10 Dividend Stocks With A 10% Yield In 10 Years + MORE

It feels great to be back in on the action today, opening a 7th long & short tech stock trade. As always, you can see my live tech long & short trades and performance here:
-2013 Long & Short Tech Stock Picks
Today, I took all stocks that I follow, I then removed stocks that I have live trades on as well as those that I do not have a good enough feeling these days to trade and was left with 12 stocks…

There are income investors and Dividend Growth investors. While the distinction is rather simple, it slips past many casual observers. Income investors are investing for maximum current income, while dividend growth investors are looking to maximize income over an extended period of time — usually sacrificing current income for higher future earnings…

To create the list below we began with a universe of dividend stocks paying yields between 2% and 5%, and sustainable payout ratios below 50%. We chose this range to stay away from the more high-risk and unsustainable yields. We then screened for stocks that have outperformed the market over the last quarter, with quarterly performance above 10%…

Each month I will post my income/expenses
for the previous month. I track every dollar in and out, so
what you see is exactly what I earned and spent (rounded to
the nearest dollar).

Income from March 2013:

$3,333 – Regular Paycheck
$413 –    Dividend Income
$201 –    Online Income/Bonus

Total Income: $3,947

Expenses from March 2013:

$486 – Rent
$189 – Student Loans
$142 – Groceries
$117 – Restaurants
$60 –   Fast Food/Pizza/Takeout
$53 –   Internet
$82 –   Public Transportation
$30 –   Pharmacy
$40 –   Mobile Phone
$2 –     Fuel
$30 –   Gym
$465 – Everything Else

Total Expenses: $1,696

*The Everything Else category includes expenses I don’t have a regular budget for…

 
 
Any respectful investor will tell you that you need a solid investment process if you want to be successful in the stock market. I’m definitely part of this category. I strongly believe in fundamental analysis to find the best stocks for my portfolio. I’ve created my own dividend stock analysis template and follow my investing rules religiously…