When you purchase individual stocks, risk is inherit. Sometimes bad things happen to good stocks. Eventually, every investor will hold a stock that falls out of favor and endures a double-digit decline. Understanding this from the onset makes it easier to deal with. To minimize the risk of significant declines, your core portfolio should focus on blue-chip dividend growth stocks.
Fri. Mar. 4, 2011
commentary
10 Dividend Stocks Raising Their Payouts And Yields *
Wed. Feb. 16, 2011
classics, commentary
12 Industrial Strength Dividend Stocks *
This is the third 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 Financial Services Sector. This week we are looking at Industrial Materials…
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Wed. Oct. 27, 2010
classics, commentary
17 Stocks With Room To Grow Their Dividend *
Dividend sustainability is paramount for the high-yield investor. Having a stock cut its dividend could potentially crush their income. A high-yield investor is less concerned about dividend growth than maintaining the current high-yield. Most traditional dividend growth stocks pay a moderate to low yield, thus sustainability is not enough – the dividend growth investor also expects substantial and consistent growth.
Wed. Oct. 6, 2010
classics, commentary
12 Dividend Stocks For A Rainy Day *
A pessimist might say life is a series of bad things happening, then we die. I certainty wouldn’t go that far, but life often deals us unfortunate circumstances to work through at what seems to be the most inopportune time. During this most recent economic downturn, many people lost their jobs at a time when companies weren’t hiring. When things like this happen, those with an alternative income, including dividend growth stocks, are in a better position to deal with the circumstances thrust on them. Here are some things you can do today to prepare for your financial rainy day:
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Wed. Sep. 15, 2010
classics, commentary
Dividend Stocks Poised To Beat Inflation *
Investing in dividend growth stocks is not about buying a current high yield, but instead building a high yield-on-cost over time. One of the criticisms I am hearing more often is, “That low yield isn’t even covering inflation.” This is a very valid concern, if true. To test this criticism, I built a model it and ran several dividend stocks through it. The results just might surprise you…
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Sat. Sep. 4, 2010
progress
Progress Update – August 2010 *
Once again it is time for a goals/progress update. I am pleased to report that annualized dividend income increased in August, extending the streak to 2 consecutive months of increases after June 2010′s decline. Since I began publicly tracking annualized dividend income in November 2007, it has increased in 31 of the last 33 months.
Wed. Aug. 4, 2010
classics, commentary
Income Annuities vs. Dividend Stocks *
I was born in 1962 which puts me on the tail-end of the Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964). We have been described by some as “the pig in the python.” Over the decades, the sheer size of our group has redefined many aspects of society. As we approach the tail of the python and look toward retirement, once again we have the government and others scrambling to figure out how to handle this aging and albeit disruptive force.
Mon. Aug. 2, 2010
analysis
General Dynamics (GD) Dividend Stock Analysis *
This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net July 26, 2010.
Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of General Dynamics (GD). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:
Company Description: General Dynamics is the world’s sixth largest military contractor and also one of the world’s biggest makers of corporate jets.
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Wed. May. 12, 2010
commentary
The Secret To Finding The Best Dividend Stocks *
Is a stock with a 3% yield and a 9% dividend growth rate better than one with a 7% yield and a 1.5% dividend growth rate? Last week we looked at yield-on-cost (YOC) and how it can be used to track the progress of a growing dividend of an individual stock. However, it is not a good metric for comparing multiple dividend stocks with each another. For this I devised a metric I call NPV MMA Differential.
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10 Dividend Stocks With With A 10%+ Dividend Growth Rate *
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