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Wed. Dec. 16, 2009 D4L classics, commentary

The 2010 Dividend Aristocrats

The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is the most prestigious list of dividend stocks. The Dividend Aristocrats index is designed to measure the performance of S&P 500 constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. This index is a member of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats index series.


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Dividend Aristocrats List for 2010 (Dividend Growth Investor, 12/30/09)
Where are the original Dividend Aristocrats now? (Dividend Growth Investor, 11/11/09)
Comprehensive Review Of The Dividend Aristocrats (Disciplined Approach to Investing, 1/22/10)
Read more on Dividend aristocrats, S&P 500 (SPX) at Wikinvest
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Sat. Dec. 12, 2009 D4L progress

Progress Update – November 2009

Once again it is time for a goals/progress update. I am pleased to report that annualized dividend income rose in November, extending the streak to 9 months after February 2009’s decline. Since I began publicly tracking annualized dividend income in November 2007, it has increased in 23 of the last 24 months.


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Fri. Sep. 11, 2009 D4L commentary

The Dividend Freeze

As summer turns to fall and the heat begins to moderate, winter and its freezing temperatures are just around the corner. However, some companies have been frozen in place for the last year; more specifically, their dividends have been frozen at the same rate for more than a year.


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Tue. Jun. 9, 2009 D4L classics, commentary

Warren Buffett’s Dividend Stocks

Some of my fellow dividend investors have accused Warren Buffett of being a closet dividend investor. I won’t quite go that far, but there is significant common ground between dividend and value investors. With that said, let’s take a close look at Mr. Buffett’s most recent 13-F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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Wed. Mar. 11, 2009 D4L process

Should You Sell A Dividend Stock After A Dividend Freeze?

When I add a stock to my dividend portfolio, it is my intention to hold the stock forever. However, sometimes selling a stock is the right thing to do. In determining when to sell a dividend stock, I have one hard and fast sell rule: When an individual stock held as a dividend investment lowers its dividend, immediately sell it. This rule has served me well. Since I have begun chronicling by investments online, there have been several stocks I sold immediately after a dividend cut. Here is a list of those stocks with my exit price and a recent price:
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