There are two schools of thought when it comes to dividend reinvestment. One of the options is to automatically reinvest dividends, whereas the other option is to selectively reinvest dividends received.
The automatic dividend reinvestment is the easiest one to do. Once you purchase a dividend paying stock, you essentially check the “dividend reinvestment” box. As a result, your dividend income is reinvested into more shares of the same stock, and you start the income compounding process. The set it and forget it type of action is particularly appealing to income investors who are just starting out and have small amounts to invest in the beginning,
Because of the fact that it is free, automatic reinvestment into more stock is most efficient for those investors. Otherwise, even at $4-$5/trade, reinvesting anything less than $800-$1000 in dividend income would be prohibitively expensive. In addition, some companies offer DRIP discounts for shareholders who automatically reinvest distributions back into more stock. Unfortunately, even if you reinvest dividends back into the same stock that paid them in a taxable brokerage account, you still owe taxes to the IRS, depending on your income level.
If you are investing in a retirement account, where contribution amounts are limited, it may also make sense to reinvest automatically, regardless of valuation. This is because it would be more cost efficient to do so, rather than accumulating cash until it makes sense to make another investment from a cost standpoint.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Common Misconceptions about Dividend Growth Investing
There are many misconceptions about dividend investing. I have tried itemizing several of them, outlining them, and providing a brief commentary. Dealing with viewpoints that are different from yours is very important, because it opens you up to new ideas, and tests your strategies against scenarios that you might not have thought about. Unfortunately, most of the time I deal with viewpoints which are against dividend investing, I often find the authors are only providing their opinions, without ever bothering to examine any factual evidence on the subject. It is very dangerous to have an opinion on a subject, without knowing it inside out, but sticking to your original viewpoint, even if the evidence refutes your original ideas.
As Charlie Munger says " “I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.”
The misconceptions are summarized below:
As Charlie Munger says " “I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do.”
The misconceptions are summarized below:
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Dividend Investing
I have highlighted below several frequently asked questions about dividend investing. This is not an all inclusive list, but more of a running total of questions I am usually asked about dividend investing, dividend growth stocks and my strategy. The answers pertain to my investing, strategy and experience, and I have tried to respond to the best of my knowledge and intentions. As I get new recurring questions asked, I would add them to this list.
Why should you focus on dividends?
Why should you focus on dividends?
A company that pays dividends is less risky than a company that has never paid a dividend. A company that pays dividends pays with actual cash, which cannot be easily manipulated like earnings. Dividends are a more stable part of total returns, and are always positive, which is what makes them ideal for retirees who want to live off their nest egg. Paying a dividend imposes discipline on management, that makes them evaluate the cash flow impacts of new projects and make them only focus on the best ideas. This dividend payment makes management less likely to engage in empire building, and less likely to simply hoard cash or mindlessly expand/acquire companies which are not accretive to returns. Few US managements are willing to cut a dividend – doing so sends signals that the company is weak financially.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Key Ingredients for Successful Dividend Investing
There are four key attributes that need to be considered, in order to be successful at dividend investing. These ingredients include focusing on quality, earnings growth, entry price and sustainable distributions. In this article, I would focus in more detail behind each of these four items.
While investors could argue that one cannot put success in a pre-packaged recipe for achieving it, I have found the four ingredients above to be essential for my income investing strategy.
Quality
I believe in purchasing quality dividend paying companies. This means that I try to focus on companies with strong competitive advantages, strong brand names and/or wide moats. Companies like that offer a product or service which customers desire, and are willing to pay a price which would deliver a fair profit. In addition, companies which offer products which are perceived to have quality characteristics, which typically translates into repeated purchases of the goods or services. In addition, companies that offer a unique product or service are able to compete based upon the added value they bring to the marketplace, and avoid costly price wars with competitors. Furthermore, the company would be able to have pricing power and pass on costs to customers, which will be much less likely to switch to another product. I understand that quality lies in the eyes of the beholder, but through experience, dividend investors should be able to uncover quality dividend paying gems.
While investors could argue that one cannot put success in a pre-packaged recipe for achieving it, I have found the four ingredients above to be essential for my income investing strategy.
