High-Yield REITs With Growing Dividends + MORE

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...

Weekend Reading – April 19, 2013 + MORE

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....

CVS Caremark Now #40 Largest Company, Surpassing American Express + MORE

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...

New Trade: Long eBay ($EBAY) & Short Yahoo ($YHOO) + MORE

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...

Las Vegas Sands Larger Than S&P 500 Component DuPont + MORE

Recent Buy – dividendmantra.com It takes a lot of conviction and belief in an overarching goal to invest fresh capital in the face of a stock market that is breaking new records seemingly daily. But, I have the kind of conviction necessary to do this. I’m simply trying to buy time via passive income that will exceed my expenses and therefore free me from the need to work a full-time job to sustain myself… Continue Reading On dividendmantra.com » Hedge Funds Buying These Technology Dividend Stocks – dividends4life.com Looking to trade technology stocks that offer dividend income and show the...

Richardson Electronics Ltd (RELL) Declares $0.06 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield + MORE

Dividend Stocks You Should Buy – dividends4life.com According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), global per-barrel oil prices will fall below $100 by the end of 2014. Additionally, the US oil imports will reduce to half of the mid-2000 level. This decline in imports is an indicator to the upsurge in the domestic oil production. The US per-day oil production in 2014, could reach its highest level in the past two-and-a-half decades… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Richardson Electronics Ltd (RELL) Declares $0.06 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Richardson+Electronics+Ltd+%28RELL%29+Declares+%240.06+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+2%25+Yield/8246354.html for the full story. Continue Reading On...

Adtran, Inc. (ADTN) Declares $0.09 Quarterly Dividend; 1.8% Yield + MORE

Looking For Value, Growth And Income After The Recent Market Run Up – thediv-net.com A significant portion of all the great advantages that the world has received through the promise of technology can be credited to the Big 3: Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT).  Great gratitude should be attributed to these technology titans, because, thanks to them, the world enjoys a functioning Internet and enormous productivity advances… Continue Reading On thediv-net.com » Welcome in my TFSA portfolio AltaGas Ltd (ALA)! – myfirst50000.com Its now done and completed, AltaGas Ltd (ALA) is now from my portfolio, the...

10 Dividend Stocks With A 10% Yield In 10 Years + MORE

New Trade: Long Microsoft ($MSFT) & Short IAC Interactive ($IACI) – intelligentspeculator.net It feels great to be back in on the action today, opening a 7th long & short tech stock trade. As always, you can see my live tech long & short trades and performance here: -2013 Long & Short Tech Stock Picks Today, I took all stocks that I follow, I then removed stocks that I have live trades on as well as those that I do not have a good enough feeling these days to trade and was left with 12 stocks… Continue Reading On intelligentspeculator.net »...

Dividend Links + MORE

MV Oil Trust (MVO) Declares $0.87 Quarterly Distribution; 12.8% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/MV+Oil+Trust+%28MVO%29+Declares+%240.87+Quarterly+Distribution%3B+12.8%25+Yield/8236495.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Walt Disney Now #28 Largest Company, Surpassing Home Depot – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has taken over the #28 spot from Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), 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 » Blackrock Advisors Top Dividend...

McCormick & Co., Inc. (MKC) Declares $0.34 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield + MORE

Notable Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross – PDH – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In trading on Wednesday, shares of PetroLogistics LP (NYSE: PDH) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $13.20, changing hands as low as $13.05 per share. PetroLogistics LP shares are currently trading down about 1.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of PDH shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » Thinking About Getting Into Apple (AAPL)? I’d Get In Now – intelligentspeculator.net Apple’s (AAPL) stock has been off to a tough start to the year so far as...

The Four Percent Rule is Dependent on Dividend Yields + MORE

When Dividends Pay Dividends – dividends4life.com For most taxpayers, the fiscal cliff deal made permanent the 15% rate on dividends and long-term capital gains — for investments longer than a year — that had been temporary since the Bush tax cuts of the early 2000s. Though the recent deal raised those rates to 20% for taxpayers with incomes exceeding $450,000 for filers of joint returns, and $400,000 for single filers, this is still low Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » The Montreal Ritz Carlton and the Dividend Girl and her mom – myfirst50000.com My mom came for Easter and we had...

404 Carnival of Personal Finance – Dividend Investing Edition + MORE

Recent Buy – dividendmantra.com The strong performance of the stock market YTD has left little attractive opportunities on the table for value investors to get interested in. I consider valuation of an individual stock paramount to long-term success, and it’s imperative that you don’t overpay for an ownership stake in even the most high quality business… Continue Reading On dividendmantra.com » Free Cash Flow Payout vs. Dividend Payout – thediv-net.com Getting a discount of 10%, 20% or even more is awesome. When it is on a big ticket item like a automobile, there are a lot of dollars to be...

