To succeed as a dividend growth investor you must identify and purchase stocks with sustainable dividend growth. Inertia is powerful force. Once a company has established a track record of growing its dividend over the decades and developed a shareholder base that expects higher dividends each year, it becomes increasing difficult for management to cut or fail to raise their dividend. No CEO of this type of company wants a dividend cut to occur on his or her watch.
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Fri. Feb. 25, 2011
commentary
23 Stocks With A Vision Of Higher Dividends *
Wed. Feb. 9, 2011
classics, commentary
10 Financial Services Dividend Stocks To Boost Your Yield *
This is the second installment in a multi-part series that looks at different sectors that have traditionally been very friendly to dividend investors. Each of these sectors have attributes that make the companies in them potentially desirable to long-term buy-and-hold dividend growth investors. Understanding these attributes will hopefully help us to select the very best companies for our income portfolios. Last week we looked at Consumer Goods Sector. This week we are looking at Financial Services…
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Mon. Jan. 17, 2011
analysis
Harleysville Group Inc. (HGIC) Dividend Stock Analysis *
This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net January 10, 2011.
Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of Harleysville Group Inc. (HGIC). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:
Company Description: Harleysville Group Inc. underwrites a broad array of personal and commercial coverages. These insurance coverages are marketed primarily in the Eastern and Midwestern United States.
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Mon. Dec. 27, 2010
analysis
Cincinnati Financial Corp. (CINF) Dividend Stock Analysis *
This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net December 20, 2010.
Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of Cincinnati Financial Corp. (CINF). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:
Company Description: Cincinnati Financial Corp. markets primarily property and casualty coverage. It also conducts life insurance and asset management operations.
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Wed. Sep. 22, 2010
classics, commentary
The 2010 Elite Dividend Stocks List *
As dividend growth investors, we want to limit our purchases to only the very best stocks. Our first step is to look at published lists of dividend companies such as S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, US Broad Dividend Achievers™ Index and The U.S. Dividend Champions. These lists are used to narrow the population of all publically traded companies down to the very best dividend stocks. When these lists are combined, as I did with the Stock Ideas list, it is still a large and daunting collection of 218 unique companies. So, how do we find the Elite companies on this list?
Wed. Jul. 21, 2010
classics, commentary
Where To Find Great Dividend Stocks *
In my dividend database, I track nearly 190 stocks in 19 different sectors. Generally, the characteristics of certain sectors tend to match those that dividend growth investors are looking for, thus their constituents are often make better dividend investments. In the case of the stocks I track, nearly half of them are in these three sectors:
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Wed. Jun. 30, 2010
classics, commentary
Finding Low Risk Dividend Stocks *
A stock with a high yield doesn’t mean much if the dividend is cut or eliminated, and the stock price declines significantly. Sometimes it is desirable to accept higher risk for a higher yield. Other times we may be accepting higher risk and are not being adequately compensated for the additional risk. What can we do to help gauge the risk of an individual stock?
Fri. Feb. 26, 2010
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.
Wed. Feb. 17, 2010
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.
1 Company Announced A Higher Dividend, 7 To Pay Higher Dividends in April *
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