Quality
I believe in purchasing quality dividend paying companies. This means that I try to focus on companies with strong competitive advantages, strong brand names and/or wide moats. Companies like that offer a product or service which customers desire, and are willing to pay a price which would deliver a fair profit. In addition, companies which offer products which are perceived to have quality characteristics, which typically translates into repeated purchases of the goods or services. In addition, companies that offer a unique product or service are able to compete based upon the added value they bring to the marketplace, and avoid costly price wars with competitors. Furthermore, the company would be able to have pricing power and pass on costs to customers, which will be much less likely to switch to another product. I understand that quality lies in the eyes of the beholder, but through experience, dividend investors should be able to uncover quality dividend paying gems.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Dividend Champions - The Best List for Dividend Investors
Investors who are looking for quality stocks that regularly raise dividends have several lists available as a starting point in their research. The typical lists include the S&P Dividend Aristocrats index, which consists of 50 constituents of the S&P 500 which have raised distributions for over a quarter of a century and also have certain capitalization, liquidity requirements. Another popular list includes the Dividend Achievers Index, which includes almost all companies traded on US exchanges which have consistently raised distributions for over one decade, and which also meet a certain liquidity threshold as well. The third list, the dividend champions, is maintained by Dave Fish. This is by far the most comprehensive list of dividend growth stocks available for free. It breaks down the dividend growth universe into dividend champions, dividend contenders and dividend challengers. The list could be obtained from this link.
The dividend champions list includes all stocks traded in the US, which have raised dividends for at least twenty-five consecutive years. I prefer the dividend champions list than the dividend aristocrats index, since it is more complete and does not have artificial requirements such as index membership or minimum trading volume. These requirements are typically irrelevant to long-term dividend investors, who focus on fundamentals that could support a growing distribution, not on day to day market fluctuations. Currently there are 110 dividend champions, which yield 2.46% on average.
Some notable dividend champions include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Coca-Cola (KO). Colgate-Palmolive (CL) has consistently raised dividends for 53 years in a row, but for some strange reason was not included in the dividend aristocrats index until 2012. This is a great example why focusing on the dividend champions list could provide a more comprehensive selection of elite dividend stocks. Another dividend champion is Altria Group (MO). The only reason why the company is not on the dividend aristocrat list is because its dividend payment is lower due to the spin-off of Phillip Morris International (PM) in 2008 and Kraft Foods (KFT) in 2007. Other than that, the tobacco company has managed to increase dividends for 47 years in a row.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Create Your Own Dividend ETF With Motif Investing
Update: I believe that Robinhood is a better alternative for investors than Motif Investing
Motif Investing is an established brokerage which lets investors create their own portfolios, and purchase them for a set commission. Each investor can build a portfolio of up to 30 individual securities, and then purchase that portfolio for a single commission of $9.95. This works out to 33 cents per trade on 30 securities, which is cheaper than Interactive Brokers on a per-trade basis. If you were making 30 individual stock trades at Scottrade, you would have to pay $210. At Tradeking, you would have to pay $148.50 for purchasing those 30 individual securities. At Schwab, it would cost $268.50 to assemble a portfolio of 30 individual stocks.
There are no monthly fees and no account minimums, which makes Motif Investing a good broker for new dividend investors. Motif Investing also offers single stock purchases for a low price of $4.95/trade, which is relatively cheap as well. They do require a minimum investment of $250 to purchase a Motif. You can buy or sell Motifs for $9.95 or you can re-balance also for $9.95/trade. The brokerage is SIPC insured, which means that securities up to $500,000 are protected in case the brokerage firm goes under. They do not reinvest dividends yet, but this is not really an issue for me, since I reinvest dividends selectively.
Motif Investing is an established brokerage which lets investors create their own portfolios, and purchase them for a set commission. Each investor can build a portfolio of up to 30 individual securities, and then purchase that portfolio for a single commission of $9.95. This works out to 33 cents per trade on 30 securities, which is cheaper than Interactive Brokers on a per-trade basis. If you were making 30 individual stock trades at Scottrade, you would have to pay $210. At Tradeking, you would have to pay $148.50 for purchasing those 30 individual securities. At Schwab, it would cost $268.50 to assemble a portfolio of 30 individual stocks.
