Category: Dividends
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Why NOW Is a Great Time to Buy Dividend Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Steve Sjuggerud writes: Every long-term investor knows dividends matter.
Since 1900, the average annual gain on the S&P 500 has been 5%. But by simply reinvesting your dividends, you nearly double that number to 9.4%.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
This Biotech Patent Leader Generates an 8.3% Dividend Yield / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: I was a hard-working journalist in the early 1990s - and the whole Human Genome effort was transforming biotechnology into front-page news - when the Oakland Tribune offered me a job as a financial writer.
When the editor explained that biotechnology would be one of my "beats" ... well, I jumped at the chance.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Join the Dividend Payout Party With These Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes: It's been a great year for anyone interested in dividend stocks - and it looks like it'll get even better.
Corporations in the S&P 500 are expected to pay at least $300 billion in dividends in 2013, up from last year's $282 billion, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
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Monday, March 04, 2013
7 Dividend Stocks with 50+ Year History of Increasing Payouts / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
As Money Morning Executive Editor Steve Christ told us this week, finding solid dividend stocks in different sectors is a key to finding financial freedom, thanks to compounding.
"This compounding effect arises when your dividend yield is added to the principal. From that moment on, the interest begins to earn interest on itself," explained Christ. "Over the long haul, that process can add up to a small fortune - even with very modest investments. All it takes is time."
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Saturday, March 02, 2013
Investing in Dividend Aristocrats, Where Have All The Bargain Stocks Gone? / Companies / Dividends
By: Charles_Carnevale
By now, it should be no secret to anyone that the stock market has been on a nice run of late. Moreover, this Bull Run has conjured up a lot of discussions that might lead one to believe that stocks in general are overvalued. There are even some that want to play the bubble card because they argue that the S&P 500 and/or the Dow Jones Industrial Average are both approaching all-time highs. However, I believe these extremists are confusing value with price.
Investors need to understand and recognize that both a company and/or an index can be trading at an all-time high price, while at the same time be trading at a reasonable or even a low valuation. Additionally, there can be more than one reason for this to occur. For example, if earnings are at an all-time high, the price can also be at an all-time high while the PE ratio is lower than historical norms. Another iteration can manifest because the stock or index was once previously trading at an extreme overvaluation, while it is now fairly valued.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Dividends, A Hidden Source of Double-Digit Annual Returns / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Dan Ferris writes: If you're looking to earn 10% or more on your portfolio year after year, chances are, you're looking in the wrong place...
Chances are, you're buying risky, overpriced, "high growth" stocks that have a good story. Or you're buying risky, leveraged, "high income" stocks. Either way, over the long term, you're more likely to lose money than make it.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
High Yield Dividend Stocks: What Every Investor Should Look For / Companies / Dividends
By: Casey_Research
It can be mighty hard to earn any interest at all in today’s banking environment. Many investors are looking to riskier investments to find the kind of returns they once got from an FDIC-insured CD or even a savings account.
But don’t despair. There are still a few decent ways to make your cash earn some income without putting it at too great a risk.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Attractively Valued Blue-Chip Dividend Stocks For Retirement Portfolios / Portfolio / Dividends
By: Charles_Carnevale
In a previous article found here I postulated that the S&P 500 was currently fairly valued. In this article, I review a specific hand-selected list of Dividend Champions that I believe are reasonably priced and therefore capable of generating above-average returns at below-average risk. In today’s low interest rate environment, I believe that high-quality blue-chip dividend growth stocks represent an attractive asset class that can provide a retirement portfolio with a growing income stream.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The 12 Rules to Follow for Buying Dividend Stocks / InvestorEducation / Dividends
By: Don_Miller
Many of you have probably filled out one of the "retirement planner" forms available online. Plenty of tax and accounting programs also have "Lifetime Planner" sections for folks to determine if they can afford to retire.
These sorts of programs plug certain assumptions into a formula, such as projected inflation rate, retirement income, anticipated spending levels, and portfolio growth rate. After you add your personal information, it projects how much money you'll be able to produce annually during retirement, and how long it will last.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Why The Fiscal Cliff Deal is Great News For Dividend Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
I wish I had a nickel for every scary story I read about dividend stocks and the fiscal cliff over the last four months.
