Hexcel Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Goodyear Tire & Rubber – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NASD: GT), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » With Dividend Stocks, Go Big or Go Home – dividends4life.com When investing in dividend stocks, reach for...
NACCO Industries (NC) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/NACCO+Industries+%28NC%29+Declares+%240.25+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+2%25+Yield/8314789.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Foot Locker Inc: Fundamental Stock Research Analysis – thediv-net.com Before analyzing a company for investment, it’s important to have a perspective on how well the business has performed. Because at the end of the day, if you are an investor, you are buying the business. The FAST Graphs™ presented with this article will focus first on the business behind the stock… Continue Reading On thediv-net.com » Four Select Dividend Increases of Note – dividendgrowthinvestor.com I track...
Sell in May and Go Away? Worst Investing Advice or Sound Investment Choice? – thedividendguyblog.com It’s fun to see how a serious field like investing comes with these semi-astrological predictions… There is an old saying telling investors to sell in May and come back in October. This is the result if you follow the “Sell in May and Go Away” along with “Buy back on Saint Crispin’s Day” which is in late October… Continue Reading On thedividendguyblog.com » STAG Industrial (STAG) Declares $0.30 Quarterly Dividend; 5.4% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/STAG+Industrial+%28STAG%29+Declares+%240.30+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+5.4%25+Yield/8309420.html for the full story....
Dividend Income Update – April 2013 – dividendmantra.com Another month has passed by, and it’s time for me to post an article on my favorite subject: dividend income. The reason why I love to post articles on dividend income is because it’s pure numbers. It’s hard to argue the success of long-term dividend growth investing when you can slowly and surely see dividend income rise over time and get closer to covering one’s expenses… Continue Reading On dividendmantra.com » Must-Own Dividend Stocks – dividends4life.com There are a few stocks I plan to buy or already own that I expect to...
mREITs Facing Attack From Regulators – dividends4life.com Yield-starved investors unwilling to accept a 90% reduction in income have been forced to look elsewhere for yield. One sector that still provides double-digit returns is mortgage REITs, known as mREITs. While yields on fixed income instruments have plunged, the mREIT sector has provided excellent returns to income-seeking investors for the past several years… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading – May 3, 2013 – dividendmantra.com Dow Jones 15,000. S&P 500 1,600. What is going on?? After the DJIA briefly crossed the 15,000 mark today I think it’s safe to say the...
High-Yield Stocks with Strong Buy Rating – dividends4life.com I’m often asked if I would recommend to buy high-yielding stocks. I answer them that it makes sense to buy stocks with a yield over five percent but don’t expect that they will pay the dividend to the end of your lifetime and don’t expect that they will hike their payments each year or with a higher growth rate… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Dividend Link Time – thedividendguyblog.com Let’s jump right into the links: 1. Spotting the Red Flags of Investment @ The Passive Income Earner. 2. Will You Sell And Go Away? @ Dividend...
TD Visa now charge a 1% fee on credit card balance transfer – myfirst50000.com Its always kind of a bad day when you have to give that big cheque for rent. I mean why is it costing that much only to have a root under my head? Toooo bad. A couple of hundred bucks just gone with the wind.I was all so happy yesterday: just like magic, my non-registered portfolio was hitting back the 120k! I never taught I was going to hit it again anytime soon… Continue Reading On myfirst50000.com » Robert Half International, Inc. (RHI) Declares $0.16 Quarterly...
Avoid No-Growth Dividend Stocks – dividends4life.com When building a dividend growth portfolio many people look at how many consecutive years a company has increased its dividend. A company that has raised its dividend every year for 50 consecutive years, for example, is likely to continue the practice. But this record of consistency alone is not enough to justify a place in my Ultimate Dividend Growth Portfolio, a paper portfolio which you can Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Seagate Technology (STX) Declares $0.38 Quarterly Dividend; 4.1% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Seagate+Technology+%28STX%29+Declares+%240.38+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+4.1%25+Yield/8295321.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com...
Be Fraud Aware: Protect Your Money – dividendninja.com This post has been written on behalf of the B.C. Securities Commission, to bring awareness to the – Be Fraud Aware app. Investment fraud isn’t something we consider until it is on the front-page news and media. But investment fraud is more common place than unsuspecting investors may realize… Continue Reading On dividendninja.com » Gladstone Capital (GLAD) Passes Through 9% Yield Mark – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Tuesday, shares of Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASD: GLAD) were yielding above the 9% mark...