There are no monthly fees and no account minimums, which makes Motif Investing a good broker for new dividend investors. Motif Investing also offers single stock purchases for a low price of $4.95/trade, which is relatively cheap as well. They do require a minimum investment of $250 to purchase a Motif. You can buy or sell Motifs for $9.95 or you can re-balance also for $9.95/trade. The brokerage is SIPC insured, which means that securities up to $500,000 are protected in case the brokerage firm goes under. They do not reinvest dividends yet, but this is not really an issue for me, since I reinvest dividends selectively.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
The List of All Articles From the Dividend Growth Investor Blog
I have been writing about dividend growth investing since January 2008.
I often get asked questions by readers. Many of those questions inspire me to write articles, that address them.
However, I also constantly get a lot of questions which have already been addressed before. This is why I maintain a list of all articles written since I started this site in 2008. I try to update this list at least once per month. I just updated it through the end of August.
Please feel free to browse through the articles. I believe that this list of articles will likely address a large portion of questions.
Below, you can find the complete list of all articles that were published to Dividend Growth Investor site since January 2008. Thank you for reading!
▼ August 2016 (12)
▼ July 2016 (10)
▼ June 2016 (14)
▼ May 2016 (12)
▼ April 2016 (11)
I often get asked questions by readers. Many of those questions inspire me to write articles, that address them.
However, I also constantly get a lot of questions which have already been addressed before. This is why I maintain a list of all articles written since I started this site in 2008. I try to update this list at least once per month. I just updated it through the end of August.
Please feel free to browse through the articles. I believe that this list of articles will likely address a large portion of questions.
Below, you can find the complete list of all articles that were published to Dividend Growth Investor site since January 2008. Thank you for reading!
▼ August 2016 (12)
- Altria Delivers Dependable Dividend Growth and High Total Returns
- How to set up your own perpetual income machine
- How Dividend Growth Investors can prosper even if interest rates increase
- Holding Through the Good Times
- Interest Rates Affect Stock Valuations
- My own unique approach to investing for retirement
- The Simple Math Behind Early Retirement
- How Much Money Do You Need to Retire
- Seven Dividend Achievers Rewarding Shareholders With a Raise
- How much time does it take to manage my dividend portfolio
- Should You Applaud Vanguard's Move To Close Its Active Dividend Growth Fund?
- Four Dividend Achievers Rewarding Shareholders With a Raise
▼ July 2016 (10)
- Four Attractively Valued Dividend Growth Stocks For Further Research
- How to become a successful dividend investor
- The paradox of saving and investing
- Use these tools within your control to get rich
- Six Companies Rewarding Shareholders With Regular Dividend Hikes.
- Nine Attractively Valued Dividend Stocks to Consider
- The importance of having your own unique investment process
- Should you celebrate when your dividend paying company is about to be acquired?
- General Mills (GIS): A Reliable Dividend Growth Stock
- The real risk behind international investing
▼ June 2016 (14)
- Why I Use Dividend Growth Investing to Get Wealthy.
- Consolidating assets into my 401 (k)
- Medtronic: High Dividend Growth Stock
- Time in the Market Trumps Timing the Market
- My personal journey with dividend stocks
- How to get dividend investment ideas
- Diageo (DEO) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Key lessons I learned from my investment in Pfizer
- How to select winning retail stocks
- Five Dividend Growth Stocks Showering Shareholders With Cash
- Financial independence by collecting underpants? Are you serious?
- PepsiCo (PEP) is a dividend machine to hold forever
- The worst mutual fund in history
- Stress Testing Your Dividend Portfolio
- Johnson & Johnson: My Favorite Dividend King for reliable dividend growth and income
▼ May 2016 (12)
- The Importance of Revenue Growth In Selecting Winning Investments
- This is how I plan to become financially independet by 2018
- Target: An Attractively Valued Dividend Champion on Sale
- Four Reliable Dividend Payers Boosting Distributions
- The real cost of buying a new car
- How I Choose My Dividend Stocks
- What can we learn from Exxon in the 1980s and 1990s
- Paying Your Phone Bill with AT&T Dividend Income
- Verizon: A High-Yield Telecom For Current Income
- The Best Dividend ETF to Consider
- Building a Core Dividend Growth Portfolio With These Eight Companies
- Ten Dividend Growth Stocks That Keep Delivering For Their Shareholders
▼ April 2016 (11)
- Why I Use Dividend Growth Investing to Get Wealthy.
