Over the next several weeks I plan to look 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. First up the Consumer Goods Sector…
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Wed. Feb. 2, 2011
classics, commentary
Building Yield: 15 Consumer Goods Dividend Stocks *
Fri. Oct. 22, 2010
commentary
19 Dividend Stocks Heating Up Their Yields *
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.
Wed. Jun. 2, 2010
classics, commentary
9 Stocks With a Sustainable Dividend *
To succeed as a dividend growth investor you must identify and purchase stocks with sustainable dividend growth. Put another way, targeted companies must be both capable and willing to grow their dividends. Obviously, we can not look into the future and see who will and will not perform. However, there are critical bits of information that we can evaluate today that often foreshadow the company’s future behavior. Here are some of the more relevant ones:
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Thu. Oct. 23, 2008
commentary
Goodrich (GR) Boosts Qtr. Dividend by 11% and Other Increases *
A vision is taking the time to think of (anticipate) in detail what the future will bring. You would need to consider future earnings, savings and economic issues such as inflation. Then based on what you foresee in the future, you would formulate an action plan to ensure the best possible outcome given your unique circumstances. You can’t have a retirement plan until you have a retirement vision. It would seem to me that there are a lot or retirement plans out there but very few retirement visions.
Mon. Sep. 29, 2008
DIV-Net, analysis
Stock Analysis: V.F. Corp. (VFC) *
This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net September 22, 2008.
Linked here is a PDF copy of my detailed analysis of V.F. Corp. (VFC). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:
Company Description: V.F. Corp is a global apparel company with leading shares in denim and daypacks. The company is transforming into a designer and marketer of lifestyle apparel brands.
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13 Dividend Stocks Headed In The Right Direction *
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