Today was the first day of the summer in Montreal – myfirst50000.com I went for shopping pass noon today and it was great to feel the heat of the sun. I was wearing jeans, a sweatshirt and running shoes… and I was very hot. So I went back on, pick on a summer dress and I went back to my little escapade. Wearing a summer dress on the end of April felt real nice… Continue Reading On myfirst50000.com » Early Retirement Is Impossible Because Of Health Insurance Costs…Not! – dividendmantra.com After some recent mainstream media attention on this blog and...
Weekend Reading Links – April 28, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing insights found on the web. They were written by various members of the Dividend Investing and Value Network over the past week: Articles From DIV-Net Members Dividends4Life presented A Disciplined Approach To Dividend Stocks Dividend Growth Investor presented When to sell my dividend stocks? The Dividend Guy presented 17 Dividend Stocks with Both EPS & Sales Growth on Fire Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Better Investing Members Favored Stocks 40percent 20years presented The...
Carnival of Financial Planning – dividendmonk.com/ For weekend reading, here is a useful list of articles on a variety of money topics for the Carnival of Financial Planning. If you run a blog and you would like to participate in the next carnival, submit a post at Blogger Carnivals. BUDGETING AND ECONOMICS Mr.CBB @ Canadian Budget Binder writes How We Saved $146… Continue Reading On dividendmonk.com/ » Recent Dividend Increases – dividendmantra.com As a dividend growth investor, one of the primary objectives I seek is passive dividend income from my investments that increases over the rate of inflation, annually. It’s...
Dividend Links – thedividendguyblog.com 1. Why I Love Dividend Growth Investing @ Dividend Mantra. 2. Genuine Parts Company (GPC) Dividend Stock Analysis @ DGS. 3. Is Google or Amazon The New 21st Century Conglomerate? @ IS. 4. PepsiCo – Dividend Fact Sheet @ Dividend Engineering. 5. EZCorp As Pie @ Barel Karsan. 6. When to sell my dividend stocks? @ DGI… Continue Reading On thedividendguyblog.com » Dividend Growth: Freedom Through Passive Income Book Review – dividendgrowthinvestor.com Several months ago, Mike from Dividend Guy Blog sent me his book and asked me for a review. I did not receive any compensation for this review, other than a free copy of the US version...
Dividend Investing For Beginners – dividendmantra.com I realize that there are some people who have found my blog recently for the first time. I’ve been receiving some emails from readers asking for information on how to start out dividend growth investing and really where to begin. This is important information, and it’s a shame I haven’t really covered this before… Continue Reading On dividendmantra.com » Energy Transfer (ETE and ETP) MLP Update – thediv-net.com Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (ETE) is at the top of a complex energy partnership structure involving Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), Regency Energy Partners (RGP), Southern Union...
Dividend Income For March 2013 – thediv-net.com Welp, personally I’m glad March is over. I don’t know where you live, but here March came in like a lion and left like a man eating shark. We still have piles of snow and below freezing temperatures which means this will be the 7th consecutive month of having snow on the ground. I think those global warming groups need to find a hobby because I’m not seeing these hotter temperatures they keep going on about… Continue Reading On thediv-net.com » Is It Possible To Find Decent Telecom Plays For A Dividend Portfolio?...
IBERIABANK Breaks Above 200-Day Moving Average – Bullish for IBKC – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In trading on Tuesday, shares of IBERIABANK Corp (NASD: IBKC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $48.91, changing hands as high as $48.97 per share. IBERIABANK Corp shares are currently trading up about 1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of IBKC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » T Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW) Declares $0.38 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/T+Rowe+Price+Group%2C+Inc.+%28TROW%29+Declares+%240.38+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+2%25+Yield/8271557.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com »...