- 13 Dividend Aristocrats for Further Research
- How to have enough
- Dividend Aristocrats List for 2016
- Dividend Aristocrats for Dividend Growth and Total Returns
- Unilever Rewards Long-Term Shareholders With Regular Dividend Raises
- Why I Chose Dividend Growth Investing
- Why relative performance comparisons provide no value to me
- Procter & Gamble Raises Dividends for 60th Year in a row
- Four Lessons Learned from 20 Years of DRIP Investing
- How many individual stocks do I need to consider myself diversified?
▼ March 2016 (10)
- Focused Dividend Investing: Pros and Cons
- 3 Low Volatility Dividend Stocks To Make Staying The Course Easier
- How to Earn $95,000 in Qualified Dividend Income, and pay no taxes.
- Focus on Dividend Growth In conjunction with Dividend Yield
- How can companies increase annual dividends by hiking them every two years?.
- 24 Dividend Champions for Further Research
- What should I do about slowing dividend growth?
- Give your investments time to compound
- Five Dividend Growth Investing Lessons I Have Learned the Hard Way
- What dividend cuts? What market correction?
▼ February 2016 (11)
- Leveraged Dividend Investing
- Time is an ally of the dividend investor
- Ten Dividend Growth Stocks Rewarding Long Term Investors With a Raise.
- Business Change is bad for dividend investors
- Eight Dividend Growth Stocks Rewarding Investors With a Raise
- You need conviction to average down in a stock
- Five Dividend Growth Stocks Rewarding Investors With Higher Dividends
- ConocoPhillips Cuts Dividends - What Should a Dividend Investor do?
- Concentrated versus Diversified Dividend Investing
- The importance of multiple income streams
▼ January 2016 (11)
- How did I do in January?
- The advantages of being a long-term dividend investor
- The Benefits of Automatic Investing
- Evidence that Buffett likes dividend paying stocks
- Eight Years Dividend Growth Investor
- Your most important asset
- Dividend Investors: Stay The Course
- Living off dividends in 2016 – My New Goal
- A Change of heart on REITs and MLPs
- My Five Largest Dividend Portfolio Holdings for the long term
- Best Dividend Articles for 2015
▼ December 2015 (10)
- Should Dividend Growth Investors Dip into Principal?
- Dividend Kings for 2016
- Dividend Growth Investing At Work
- My Goals for 2016
- Where to invest the money from the sale of Kinder Morgan Stock?
- The Humility Dividend Growth Portfolio
- Kinder Morgan Cuts Dividends
- Three Investing Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
- What should I do about Kinder Morgan?
- Recent Purchase
▼ November 2015 (10)
- Four Notable Dividend Increases From Last Week
- Three Dividend Seeds I Planted Last Week
- Are you patient enough to become a successful dividend investor?
- Relative Performance Comparisons are Useless for Dividend Investors
- Life after Financial Independence
- Time in the market is your greatest ally in investing
- Entering Wealth Preservation Mode
- Margin of Safety in Retirement Income: How to create a fool proof dividend machine
- Building my dividend snowball to $30,000 in annual dividend income
- How early retirees can withdraw money from tax-deferred accounts
▼ October 2015 (13)
- How to Increase Dividend Income
- Two Dividend Seeds I Planted For Long Term Income
- Four Dividend Growth Stocks Rewarding Investors with a raise
- I bought the following dividend stocks in October
- Are low prices a justification to buy?
- Excess Cash Flow is essential for successful dividend investments
- Should I buy Wal-Mart stock at current levels?
- From zero to $15,000 in dividend income in 8 years
- Expense Report - Last Four Months
- A Costly Misconception about foreign dividend stocks
- Quality Dividend Stocks versus Growth Stocks ( Part 2)
- Quality Dividend Stocks versus Growth Stocks
- Focus on Dividend Growth for Long Term Results
▼ September 2015 (13)
- How to properly weight dividend portfolio holdings
- Dividend Companies I am Considering in October
- Does Market Capitalization Matter in dividend investing?
