Tag: dividends
3 “Hot Potato” Fund Buys For A Quick 10%+ Cash Stream
These days I hear from a lot of CEF investors who are struggling to dig up cheap dividends. If you’re one of these folks, I get it. In fact, I’m right there with you! Even for those of us who spend our entire day looking for CEF bargains, this market’s been a grind, making it tougher than […]
This Dividend King Is Raising Its Payout By 9.3%
Living off of dividends is a dream come true. Trust me, it’s everything it’s cracked up to be – and more. However, you want to make sure that you’re not just living off of dividends. You want to live off of safe, growing dividends. For more on three dividend growth stocks that just increased their dividends, check out our […]
The 10 Best Dividend Income Growers In The S&P 500
The best dividend stocks are those that deliver income AND capital appreciation Heading into 2020, S&P 500 dividend stocks had averaged 8.1% dividend growth over the previous five years. In 2020, thanks to Covid-19, that growth slowed to a trickle, up by a scant 0.07%. Now halfway through 2021, dividend payouts for the S&P have reversed course, presently down […]
2021 Midyear Report: The Best (And Worst) Dividends To Buy Now
It’s mid-2021, and stock prices are up, dividend yields are down, and you’re probably wondering what the heck to buy for a decent income stream as we thunder toward 2022. It’s a head-snapping reversal from where we were a year ago, which makes now the perfect time to step back and plot our next dividend moves. So let’s piece […]
3 Infrastructure Stocks For Growth And Dividends
With the government on the verge of a big infrastructure bill, these stocks stand to benefit The U.S. may be on the verge of a major infrastructure spending plan, and a looming infrastructure bill could be a major boost to the nation’s infrastructure stocks. Infrastructure across the country is in need of repair. Investors should always […]
48 Dividend Raisers Yielding Up To 8.8%
For the past few weeks, I’ve been drawing up a roadmap of how income investors like us can fend off inflation’s impending march. Utility stocks. Small banks. Heck, small businesses. But they all center around one central theme you can find in just about any corner of the market: dividend growth. Show me a payout that is heading […]
This Safe 5-Stock Healthcare Portfolio Yields 5.5%
Healthcare—along with consumer staples (“buying stuff”) and utilities (“keeping the lights on”)—provide portfolio stability. Plus, they usually pay dividends, too! Of the three safety sectors, healthcare is a steady growth market, too. Consider these stats from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: National health spending is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.4% […]
These 3 Dividend Growth Stocks Are Raising Their Dividends
Think living off of passive dividend income is awesome? What if it were more awesome than you think? Well, I’m here to tell you that it is. That’s due to the dividend raises that high-quality dividend growth stocks routinely give to their shareholders. For more on three dividend growth stocks that just increased their dividends, check out […]
3 Dividend Kings To Bank On
These financial stocks have a strong history of boosting payouts to income investors Most investors who want exposure to the financial sector focus on well-known mega-cap stocks such as JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). However, some smaller financial services companies have much longer dividend growth streaks. In fact, the only three financial services companies in the […]
This Stock Now Pays Half Of Each Quarter’s Profits As Dividends
After a year that featured tech stocks as the big winner, many investors (and television talking heads) have expressed shock that the energy sector leads the way so far in 2021. With the price of crude oil rising higher, the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) has gained 43% through the first five months of 2021. […]