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI) Declares $0.12 Special Dividend; 1% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Northwest+Bancshares%2C+Inc.+%28NWBI%29+Declares+%240.12+Special+Dividend%3B+1%25+Yield/8267591.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Success Outliers: Dividend Growth Stocks – dividends4life.com In his bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell explained the idea that success in many fields comes from factors that may be unusual in the population at large, but that are quite common among the outliers themselves. Dividend growth stocks are usually considered to be boring, “defensive” investments… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Ex-Div Reminder for Core Laboratories – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel Looking at the universe of stocks...
Apple’s Dividend – dividends4life.com The speculation about what Apple (AAPL) will do with the $137 billion cash hoard on its balance sheet is mounting ahead of the company’s earnings later this month. One analyst thinks Apple could up the ante by as much as $20 billion over the next three years. UBS analyst Steven Milunovich believes that Apple could raise its cash return to shareholders to at least $65 billion over the next three Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading Links – April 21, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of...
Splunk Larger Than S&P 500 Component Bemis Co. – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Inc (NASD: SPLK) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Bemis Co Inc (NYSE: BMS), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » Are Dividend Stocks the Market’s Riskiest Investment? – dividends4life.com The conversation about a “dividend bubble” began in earnest at the beginning of last year....
Weekend Readings – intelligentspeculator.net I’m very excited about having a first “warm” weekend! It’s about time right? I know that for some of you, it’s never an issue.. but believe me, I’m thrilled. Even better, today, the NFL schedule was released for next year, I’m trying to find games that I could potentially attend… hoping to see at least one this year:) Are any of you planning to go see a game? If so, which one? General Readings -Obama’s chained CPI explained @ DarwinsMoney -Most $100 bills live outside the US @ NPR Dividend/Passive Income Readings -Portfolio update Q1 @...
The right time to sell dividend stocks – dividendgrowthinvestor.com With the market hitting fresh 17 month highs, investors have to look hard in order to find attractively valued opportunities. Plenty of stocks such as Aflac (AFL), Emerson Electric (EMR), 3M (MMM) and Realty Income (O) ,which in early 2009 rewarded enterprising dividend investors with their highest yields in a decade, are now yielding much less… Continue Reading On dividendgrowthinvestor.com » Dividend Increase: KMI – dgmachine.blogspot.com/ Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 2.7%, from $0.37 to $0.38 per share (press release). This is the second increase from...
Telus Corp (T) is getting ready for its 2 for 1 split. Are you ready? – myfirst50000.com Tomorrow, it will happen. For the first time in its history, Telus is going to split! I am quite exciting by this. I had experiment not split but roll over, like 8 to 1 in the case of DNI Metals (DNI) and also BNT. In both cases, following the roll over, the stock had gained in value. Will Telus split stocks will gain in fabulous value? That’s what we are going to watch out for tomorrow and in the days to come… Continue...
Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Optical+Cable+Corp.+%28OCC%29+Declares+%240.02+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+1.9%25+Yield/8255232.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Passive Income Targets – April 2013 – intelligentspeculator.net I’ve gotta say, I never could have imagined how well this would be turning out to be. Since starting to do monthly updates about my passive income project, my revenues have been increasing steadily almost every single month. Part of it is expected as investments continue to compound and I reinvest all income… Continue Reading On intelligentspeculator.net » Dividend Increase: PG – dgmachine.blogspot.com/ Procter & Gamble (PG)...
Energy Transfer (ETE and ETP) MLP Update – dividendmonk.com/ Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (ETE) is at the top of a complex energy partnership structure involving Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), Regency Energy Partners (RGP), Southern Union assets, Sunoco Logistics Partners (SXL) and Sunoco retail assets. -ETE Distribution Yield: 4.28% -ETE Five Year Distribution Growth: 12… Continue Reading On dividendmonk.com/ » New Trade: Long eBay ($EBAY) & Short Yahoo ($YHOO) – intelligentspeculator.net I’ll start off by saying that this morning I will be closing out 2 existing trades. I actually have 2 trades that have returns over 20% and 1 that is...
Dividend-Paying Stocks a “Good Alternative” to Bonds? – dividends4life.com The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which serves as UPenn’s business school, was founded in 1881. Through its online business journal, known as Knowledge@Wharton, the school shares a variety of insights through interviews, analysis and research, book reviews, and more. In a recent article, “When Dividends Pay Dividends – and When They Don’t,” Knowledge@Wharton shared some of Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading Links – April 14, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing...
