High Dividend Achievers vs. High Dividend Aristocrats
The are basically two lists is North American that track the dividend increases for thousands of companies: high dividend achievers and high dividend aristocrats. The primary criteria for these lists are a consistent record of dividend increases for a specific number of years. When I say consistent, I mean it. Each company on each list [...]
Stockpickr!’s Top 10 Dividend Increases
If you are unfamilair with the Stockpickr! concept, it is a stock recommendation site that allows users to enter a list of stocks that meet their criteria that you can then received as personal recommendations. You enter your favorite stocks and you receive recommendations based on what other hedge funds, mutual funds, and other peer [...]
International News about Dividend Investing
As a North American, and more specifically a Canadian, much of the news I see and read is North American-centric. I get the North American versions of overseas happenings that may or not be biased to the majority viewpoints and what the media believes we want to hear about. I beleive this is the same [...]
High Dividend Stocks More Attractive in Volatile Markets
In very volatile markets that we have just seen in the last few weeks, and with much more to come, high dividend stocks may be safer in the long term. I think about it in terms of what a company can and cannot control. Although a company’s share price is determined by things like revenue [...]
Criteria for Selecting Dividend Stocks
Selection of dividends stocks, whether you are talking about high dividend stocks or low dividend stocks, is not the easiest thing to do in the world. However, the very nature of dividend investing is easier than small-caps for instance. When we look at companies that have been around for a number of years, and are [...]
Marketocracy Fund for Dividend Growth Stocks
I have recently set up a Marketocracy fund in order to have a little fun. The premise of Marketocracy is that investors set up their own mutual funds, of which Marketocracy tracks and the top 100 funds are used to make up the m100, an aggregate of the top 100 portfolios at Marketocracy. They report [...]
Be Wary of False Rallies and Emotional Investing
Well, today was a better day in the stock market! Most of my own personal holdings were up today – it was nice seeing all the green as opposed to the red that it seems like I have been looking at over the past couple of weeks. As I was looking at the stock prices [...]
Vanguard’s Three Dividend Based Funds and Their Holdings
I always find it an interesting exercise to take a look at various mutual fund companies and the top holdings that they have reported. Most investors in North America are familiar with Vanguard funds primarily because of their low-fee indexing style. They have proven to be very successful funds with good returns – better than [...]
