Reading the Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Shareholder Equity
When choosing a dividend stock for your portfolio, it is important to consider your options, including the health of the company and what its balance sheet looks like. Recently, we considered the side of the balance sheet containing a company’s assets. Now it’s time to look at the other side of the balance sheet – […]
Reading the Balance Sheet: Assets
When researching dividend stocks, and determining which are solid picks for your investment portfolio, it can help to understand the balance sheet. Take a look at a company’s balance sheet to get an idea of the financial stability of the company before investing. A company that is financially stable is more likely to be able […]
Planning Qualified Dividend Purchases
One of the current benefits dividend investors can receive right now is the ability to receive favorable tax treatment on qualified dividends. Until the end of 2012 (unless Congress makes changes), it is possible to have certain dividends taxed at the long-term capital gains rate. The current long term capital gains rate (again, extended through […]
Is That Dividend Stock Undervalued?
One of the rules of stock investing is that you want to buy a stock at a good price. It’s important to make sure that you are getting a good deal. If you pay too much for a dividend stock – or any stock – it could come back to haunt you, especially if the […]
Choosing Dividend Growth Stocks
One of the ways that you can prepare for the future, and build your wealth, is to invest in dividend stocks. Not only do dividend stocks provide you with the chance to enjoy capital appreciation, but you can also receive regular dividend income. Dividend growth stocks can add even more to your portfolio. These are […]
Should You Borrow to Invest in Dividend Stocks?
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 […]
Dividend Taxes: Qualified vs. Non-Qualified Dividends
For the last few years, there have been tax breaks for investors with long-term capital gains, as well as for qualified dividend investors. As part of a tax deal at the end of 2010, favorable tax rates on qualified dividends were extended through 2012, so the same tax rates apply to qualified dividend income as […]
Roundup: Happy Thanksgiving Edition
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving (those of you in the U.S. — we know Canadian Thanksgiving is past). Here are a few blog posts from the past week to give you something to do in between turkey and Black Friday: Implementing a Withdrawal Rate Strategy: Are you looking for a strategy to help you […]