I heard so many, I could probably take the rest of the year off.
Of course, a funny thing happened on the way to this great apocalypse: dividend stocks are not only alive and well, but stronger than ever.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
How Dividend Paying Companies Are Helping Ahead of the Fiscal Cliff / Companies / Dividends
By: InvestmentContrarian
George Leong writes: The fiscal cliff is currently dictating the trading action in the equities market as we near December and the year-end. With 28 days left until the Bush-era tax cuts are allowed to dissipate, there is widespread fear and concern of a significant jump in taxes, including those on dividends, especially for those who invest heavily in dividend paying stocks.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Unbridled Truth About Dividends Contribution to Shareholder Profitability / Companies / Dividends
By: Charles_Carnevale
The Two Components of Total Return
There have been many recent published articles and discussions that indicate that dividends have become the Rodney Dangerfield of the investing world. In short, dividends get no respect, as many believe that dividends do not add to a shareholder’s profitability. We believe that dividends represent a return bonus. This article is written to provide evidence of our thesis.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Dividend Stocks Forecast 2013: The Road to True Wealth Starts Here / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
If you listen to the press, Taxmageddon is going to be a "nightmare" for dividend stocks.
There's only one problem with this scary story: It isn't true.
Of course, I'll be the first one to tell you I'm not in favor of higher taxes on dividends.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Dividends Stocks to Beat the Fiscal Cliff / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes:
If the fiscal cliff goes into effect and the president's healthcare bill is upheld, the dividend tax rate could triple next year - which is why companies are looking to help out investors in the way of special dividends in 2012.
Since the end of September to mid-November, 59 companies in the Russell 3000 stock index announced a one-time special dividend, up from about 15 in the same period last year.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Investing in Election 2012 Winning Dividend Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
With Mitt Romney's debate performance last week, Election 2012 has begun to swing Republican on the presidential side.
According to a recent poll by Rasmussen, in the 11 swing states Romney now leads President Obama by a slim 49% to 47% margin. Collectively, these states hold 146 Electoral College votes, or enough to determine the outcome.
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
International Dividend Stock Plays to Hedge Against a Weak U.S. Dollar / Companies / Dividends
By: Roger_Conrad
Politics and investing rarely mix well. That’s worth keeping in mind as election-year rhetoric heats up this month. But no matter who wins the White House and Congress in November, investors should have money beyond the dollar.
Foreign-based power, pipeline, communications and water companies are the ideal vehicles. Not only do you benefit from countries growing faster than the US. They also pay dividends and are priced in currencies other than the US dollar, so the buck’s loss is US investors’ gain.
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
Apple Stock Dividends Fueling Distribution Growth For Select Sector SPDR / Companies / Dividends
By: Benjamin_Shepherd
In August, Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) Board of Directors shared the company’s enormous wealth with investors, paying a dividend of $2.65 per share, its first such payment in 17 years. Owners of Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLK), will be getting their cut.
When the dividend was paid on August 13, more than 20 percent of the fund’s assets were allocated to Apple. As a result, Technology Select Sector SPDR received a payout of $8.4 million that will ultimately be distributed to shareholders.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Taxmageddon 2013 Hits Dividend Income Hard – Here's What to Do / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Every dividend investor loves the arrival of those quarterly distribution checks. But thanks to "Taxmageddon 2013" those checks could get a whole lot smaller.
As things currently stand - with higher tax brackets, no extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and the addition of new levies on higher-income payers to fund Obamacare - the tax bite on some dividend payments could rise from as little as 15% to as high as 43.4%.
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Dividend Stocks that Offer Both Growth and Big Yields / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
By Martin Hutchinson writes:
I want to let you in on a little secret: You really can enjoy the best of both worlds.
With a little bit of digging, you can uncover companies that not only offer growth but pay good dividends as well.
Now admittedly, there has always been something of a perceived conflict between the two.
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
You Can't Beat the Juicy Dividend Yields Offered By These Global Giants / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
Dividend investors have something of a problem if they'd like to invest internationally: there are actually very few foreign companies that pay really juicy dividends.
What's more, few of those have fully listed ADRs, so their shares can be very thinly traded.
That leaves income investors in a bit of a quandary since that's where the majority of the growth is found.
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