. But, more notably, they have an important catalyst coming in the year ahead that will help boost their stock prices. This trigger is so powerful […]
Covid Changed Dividend Stocks – Here’s How To Adapt
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlights the significant number of companies that suspended common stock dividends in the early days of the pandemic and have not yet restarted payouts to shareholders. A company’s dividend strategy tells you a lot about how they think about us, the little guy investors. So let’s take a look at how […]
Our Plan To Ride The “Biden Buyback Tax” To Big Gains (And 1 Ticker To Buy Now)
There’s a group of dividend stocks out there that are set to skyrocket as the new “Biden buyback tax” rolls in. These “dividend moonshots” are hiding in plain sight. Most people miss them because they’re looking at the wrong numbers: they’re obsessed with “first level” measures like dividend yields, P/E ratios or whatever. But we […]
Give Yourself A Raise With Equity Raises
When one of my recommended high-yield stocks does a secondary share issue, I always get questions about what is going on. The significant share price drop and share dilution of a secondary issuance make investors wonder if the stock remains a good investment. So today, I thought it would be good to review secondary stock […]
This Gimmicky Dividend Strategy Will Cost You Money (Do This Instead)
These days, everyone is looking for safety—and that’s got some folks pondering some pretty, er, unusual strategies that seem secure but are in fact anything but. One such strategy is known as dividend capture, which sounds like a way to bag a company’s quarterly cash dividend without taking the risk of owning the shares. I don’t like the name because […]
Recession-Proof Stock Of The Week: Eli Lilly
Few sectors can withstand the economic headwinds that come during periods of economic upheaval, including recession and inflation. Recession stocks are sought out by retail and institutional investors alike. But one sector that can thrive is food—people will always need to eat. Another area largely insulated from market turmoil is the pharmaceutical sector. Prescription drugs are not […]
Why Growth Investors Panic – And I Don’t
Of the two types of stocks in which to invest – growth stocks and value stocks – investors naturally gravitate to growth stocks. At first glance, it makes sense to invest in rapidly growing companies and see rapidly increasing share prices and capital gains. However, it’s not that simple, and investors often get burned chasing […]
3 Dividend Growth Stocks To Help You Fight Inflation
The dividend growth strategy is without a doubt one of the most popular approaches to investing. It involves buying and holding shares of quality dividend-paying companies that are increasing their cash flows enough each year to consistently boost their payouts to shareholders. A big reason why dividend growth investing has such a strong reputation among investors is […]
