What a difference a year makes. This time last year we were looking at big-name dividend cuts and very few increases. Last week’s 16 increases set the stage for this week’s flood of companies, large and small, raising cash dividends paid to their shareholders.
Fri. Feb. 12, 2010
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20 Dividend Stocks Riding The Tsunami Of Dividend Increases *
Fri. Feb. 6, 2009
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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.
20 CEO’s Showing Confidence With Increased Dividends *
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