Seadrill’s Dividend Is Sustainable + MORE

In my most recent vacations, I was able to read a very interesting book about Hedge Funds;  More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby
It gave a very interesting point of view on the history of hedge funds, why they were created and how they worked initially. It gave a very unique point of view on the hedge fund industry and especially on the more known collapses such as Long Term Capital Management, Amaranth, etc…

Seadrill currently pays a dividend of $0.85 quarterly or $3.40 per year. The company stated in its presentation at the Credit Suisse Energy Summit that this amount represents a floor on the dividend and that the dividend will not be reduced to any amount lower than that for the foreseeable future. With this information, we can calculate the amount of money that Seadrill has committed to pay to

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Leggett and Platt (LEG) is a modestly sized manufacturing company that nonetheless offers investors a 3.64% yield and 41 years of consecutive annual dividend increases.

-Seven Year Revenue Growth Rate: N/A 
-Seven Year EPS Growth Rate: 3.7%
-Seven Year Dividend Growth Rate: 8.8%
-Current Dividend Yield: 3…

With the market at all-time highs, many quality income stocks are getting close to being overvalued. As a result, many investors are tempted to postpone new purchases until there is some sort of a correction. While many household names like Coca-Cola (KO) are fully valued at the moment however, there are many othe companies which are trading at attractive valuations…

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 03/15/2013 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel like to sift through this fresh data and order the underlying components of the S&P 500 by “days to cover.” There are a number of ways to look at short data, for example the total number of shares short; but one metric that we find particularly useful is the “days to cover” metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded…