This week we have added a new dividend list for our top dividend members – dow jones dividend stocks. Most investors are very familiar with this index and the stocks that it includes but we wanted to make the dividend data for each of these companies available to our members. We also added the number […]
I usually keep CNBC on while I’m working during the day and yesterday I overheard a commentator saying one of my favorite things to hear, “We like dividend paying stocks.” The analyst being interviewed was Chris Johnson, chief investment strategist for Johnson Research Group and Director of research JK Investment group. He has over 20 […]
Its no secret that dividend increases drive total returns. Increasing the dividend maintains the yield as the stock price increases. Alternatively if a stock’s yield is increasing without the stock price rising investors buy up the stock driving ROI for shareholders. Utility stocks were one of the most favored investments during the chaotic market conditions […]
Healthcare REITs have been gaining a lot of attention in recent weeks. Many of these stocks have been upgraded by analysts due to the positive outlook they have on the sector. Healthcare REITs are generally companies that buy, develop and manage properties and facilities that provide healthcare services. These facilities can be long term care facilities […]
A number of dividend investors become somewhat impatient when building an income portfolio. And with fairly good reason. After all, building a solid income portfolio takes patience and time. In some cases, it might desirable to buy a large amount of stock in a dividend paying company because the price is low, or because you […]
Income investors know about efficiency. They know that income comes from two sources: First, by making their money work as hard as it can and second, reduce commissions and taxes to their lowest possible level. In the case of the latter, it’s a little more straightforward. Reduce your tax liability by holding on to our […]
Value investing is back. Investors are flocking to anything with perceived value to avoid the market swings we are seeing every day. There are many different methods and formulas you can use to identify undervalued dividend stocks. The dividend growth model is one that we have mentioned before. Discounted cash flow and comparing current dividend […]
REITs are a great way to get exposure to the real estate market while earning a high dividend yield. REITs pay out 90% of their income to shareholders to avoid paying income taxes and therefore have very high dividend yields. Because of this distribution norm these investments usually have a very high payout ratio. On […]
Are you a football fan? If somebody gave you $10,000 and said that you had to wager that money on who would be best team of the three, would you pick the Dolphins (0-5), the Broncos (1-4) the Rams (0-5) or the Colts? (0-6) Not a football fan? If somebody gave you $30,000 and said […]
A few days ago we built and published our new dividend lists for May. We started out with dividend stocks that met our criteria of a dividend yield of 2.9% or higher and removed any stocks that had a negative dividend growth rate. The result was just over 800 stocks. From there we rate each […]