Sprint Nextel Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Becton, Dickinson and Co. + MORE

Do You Keep A Stash Of Cash In Your Portfolio? – intelligentspeculator.net In all of the talk that goes on about asset allocation, I always feel like one asset class is often forgotten: “Cash”. The fact that it is a boring, extremely low return asset should not be enough to stop you. I think any individual, no matter how rich or poor should hold part of its assets in cash… Continue Reading On intelligentspeculator.net » Sprint Nextel Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Becton, Dickinson and Co. – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at the underlying components of the...

Are Wearable Devices The Next Big Thing? + MORE

About Just Energy Group Inc. (JE) – myfirst50000.com I have a few days of vacation ahead and its going to be a family camping in my one and a half apartment. So you won’t hear from me for a little while. I haven’t been that much active around here. Its quite busy at work.Yesterday, Just Energy came up with a press release regarding their finances and also regarding their dividend… Continue Reading On myfirst50000.com » Forecasting Future Earnings Is The Key To Successful Stock Investing – thediv-net.com Looking for good dividend paying stocks to add to your retirement portfolio?  You...

You Are Poorer Than You Think + MORE

5 Engineering Companies that Keep Boosting Dividends – dividendmonk.com/ When investors think of dividend payers with the longest streaks of consecutive annual dividend increases, their minds may jump towards the Coca Colas and Procter and Gambles of the world, but some of the slightly more volatile diverse engineering companies have among the most consistent dividend histories… Continue Reading On dividendmonk.com/ » Liberty Global Larger Than S&P 500 Component Boston Scientific – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Liberty Global Inc (NASD: LBTYA) was identified as having a larger market cap than...

Philip Morris International Takes Over #17 Spot From Oracle + MORE

Message for RSS readers – dividendgrowthinvestor.com Sorry to interrupt, but if you are reading this on Google Reader, you will need to figure out a different way to follow us. Google is getting rid of Google Reader soon and you should switch to other RSS readers such as Feedly instead. Subscribe to have every article delivered to your inbox using the form below, and you won’t have to worry about the RSS problems… Continue Reading On dividendgrowthinvestor.com » National Research Corp (NRCI) Announces Recapitalization Plan – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/National+Research+Corp+%28NRCI%29+Announces+Recapitalization+Plan/8210025.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com »...

It’s Time To Lower Your Risk + MORE

The Lure and Dangers of High Yield Stocks (Part-2) – dividendninja.com This article was published in the March/April 2013 edition of the Canadian MoneySaver, and is posted here with permission. For more information visit www.canadianmoneysaver.ca Image credit: gunnar3000 / 123RF Stock Photo In my article for the February issue of Canadian MoneySaver, I discussed The Lure and Dangers of High Yield Stocks (Part-1)… Continue Reading On dividendninja.com » Weekend Reading Links – March 24, 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....

Technical Analysis – Is it Good or Bad? What’s in it for Me? + MORE

Technical Analysis – Is it Good or Bad? What’s in it for Me? – thedividendguyblog.com     If you have been following me for a while, you know that I’m not too much of a technician. I like the fundamental approach and make good use of timing in sector while investing through asset allocation. When it’s time to talk about technical analysis, I’m not quite sure what to think about it… Continue Reading On thedividendguyblog.com » Thoughts on Dividend Growth Investing – dividends4life.com Dividend growth investing (DGI), if done correctly, is a very wonderful and self-reinforcing strategy. The idea is...

Steel Dynamics Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Dun & Bradstreet + MORE

Steel Dynamics Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Dun & Bradstreet – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Steel Dynamics Inc. (NASD: STLD) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Dun & Bradstreet Corp (NYSE: DNB), 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 » High-Dividend, Low P/E Value Stocks For Income – thediv-net.com Before the internet and even before computers, critical...

Weekend Reading Links – March 17, 2013 + MORE

Weekend Reading Links – March 17, 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 9 Dividend Stocks Trading at a Double-Digit Discount Dividend Growth Investor presented Three stages of dividend growth The Dividend Guy presented How Spending Cuts Will Hit Your Portfolio Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Bonds Continue To Deliver Painful Results For Investors 40percent 20years presented FCF...

Best Dividend Machinery Stocks + MORE

Best Dividend Machinery Stocks – dividends4life.com Investors must be careful because industrial goods stocks have no end-consumers as clients. They are more volatile, depending on the raw economy, and they can lose in recessions 50 percent of their profits or more. Not all industrials are highly cyclic. It mainly depends on the degree of diversification… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading – March 16, 2013 – dividendmantra.com Ahh, the weekend. A joyous time in my life. I worked about 55 hours this past week. Usually the department I am in has two people running it – myself and one...