- Financial Independence Is Easier to Model with Dividend Income
- Dividend Stocks I Purchased In the Past Month
- Two Recent Dividend Increases from my Dividend Machine
- Survivorship bias in Dividend Investing - Part 2
- Survivorship bias in Dividend Investing
- How I Manage to Monitor So Many Companies
- Is time spent learning dividend investing worth it ( Part Two)?
- Is time spent learning dividend investing worth it?
- The value of dividend growth in retirement planning
- Preventing Blind Spots in Dividend Investing
▼ August 2015 (13)
- Altria Delivers Another Strong Dividend Hike
- A Dividend Portfolio for Early Retirees
- Do not get emotionally attached to a dividend position
- Dividend Companies I purchased in August
- Eaton Corporation: Attractively Valued Stock to Consider
- Are you ready for the next bear market?
- Tax Loss Harvesting for Dividend Investors
- Should companies pay dividends?
- How well do you know your investment strategy?
- Are these oil dividends safe?
- UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Dividend Stock Analysis
- What should I do with Baxter and Baxalta after the dividend cut?
- Create your own dividend ETF with Motif Investing
▼ July 2015 (16)
- Dividend Growth Stocks I Purchased in July
- Dividend Growth Stocks Protect Investors from Inflation
- How I manage my dividend portfolio
- ACE Limited (ACE) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Sector Allocations for Dividend Growth Investors
- Am I a successful dividend investor?
- Six Dividend Growth Stocks That Keep Delivering For Their Shareholders
- McDonald's (MCD) Dividend Stock Analysis 2015
- The biggest investing sin exposed - part II
- The Biggest Investing Sin Exposed
- Six Confident Dividend Stocks Giving Shareholders A Raise
- Do I need an emergency fund?
- Dividend Growth Investing – a great strategy for long-term investors
- Dividend Companies I am Considering this Month
- Happy Financial Independence Day
- The most important rule about dividend investing
▼ June 2015 (14)
- What drives future investment returns?
- Emerson Electric (EMR) Dividend Stock Analysis 2015
- The one lesson about Warren Buffett's success that no one wants to hear
- The Best Broker for Dividend Investors: Interactive Brokers
- Wal-Mart (WMT) Dividend Stock Analysis for 2015
- Why Dividend Investors should never use stop losses
- The most important metric for dividend investing
- Seven Dividend Growth Stocks to Consider for Further Research
- Should Dividend Investors Re-Balance Portfolios?
- How to value dividend stocks
- Lowe’s Delivers Consistent Dividend Growth to Investors
- Norfolk Southern (NSC) Dividend Stock Analysis
- How to become a successful dividend investor
- Dividend Investors have an advantage over everyone else on Wall Street
▼ May 2015 (14)
- Union Pacific (UNP) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Two New Dividend Growth Stocks I Bought This Week
- Simple Investing Principles to Follow
- TJX Companies (TJX) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Front Loading Savings for a Successful Dividend Retirement
- Four Companies Growing Future Yields With Increased Dividends
- Three REITs I Picked Last Week
- Tradeking – Best Broker For New Dividend Investors
- Dividend Stocks Rewarding Patient Investors With a Raise
- 3M Company (MMM) Dividend Stock Analysis 2015
- How to be an Intelligent Dividend Investor
- Five Companies Showering Investors With More Cash
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): A Quality Dividend King At An Attractive Valuation
▼ April 2015 (14)
- What makes Consumer Staples the Perfect Dividend Growth Investors
- Four Quality Dividend Machines Hiking Distributions
- Ross Stores (ROST) Dividend Stock Analysis
- How to Make Money in Your Sleep with Forever Dividend Investing
- Dividend Growth Stocks Increase Intrinsic Value Over Time
- Five Dividend Paying Companies Rewarding Shareholders With a Raise
- Philip Morris International (PM) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Does Paying a Dividend Reduce a Company’s Value?
