Dividend Growth Investing has been an approach used by many investors interested in building a growing income over time. This strategy is not difficult, but it can be time consuming if you try to track all the Dividend Aristocrats, Dividend Achievers, Dividend Champions and other stocks with a long history of increasing their dividends. So what’s an investor to do?

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The 2008 financial melt-down caught many income investors over-allocated in financial stocks. There was a false sense of security because stocks like Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC), and others, were large blue-chip stocks with a long string of consecutive dividend increases. Though they were deemed too big to fail, there weren’t too big to cut their dividends, and they did. Many dividend investors learned the importance of sector allocation the hard way.

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I am pleased to announce the addition of D4L-Forums as the latest feature available to subscribers of the D4L-Premium Services.

Historically, dividend investors have not received their due respect from other investors or on many news and internet sites. Have you ever looked for a place where you can intelligently discuss dividend stocks with like-minded people, without the day-traders and those pushing gold coins interrupting your conversation?

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I appreciate all the feedback I have received on the D4L Premium Services. I have been able to implement many of the great ideas that were presented by subscribers. One request that I have received over and over again has been to offer an alternative way to pay.

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Since its introduction in July 2009, the D4L Premium Services has seen excellent growth in both features and subscribers. It started with the initial release of the D4L-Dashboard. Then other services were added such as Analytical Reports, D4L-Alerts, D4L-Data and the monthly D4L-Newsletter.  We are constantly looking for ways to provide our subscribers with value.

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Today we have a lot of great resources available to help us identify superior dividend growth investments. Most investors will start with S&P’s Dividend Aristocrats, the US Broad Dividend Achievers and the U.S. Dividend Champions. When combined, with duplicates eliminated, there are over 200 unique stocks on these lists.

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During this economic downturn, my employer decided to forgo annual raises for all salaried employees for one year. After enjoying a raise for every year of my working life, I certainty missed not getting one. It made me stop and think, when I retire inflation will not stop and my expenses will continue to increase. Just to maintain my current standard of living, I will still need to see my annual income grow each year. It is not in my plans to continue working after retirement, so if I want to enjoy a rising income in my golden years, I had better start planning for it now.

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When it come to managing your money and ensuring there is enough for the kid’s education and  a comfortable retirement, financial advisers aren’t losing sleep over your future. Make no mistake about it – no one cares more about your future than you. So what’s a person to do to make sure his or her future doesn’t become a bad “learning experience” or a textbook example of what not to do?

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I am pleased to announce the addition of D4L-Newsletter as the latest feature available to subscribers of the D4L-Premium Services.

D4L-Newsletter provides subscribers a concise overview of the upcoming month. The plans are to publish it monthly with key summary information from D4L-Dashboard, such as the stocks I plan to buy in the upcoming month and high rated stocks you might want to consider. It will also include other items that you might find interesting or useful such as the Premium Links, statistical information and other commentary.

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