Avoid No-Growth Dividend Stocks + MORE

Avoid No-Growth Dividend Stocks – dividends4life.com When building a dividend growth portfolio many people look at how many consecutive years a company has increased its dividend. A company that has raised its dividend every year for 50 consecutive years, for example, is likely to continue the practice. But this record of consistency alone is not enough to justify a place in my Ultimate Dividend Growth Portfolio, a paper portfolio which you can Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Seagate Technology (STX) Declares $0.38 Quarterly Dividend; 4.1% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Seagate+Technology+%28STX%29+Declares+%240.38+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+4.1%25+Yield/8295321.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com...

Escalade, Inc. (ESCA) Declares $0.08 Quarterly Dividend; 5.6% Yield + MORE

Today was the first day of the summer in Montreal – myfirst50000.com I went for shopping pass noon today and it was great to feel the heat of the sun. I was wearing jeans, a sweatshirt and running shoes… and I was very hot. So I went back on, pick on a summer dress and I  went back to my little escapade. Wearing a summer dress on the end of April felt real nice… Continue Reading On myfirst50000.com » Early Retirement Is Impossible Because Of Health Insurance Costs…Not! – dividendmantra.com After some recent mainstream media attention on this blog and...

Textron, Inc. (TXT) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 0.3% Yield + MORE

Dividend Income For March 2013 – thediv-net.com Welp, personally I’m glad March is over. I don’t know where you live, but here March came in like a lion and left like a man eating shark. We still have piles of snow and below freezing temperatures which means this will be the 7th consecutive month of having snow on the ground. I think those global warming groups need to find a hobby because I’m not seeing these hotter temperatures they keep going on about… Continue Reading On thediv-net.com » Is It Possible To Find Decent Telecom Plays For A Dividend Portfolio?...

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW) Declares $0.12 Quarterly Dividend; 1% Yield + MORE

The right time to sell dividend stocks – dividendgrowthinvestor.com With the market hitting fresh 17 month highs, investors have to look hard in order to find attractively valued opportunities. Plenty of stocks such as Aflac (AFL), Emerson Electric (EMR), 3M (MMM) and Realty Income (O) ,which in early 2009 rewarded enterprising dividend investors with their highest yields in a decade, are now yielding much less… Continue Reading On dividendgrowthinvestor.com » Dividend Increase: KMI – dgmachine.blogspot.com/ Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 2.7%, from $0.37 to $0.38 per share (press release). This is the second increase from...

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...

Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield + MORE

Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Optical+Cable+Corp.+%28OCC%29+Declares+%240.02+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+1.9%25+Yield/8255232.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Passive Income Targets – April 2013 – intelligentspeculator.net I’ve gotta say, I never could have imagined how well this would be turning out to be. Since starting to do monthly updates about my passive income project, my revenues have been increasing steadily almost every single month. Part of it is expected as investments continue to compound and I reinvest all income… Continue Reading On intelligentspeculator.net » Dividend Increase: PG – dgmachine.blogspot.com/ Procter & Gamble (PG)...

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...

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...

A Real Dividend Growth Machine: Q1 2013 Review + MORE

Berkshire Hathaway Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Google – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) has taken over the #3 spot from Google Inc (NASD: GOOG), 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 » AltaGas Ltd (ALA) not yet in – myfirst50000.com I had call TD Waterhouse over the weekend to have some money transfer over my TFSA. But I must admit that I...

Weekend Reading Links – April 7, 2013 + MORE

Top Dividend Stocks For The Second Quarter – dividends4life.com Prudent investing is still the best approach to take. Stocks can go up and they can go down, but value will always be there. To that end, I have begun to focus on dividend investing more so than I have before. In fact, the Dow’s robust growth has been due to some of the best dividend payers on the market… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading Links – April 7, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value...

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...

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...

DGI Case Study – $5K to $100K In Three Years + MORE

Buffett’s Best Yielding Dividend Stocks – dividends4life.com Buying dividend growth stocks is a popular and proven way to make money. A great investor who followed this approach in a very public way is Warren Buffett. I published recently a full portfolio overview with his latest moves on my blog. Sometimes I get inspired by his investments when I don’t have enough ideas what to buy… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » My debt situation on date of March 23, 2013 – myfirst50000.com $7 875.45 at a low interest rate of 4.75% (RRSP credit line rates) = $374.08 in annual interest PAID...

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...

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...