- Six Companies Showering Shareholders with Higher Dividends
- Ameriprise Financial (AMP) Dividend Stock Analysis
- The Value of Dividend Growth
- My Favorite Exercise With Dividend Paying Stocks
- Becton, Dickinson (BDX) Dividend Stock Analysis 2015
- Taxable versus Tax-Deferred Accounts for Dividend Investors
▼ March 2015 (14)
- Comparing your results to S&P 500 could be dangerous for dividend investors
- W.W. Grainger (GWW) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Dividend Stocks Provide Protection in Any Market
- Why Stock Charts Are Misleading for Dividend Investors
- The Perfect Dividend Portfolio
- Eaton Vance (EV) Dividend Stock Analysis
- 39 Dividend Champions for Further Research
- General Mills Delivers another Year of Consistent Dividend Growth
- Air Products and Chemicals (APD) Dividend Stock An...
- Dividend Investors: Avoid Living in the Past
- Turbocharge Income Growth with Dividend Reinvestment
- Four Dependable Dividend Stocks I Bought Last Week
- T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Dividend Investing Knowledge Accumulates Like Compound Interest
- Four Dividend Stocks for the Long Run
- Dividend Growth Stocks Rewarding Shareholders with a Raise
▼ February 2015 (14)
- Unilever (UL) Dividend Stock Analysis 2015
- How to Convert a portfolio of index funds to dividend paying stocks?
- How to save over $60,000/year in a Roth IRA
- Twelve Companies Providing Investors with Dividend Raises
- Buying Quality Companies at a Reasonable Price is Very Important.
- Is Ethical Dividend Growth Investing Possible?
- What would happen to Berkshire Hathaway after Warren Buffett is gone?
- How Ordinary Investors Can Generate Float Like Buffett
- Health Savings Account (HSA) for Dividend Investors
- Will the dividend grow?
- How to buy dividend paying stocks at a 25% discount
- Two Dividend Paying Companies I purchased last week
- W.P Carey (WPC): A Dividend REIT For Current Income
- The Energy Company I want to buy
- Six Quality Dividend Companies For Long Term Investors
▼ January 2015 (14)
- HCP Inc (HCP) A High Yield REIT Play on Healthcare
- My Dividend Goals for 2015 and after
- How to never run out of money in retirement
- General Mills (GIS) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Rising Earnings – The Source of Future Dividend Growth
- Seven Dividend Stocks Boosting Distributions this week
- 7 Years Dividend Growth Investor
- Target (TGT): The Underdog Dividend Champion To Consider on Weakness
- Two Dividend Stocks I Purchased in 2015
- How to invest a lump sum
- Robinhood Brokerage Review
- The dumbest argument against dividend paying stocks
- Dividend Kings List for 2015
- How to reach your dividend income goals?
▼ December 2014 (14)
- Best Dividend Stocks for 2015
- Dividend Angels – a possible searching ground for investment opportunities
- Best Dividend Investing Articles of 2014
- Should you purchase dividend stocks at 52 week highs
- Should I hold on to American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP)
- What dividend stocks would I buy if I were just starting out
- Four Dividend Increases for Further Review
- Six Dividend Investments I Made Last Week
- The Pareto Principle in dividend investing
- Are Energy Investments Today a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity (Part 2)
- Are Energy Stock Values Today a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity?
- Exxon Mobil (XOM) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Should taxes guide your investment decisions?
- Brown Forman is a consistent dividend growth company
- Three Dividend Raises I am Thankful For
▼ November 2014 (14)
- How to turbocharge dividend growth
- Franklin Resources (BEN) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Independent thinking for successful dividend investing
- What should I do about those non-dividend paying stocks I received in a spin-off?
- Should Dividend Investors own Non-Dividend Paying Stocks?
- Con Edison (ED) Dividend Growth Analysis
- Successful Dividend Investing Requires Patience
- Three Dividend Machines I Accumulated Recently
- Eaton Corporation (ETN): A Hidden Dividend Gem To Consider.
- Three Commission Free Investments and a Dividend Increase.
- What should I do with American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP)?
▼ October 2014 (14)
▼ September 2014 (14)- Verizon (VZ): Another High Yield Telecom for Current Income
- Key Ingredients for Successful Dividend Investing
- Dividends Make Investing Easier During Market Declines
- AT&T: A High Yield Telecom for Current Income
- Time in the market is more important than timing the market
- United Technologies (UTX): A Diversified Dividend Powerhouse to Consider
- Two and a half purchases I made this week
- Top Dividend Growth Stocks of the past decade
- Canadian Banks for Long Term Dividend Growth
- Visa: High Dividend Growth Stock To Consider
- Is international exposure overrated?
