Best Dividend Articles as of Mid-October 2011

For your Weekend reading enjoyment, I have highlighted some of the most popular articles from the past month, which were posted on this site.

1) Ten Top High Dividend Growth Stocks for Long Term Returns

In this article, I describe ten dividend champions, which have managed to increase distributions at double digit rates over the past decade.

2) Best Dividend Stocks of 2011, Q3 Update

In this article, I calculate my year to date return of the four stocks I selected as part of an ongoing stock competition. I went back and noticed that i performed as well as S&P 500 in 2009, while outperforming handily in 2010 and so far in 2011.

3) How dividend stocks protect investors from inflation

In this article, I explain how dividend growth stocks provide a rising stream of income to investors, which typically meets or exceeds the rate of inflation. Therefore, the right type of dividend growth stocks provide solid capital gains and an inflation adjusted stream of income.

4) How to choose between dividend stocks?

In this article I attempted to create a framework for choosing between dividend stocks, given the constraints that I face in terms of capital, diversification and stock attractiveness.

I am also actively seeking feedback from readers on topics of interest for future articles. Feel free to post your ideas below. I can also be reached back at dividendgrowthinvestor at gmail dot com.