Tag: dividend payment
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 […]
7 A-Rated Dividend Stocks To Buy For Long-Term Gains
Each of these dividend stocks earns top marks for dividend performance in Portfolio Grader Dividend stocks are popular among investors. There’s a good reason for this. In fact, there are several good reasons. Besides the returns from growth in the stock’s value, you get dividend payments. These can be plowed back into your portfolio or […]
Growth Or Income? Dividend Investing Is The Best Of Both Worlds
Those nearing retirement have heard talk about having to retire later in order to avoid outliving their savings. But retirement should be achievable for everyone. So the solution is finding a new investing strategy. A new approach that provides cash flow, reliable growth, and a chance to secure the retirement you always thought you’d have. That approach […]
Sorting Out The Few Good BDCs From The Many Bad Ones
Years ago, an Air Force Academy classmate and a close friend went on a rant about how he disliked the widespread use of jargon and acronyms in the Air Force. To this day, my memory can’t unstick “ficknip” (flight navigation and control panel), and I haven’t used one for over 30 years. The investing world […]
Pay Your Holiday Bills With These Monthly Dividend Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Soon
The general practice among dividend paying U.S. corporations is to declare and pay dividends quarterly, or four times a year. This contrasts with how we pay our bills and expenses. The credit card, mortgage, power, and other bills show up every month. For an investor using dividend income to pay living expenses, this mismatch makes […]
4 Market-Shattering Yields: 2 Contenders, 2 Pretenders
A blue-chip dividend portfolio pays about 2% today. Put a million bucks into a bucket of these stocks and you’ll bank just $20,000 in yearly dividends. That’s barely extra change–on a million invested! There’s a better way. I prefer to focus on stocks and funds that simply aren’t as familiar as the big names to […]
Dividend Growth Stocks For Investors Who Like Monthly Dividends
If you invest for income you likely know that most of the thousands of dividend-paying stocks listed on the U.S. exchanges pay quarterly dividends or once every three months. Quarterly dividends are nice, but most of us pay our bills monthly, so it would be convenient to have investments that pay attractive yields and pay […]
10 Highest Yield Dividend Stocks Going Ex-Div This Week
The rules of dividend payouts are unique to the stock market. Each dividend payment comes with a set of dates. Each corporate dividend payment must be declared by the company’s board of directors. Once announced, the dividend will come with a record date and a payment date. To earn the next dividend, you must be […]
Buy These 5 High-Yield Stocks That Just Raised Dividends
For the income stock focused investor, what could be more appealing than a high current yield combined with steady dividend increases? For the last three years, the energy infrastructure services sector (also called energy midstream) has gone through significant financial restructuring, resulting in no dividend growth, and even dividend rate reductions. The period of restructuring […]
7 Dividend Stocks Already Rewarding Shareholders In 2019
There’s nothing better than getting a raise so early in the year When you write about investing as much as I do, sometimes it takes a little divine intervention to come up with ideas. Sometimes, I’ll borrow an idea from another writer. Recently, I saw an article about dividend stocks that have already increased their quarterly payment […]
