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Best Performing Dividend Stocks of 2017

As we close in on the end of the 3rd quarter let’s take a look at the top performing dividend stocks of the year. To make the list stocks had to have 5 year dividend growth over 3% and positive 3 year income growth. We also removed any stocks with payout ratios over 80% due […]

Stock Picking Based on Company History

When you are choosing dividends so that you can begin building an income stream, it is important to consider your options and choose carefully. There are a few items you should consider as you look for the best dividend stocks, and one of them is payment history. You want to follow the trends in dividend […]

Top 25 Dividend Growth Stocks With Income Growth

We are launching a new series of blog posts this week that highlight the best dividend growth stocks. Today’s list reveals the top 25 stocks that yield 2% or more and have increased their dividend for 15 consecutive years. The stocks are ranked by their 3 year income growth percentage. Dividend growth is a key […]

Dividend Stocks With Income And Revenue Growth

There has been a lot of uncertainty in the markets lately. Many analyst are out there broadly pushing dividend stocks as the safest place to put your money. While it is true that dividend payers as a whole are a solid place to park your cash for cash flow and long term investment we have […]

How to Pick Dividend Stocks with a Time Machine

If you’re like me, you spend a fair amount of time thinking about the stocks that got away. Those times in the market when you wish you had the foresight to buy into a sector or even into a specific stock. The times when all the economic data and analysis was right there in front […]

After a Strong Increase, Cisco Shares May Still be A Buy

Cisco is the leader in its core market of switches and routers for network connectivity but has also made significant progress to expand its product offers into other categories. The company’s other business lines include data center, enterprise wireless and security. In the past, these were primarily ancillary offerings that were basically add-ons to the […]

Best of Breed Dividend Investing

Sometimes, it seems there are more methods to pick stocks than there are stocks themselves. Investors have to decide whether to focus on top-down or bottom-up analysis then must continuously monitor the economy and events internal and external to the companies in their portfolio. Investing in Best of Breed companies makes the whole process a […]

A Different Way To Look At Dividend Yields – Infographic

Dividend data gets a little dry sometimes so we created this infographic to show how dividend-paying stocks fit into the market. This image is also available on our high dividend yield page. There are over 4600 stocks that trade on the NYSE and Nasdaq exchanges. Here is how the numbers break down: 2030 pay a […]