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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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Tue. Oct. 13, 2009 D4L classics, commentary

High-Yield Dividend Stocks: A Safer Approach

When people learn that I am an income investor, the reaction is often a desire to discuss high-yield investments. The uninitiated commonly confuse income investing with high-yield investing. The two are not the same.


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Wed. Jul. 29, 2009 D4L classics, commentary

Are REITs and Utilities Good Dividend Investments?

Dividend stocks. When you hear those two words what do you think of? Many people think of widows and orphans, along with their stereotypical investment in utility stocks. While others may think of maximizing income by finding the highest yielding stocks available like Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). But are utilities and REITs really good dividend investments?


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More on this topic (What's this?)
Utilities Poised to Become Market Leaders (AB Analytical Services, 3/5/10)
Utility dividends for current income (Dividend Growth Investor, 9/30/09)
Is Now the Time for US REITS (Buying Value, 3/14/10)
Read more on Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Diversified Utilities at Wikinvest
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Wed. Feb. 25, 2009 D4L commentary

Utilities For A Well-Rounded Dividend Investment Portfolio

A well-rounded dividend investment portfolio just doesn’t happen by accident. As noted in Charlie Munger’s 10 Rules for Investment Success,  “Allocate assets wisely: Proper allocation of capital is an investor’s No. 1 job.” It is human nature to want to jump on the what’s hot bandwagon and ignore what is considered boring, like utilities.


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More on this topic (What's this?)
Utilities Poised to Become Market Leaders (AB Analytical Services, 3/5/10)
Utility dividends for current income (Dividend Growth Investor, 9/30/09)
Canadian Utilities Struggle with Demand Trends (Green Chip Stocks, 3/4/10)
Read more on Diversified Utilities at Wikinvest
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Fri. Feb. 6, 2009 D4L commentary

Nine Companies Bucking The Trend And Raising Dividends

What if you don’t want to spend your retirement managing and worrying about your portfolio? Put it on Auto Pilot, specifically on a Dividend Investing Auto Pilot. Dividends from a quality, well-diversified portfolio are much more predictable than capital gains and best of all, they are passive. You don’t have to do anything, they just show up in your brokerage account each quarter. Inflation? Not to worry, the good companies routinely raise their dividends well in excess of the inflation rate.


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