NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) Raises Quarterly Dividend 33.3% to $0.12; 1.8% Yield + MORE

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?
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As a dividend investor my goal is to generate a sufficient stream of sustainable dividends from my income portfolio. I focus on dividends because this method is much less volatile than relying on capital gains and also is a more sustainable method to pay for expenses when compared to selling off shares…

Looking for solid dividends? The health care sector has plenty of dividend stocks to choose from. However, just because a stock’s dividend yield looks juicy now doesn’t mean it will remain that way in the days ahead. Here are three health care dividend stocks that sport great yields and should keep those payments flowing: GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Medical Properties

The following is a guest post by Ben Carlson.
Most people assume that the stock market goes in a straight line, either up or down.  But actually there have been a long periods of time where stocks have basically gone nowhere.  This happened from the late 1930s to the early 1950s and again from 1966 to 1980…

In a previous post on The Dividend Pig, I discussed opportunity in the Canadian mining sector.  As I discussed in that post, many investors overlook mining stocks as dividend growth companies, because of their lower dividend yields. Yet these are “dividend growth” companies many with strong balance sheets…

Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/NRG+Energy%2C+Inc.+%28NRG%29+Raises+Quarterly+Dividend+33.3%25+to+%240.12%3B+1.8%25+Yield/8264869.html for the full story.

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3. Solving the Ridley @ Barel Karsan.
4. 3 Ways to Hedge Your Portfolio Gains @ The College Investor.
5. Reaching Critical Mass @ Dividend Engineering.
6. New Currency Unhedged ETFs from iShares @ Canadian Capitalist…

Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) provides mobile telecommunication services worldwide. It offers mobile voice services to approximately 447 million customers; messaging services; mobile data services; fixed broadband services; and whole sale carrier services. This international dividend achiever has consistently raised dividends every year since dividends were paid in 1989…

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/23/13, Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.63, payable on 5/24/13. As a percentage of RY’s recent stock price of $59.53, this dividend works out to approximately 1.06%, so look for shares of Royal Bank of Canada to trade 1…