Comments on: Tech Stocks in a Dividend Portfolio?! *

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:34:00 +0000

Dividend Tree: thanks for the suggestion. I’ll add ADI to my list to look at. I have also been watching another tech div. company MCHP Microchip Technology Inc.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Dividend Tree

Dividend Tree — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:31:00 +0000

D4L: Another tech company, ADI, may be a possible candidate. Does not have a long history for dividends, but have recently started growing dividends. Great brand in high performance analog, great balance sheet and zero debt, presently at fair value. And in most recent quarter, management said they plan to continue providing dividends.

Some food for thought !!

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:42:00 +0000

PI: I agree that both MSFT and INTC have the ability to become good dividend companies. When I ran the numbers on them INTC was closer to arriving, mainly because they have begun to raise dividends more aggressively than MSFT. I look forward to the day when i can add a mature tech company to my portfolio.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Passive Income

Passive Income — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:27:00 +0000

D4L: Qualitatively, I believe microsoft (and intel as second to it) will be the tech companies that will have dividend growths. It will be difficult (if not impossible) to challenge their market leading positions. They have a excellent cash flow. However, these companies do not know what to do with it. Unless they create new markets, they will continue to have high cash flow, but moderate growth rates. Quantitatively: one needs to wait for fair value.

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:17:00 +0000

Thicken My Wallet: Thanks for the info on Telus. I am still learning all the various Canadian Cos. As for Thompson, I’ve always referred to it as Thompson Financial. I guess when I just read Thompson, I had a senior moment.

Financial Jungle: I’ll need to go back and look at MSFT again. months ago when I ran the analysis INTC was the strongest of the bunch, from an dividend income perspective.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: FinancialJungle

FinancialJungle — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:16:00 +0000

MSFT is a decent pick, I think. Strong balance sheet. Too much cash than what they know to do with. I’m guessting they’ll grow their dividend quite well over the next few years.

By: Thicken My Wallet

Thicken My Wallet — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:20:00 +0000

Telus is a cellphone company in Canada. Thomson is an electronic publisher to industries such as legal, accounting, science and finance (essentially they sell data). Thomson also bought Reuters last year who make the trading screens that Bloomberg also sells.

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:39:00 +0000

Growing Dividend: I am currently holding PAYX. I have not previously considered QCOM, LLTC or EXPD, but I have added them to my prescreen list. Thanks for your thoughts.

Anon: I am not familiar with Telus or Thomson. What type of business are they in?

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:03:00 +0000

Do we consider Telus as a tech company? How about Thomson?

By: Growingdividend

Growingdividend — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:33:00 +0000

I think that QCOM will be a good dividend investment with its current low payout, good dividend growth rate, and an ok P/E ratio of about 20. I would have also recommended MCHP, but the payout seemed kinda high.. As far as tech is concerned, the sad part of the tech heavy Nasdaq 100 index is that only 31 % of companies there pay dividends. But there are some which have a history of increasing them over time.. LLTC, PAYX, EXPD,