Thu. Aug. 20, 2009
D4L
classics, guest posts
This is a guest post by Saj Karsan of Barel Karsan. Saj is a DIV-Net core members and a value investor.
One of the biggest fears of the dividend investor is that a company with an attractive-looking yield will cut its distributions to shareholders. While there are certain early warning signals on a company level that may indicate that the risk of a dividend cut is high, investors should also be aware that the risk of a distribution cut is higher in some industries than it is in others.
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Thu. Aug. 13, 2009
D4L
classics, guest posts
This is a guest post from one of DIV-Net’s finest value investors, Jae Jun of Old School Value blog:
I’m not here to teach you how to be a great investor. On the contrary, I’m here to tell you why very few of you can ever hope to achieve this status.
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Sat. Jul. 19, 2008
D4L
DIV-Net, guest posts
Article sharing is one of the benefits of DIV-Net. Periodically, I plan to post on Dividends4Life some articles originally appearing on The DIV-Net to allow my readers to experience first hand the high-quality authors writing for The DIV-Net.
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Wed. Jun. 11, 2008
D4L
guest posts
Below is a guest post by Sarah Scrafford.
Corporate ownership and private enterprise have been the buzzwords of developed economies for quite some time. Privatization has been a positive trigger for rallying stock markets all over the world. It was the sign that heralded the readiness of a corporate entity to meet the harsh and demanding needs of the private investor. But what makes a public company a headline stealer? It’s either the fact that the company has made castles in the air real for a multitude or, at the other end of the spectrum, because it has shattered the dreams of millions.
What is the factor that people use to differentiate between one good “investor-friendly” company and another? Great investors have long known that the only real sign of a great company or business is the amount of cash it can generate year after year. For the common investor, a rough estimate of this is the cash dividends that he/she receives on account of owning company stock – the higher the dividend, higher the return on his investment. But what makes a good company a great one?
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