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Wed. Mar. 17, 2010 D4L classics, commentary

Increasing Dividend Yield Part III: Preferred Stock

This is the third installment in a multi-part series that looks at various options used by income investors to boost their yield while waiting for dividend growth to lift their portfolio’s overall yield-on-cost. Last week we looked at REITs. This week we are looking at Preferred Stock.

5 Comments CWB, JTP, PFF, PGF, PGX, PSK

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Fri. Mar. 12, 2010 D4L commentary

5 Dividend Stocks Delivering What’s Important

We all know what surprising The Street will do to a stock’s price. The street focuses on quarterly revenue, EPS, EBIT, EBITDA and margins. The income statement is where you find all the metrics that The Street loves. It therefore must be the most important financial statement. Not! That title goes to the lowly cash flow statement. Ultimately cash flow is what drives the value of any financial asset, including dividend stocks.

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The ten year dividend growth requirement (Dividend Growth Investor, 3/3/10)

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Wed. Mar. 10, 2010 D4L classics, commentary

Increasing Dividend Yield Part II: REITs

This is the second installment in a multi-part series that looks at various options used by income investors to boost their yield while waiting for dividend growth to lift their portfolio’s overall yield-on-cost. Last week we looked at Utilities. This week we are looking at Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).

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Is Now the Time for US REITS (Buying Value, 3/14/10)

Direxion's New REIT ETF Posts 168% Gain In Six Months (REIT Wrecks, 1/13/10)

Direxion’s New REIT ETF Posts 168% Gain In Six Months (REIT Wrecks, 1/13/10)

Read more on Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) at Wikinvest

2 Comments ESS, FRT, HCP, NNN, O, OFC, T, UHT ________________________________________________________________________________________

Fri. Mar. 5, 2010 D4L commentary

11 Dividend Stocks Providing Positive Feedback

What is the primary reason you invest in dividend stocks? For me, it is a means to build a growing income that can be relied on during retirement. One of the beauties of dividend investing is it provides you continuous feedback. As the years and decades go by you can see your earnings steadily grow as you invest your money in dividend stocks, and as an added bonus, great dividend stocks will increase their dividend payments each year.

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Twelve Dividend Stocks Increasing Dividends (Dividend Growth Investor, 2/1/10)

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2 Comments AM, ANDE, FRED, GD, PNY, PPL, QCOM, SWX, THG, WGL, WMT ________________________________________________________________________________________

Wed. Mar. 3, 2010 D4L classics, commentary

Increasing Dividend Yield Part I: Utilities

This is the first installment in a multi-part series that looks at various options used by income investors to boost their yield while waiting for dividend growth to lift their portfolio’s overall yield-on-cost. This week we are looking at Utilities – those investments long considered as a safe harbor for “orphans and widows.”

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Utility dividends for current income (Dividend Growth Investor, 9/30/09)

Bill Proposes That California Will Obtain 5% of its Peak Power From Storage by 2020 (Green Chip Stocks, 3/17/10)

Read more on Diversified Utilities, Ponzi scheme at Wikinvest

8 Comments ATO, BKH, CTWS, CWT, ED, MGEE, MSEX, PGN, TEG ________________________________________________________________________________________

Fri. Feb. 26, 2010 D4L commentary

18 Dividend Stocks Raising Their Yield On Cost

For dividend growth investors, there are certain attributes of investments that are more relevant than others, such as yield and dividend growth. To illustrate the power of dividend growth consider that an investment’s yield-on-cost will double every 5 years if they grow their dividend by 15%/year or 7 years at 10%/year or 14 years at 5%/year.

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2 Comments ABT, CB, CNL, CTL, DCI, DLR, ESS, GPS, HD, ITT, KMB, MGRC, MO, MOCO, ORI, PCG, WR, WRI ________________________________________________________________________________________

Wed. Feb. 24, 2010 D4L classics, commentary

The 2010 Dividend Stock Ideas List

Last year I introduced the Stock Ideas list and it has proven to be immensely popular. The list consists of Dividend Aristocrats, US Broad Dividend Achievers and U.S. Dividend Champions. Duplications in the above lists are eliminated and stocks are crossed out when I learn that they have either cut their dividend or fail to raise it. Here are some highlights on this year’s changes:

2 Comments AIG, AROW, BAC, BWL.A, CLX, CTWS, CVX, DCI, EMR, ETP, FII, GE, GTY, HCBK, HD, IRET, JCI, JNJ, KO, MCD, MKC, NST, NU, NUE, PAA, PFE, PG, RAVN, SPH, USB, WEYS, WMT, XOM ________________________________________________________________________________________

Fri. Feb. 19, 2010 D4L commentary

14 Dividend Stocks Giving Shareholders A Raise

You expect your employer to give you a salary increase periodically. Why wouldn’t you expect the same from your investments? One of the most important aspects of a dividend stock is its ability to consistency raise dividends over time.

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Wed. Feb. 17, 2010 D4L commentary

38 Dividend Securities For A Well-Rounded Asset Allocation

I am a firm believer that asset allocation plays a significant part in a portfolio’s long-term results. Recently, I received a question asking if you could have a diversified portfolio of dividend stocks. It is an interesting question that deserves further examination.

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What’s your after-tax asset allocation? (Canadian Business Blog, 1/21/10)

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Hedge Fund Panel: Is There Alpha In Asset Allocation? (Och, Mindich, Singh & More) (market folly, 2/4/10)

Read more on Asset Allocation at Wikinvest

2 Comments ABT, ADP, AFL, BIV, BLV, BP, BSV, CAH, CB, CHRW, CLX, CTL, CVX, DBD, ED, EMR, ESS, FRT, GPC, HGIC, JNJ, KO, LLTC, LLY, MCD, MGEE, MHP, MMM, NUE, OFC, PG, RAVN, SYY, T, TEG, VIVO, WXPD, XOM ________________________________________________________________________________________