Looking For That Next Dividend Sustainable Stock + MORE

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 »

When investing in dividend stocks, reach for the companies that pay the highest yields. That’s one thing you are almost certain to never hear when talking to dividend-stock pros and market watchers with a favorable disposition towards dividend payers, as we did for our piece this morning on dividends…

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Not this time machine!

I just purchased a time machine. It’s not my first, but is my nicest. Hopefully I’ll keep this one for a while!

According to this source, the average driver here in the U.S. spends $9,641 (and that’s using $2.25 per gallon fuel figures) per year for the privilege of driving a vehicle…

I must be the luckiest girl in the word. The weather is absolutely gorgeous these days in Montreal. ITS THE SUMMER! YOUHOUUU. And the summer mean I don’t give a damn of what’s going on with the stock market… or almost. I am looking from a distance. My non-registered portfolio closed at $120 040. My margin is at $50 060, which is good because I don’t want to use more than 50k of my margin money…

The dividend achievers index includes companies which have managed to boost distributions for at least ten consecutive years. Every year, the index is updated to account for companies which have just achieved a ten year streak of dividend growth, and to delete the companies which have either cut dividends or failed to increase them for over one year…

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…

One week from now, I will be posting a new update to the Ultimate Sustainable dividend portfolio and I will likely be adding a new name to the current list. Today, I spent a few hours in order to find a new candidate that could be added to the current list. The goal remains to find stocks that have high growth in sales, earnings and dividends that can be sustainable over 10 or 20 years at a minimum…