- Ten Dividend Seeds I Planted for Long Term Income
- Disney: A Wide-Moat Stock To Hold Forever
- You don’t need to be right all the time to succeed with dividend investing
- How to buy Kinder Morgan at a discount
- Mistakes of Omission Can Be Costlier than Mistakes of Commission
- Chevron (CVX) Dividend Stock Analysis 2014
- Never Stop Learning and Improving
- Three Dividend Stocks With Consistent Dividend Hikes
- How to analyze dividend stocks
- Wal-Mart (WMT): The Time To Buy Is When No One Likes a Quality Dividend Company
- Three Questions That Every Dividend Investor Should Ask Themselves
- High Yield Companies for Current Income
- Walgreen: A High Dividend Growth Champion To Consider
- Selling Puts: Pros and Cons for Dividend Investors...
- Two High Yield Companies Raising Dividends in the News.
- McDonald’s (MCD) Dividend Stock Analysis 2014
- Should I have a minimum yield requirement?
▼ August 2014 (15)
- Best Dividend Investing Articles for August 2014
- Starbucks: The Next Dividend Growth Success Story
- Dividend Growth Stocks Are Still Great Acquisitions
- Dividend Paying Companies I recently added to my income portfolio
- PepsiCo (PEP) Dividend Stock Analysis 2014
- How to Invest Like Warren Buffett
- Kinder Morgan Limited Partners Could Face Steep Tax Bills
- Procter & Gamble (PG) Dividend Stock Analysis 2014
- Dividend Investing for Financial Independence
- I bought this quality dividend paying stock last week
- Kinder Morgan to Merge Partnerships into One Company
- Why Warren Buffett likes Investing in Bank Stocks
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Dividend Stock Analysis 2014
- 14 Dividend Growth Stocks I Bought On the Dip Last Week
- Hershey (HSY) Dividend Stock Analysis
▼ July 2014 (16)
- Dividend Investing Over the Past Seven Years Was Never Easy
- Dividend Yield or Dividend Growth:My Experience With Both
- Best Dividend Investing Articles for July 2014
- Should I invest in AT&T and Verizon for high dividend income?
- Surprise: The real cost of inversions are paid by Shareholders
- Five Dividend Machines With Growing Distributions
- American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Dividend Investors Will Make Money Even if the Stock Market Closed for Ten Years
- Seven Dividend Stocks I purchased for the long-term
- ConocoPhillips Rewards Long-Term Investors with consistent dividend increases
- Deere & Co (DE) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Look abroad for higher dividend yields
- Are you drowning in cash?
- How to earn $900 in dividend income per minute
- Can everyone achieve financial independence with Dividend Paying Stocks?
▼ June 2014 (16)
- I purchased this dividend machine last week
- Best Dividend Investing Articles for June 2014
- Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Does diversification lead to lower quality of investments in a dividend portfolio?
- Multi-Generational Dividend investing
- What Attracted Warren Buffett to IBM?
- Investors Should Look for Organic Dividend Growth
- Companies I am Considering for my Roth IRA
- Ten Dividend Increases For Further Review
- Realty Income - A dependable dividend achiever for current income
- Margin of Safety in Financial Independence
- Dividend Growth Stocks are Compounding Machines
- 7 Dividend Paying Stocks I Purchased Without Paying Commissions
- Dividend Investing in a Bullish Market
- Baxter International (BAX) Dividend Stock Analysis
- Focus on High Yielders with Growing Distributions
- How to stay motivated on your road to financial independence
▼ May 2014 (16)
▼ April 2014 (16)- Best Dividend Investing Articles for May 2014
- Let dividends do the heavy lifting for your retirement
- Why I don’t do discounted cash flow analysis on dividend stocks
- ConocoPhillips (COP) Dividend Stock Analysis 2014
- Generate a retirement paycheck with these dividend paying stocks
- Clorox (CLX) Delivers a Disappointing Dividend Increase
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