Caution Warranted + MORE

Chevron Corporation (CVX), through its subsidiaries, engages in petroleum, chemicals, mining, power generation, and energy operations worldwide. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. This dividend champion has paid dividends since 1912 and increased distributions on its common stock for 26 years in a row…

Let’s jump right into the links!
1. June 2013 Dividend Income Update @ My Own Advisor.
2. Who owes you? @ Hello Suckers.
3. 7 Reasons Everyone Should Reach Financial Independence @ My FI Journey.
4. Community Trust Bank Corp. (CTBI) Dividend Stock Analysis @ DGS.
5. Mid-Year Goals Review @ Dividend Mantra…

Utilities are often high dividend payers but they also have high debt amounts and their growth abilities are very limited. Normally, you should not expect higher capital gains due to the slow growth and high investment costs. t’s surprising that the best performing utilities gained 18 percent to 80 percent within the first six months of the year…

Wow, misses by Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) in last night’s earnings will continue to put pressure on Apple which is reporting earnings next week. It’ll be very interesting. I wouldn’t want to be asked for a prediction here, anyone have thoughts?
General Readings
-Investing mistakes made by beginners @ InvestorJunkie
-CFA more relevant than ever @ SmartFinancialAnalyst
-Don’t invest in hedge funds @ TheAtlantic
Dividend/Passive Income Readings
-Change your investor perception @ TheDividendGuyBlog
-Wells Fargo (WFC) dividend analysis @ DividendMonk
Tech Stock Readings
-Big Microsoft Reorg @ TechCrunch
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Chevron Corporation (CVX), through its subsidiaries, engages in petroleum, chemicals, mining, power generation, and energy operations worldwide. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. This dividend champion has paid dividends since 1912 and increased distributions on its common stock for 26 years in a row…

United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) has been named as a Top 25 ”Dividend Giant” by ETF Channel, with a whopping $5.85B worth of stock held by ETFs, and above-average ”DividendRank” statistics including a strong 2.12% yield, according to the most recent Dividend Channel ”DividendRank” report. The report noted a strong quarterly dividend history at United Technologies Corp…

I wrote an article a little while back explaining why I don’t value the entire stock market, but rather individual companies. As an investor who buys shares in individual, high quality companies the valuation of the entire market is but a secondary concern. However, that doesn’t mean that I completely ignore the valuation of the market or abstain from even paying attention…

Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Tompkins+Financial+%28TMP%29+Declares+%240.38+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+3.1%25+Yield/8515339.html for the full story.