Why I Continue to Hold Procter & Gamble
As I look around my house I have identified at least 5 products that are distributed by Procter & Gamble. A few posts ago I started a series of posts on the various dividend stocks I hold, starting with Johnson & Johnson. Today I am going to have a look at Procter & Gamble (PG).[ad#tdg-embedded] [...]
How to Identify 10 Dividend Growth Stocks to Consider Now for Free
At any given time there are literally thousands of different dividend stocks to consider an investment in. Of course, not all of them are worthy of your hard earned money. In this article, I am going to help you develop a list of potential dividend stocks that you can add to your portfolio. It is [...]
Why I Continue to Hold JNJ As a Dividend Stock
Is there a perfect dividend growth stock? If you asked a sample of dividend investors I am sure that their answer would be that the closest thing you would get to a perfect example would be Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). After all, there has been 47 years of consecutive dividend increases.[ad#tdg-embedded] Obviously, there is no [...]
Expanded: Stock Research Websites to Make Better Investment Decisions
One of the most popular posts on this blog is an article on the Top 25 Websites for Stock Research. That post is absolutely still valid, however I do change the sites I use and have provided some updates here in this post. In addition, I have provided a bit more information on these sites [...]
A Dividend Yield Screen with High Growth
I like to use my copy of the Stock Investor Pro from AAII to identify potential dividend investments. Recently I was using the software to screen for dividend stocks with a relatively high yield while providing strong growth at the same time. This can often be an investment-oxymoron as higher dividend stocks tend not to [...]
Lessons and Ideas from Benjamin Graham – by Jason Zweig
Most do it yourself investors have at the very least heard of Benjamin Graham. For the uninitiated, he is often called the father of value investing. To me, he is an individual who provided intense clarity and a clear process to fully understand the stock that goes along with a company and whether or not [...]
3 Free Sources for Dividend Data
One of the most common questions I receive through this blog is where to find a company’s dividend history – payouts and growth of dividends. Although it seems like it should be a very easy question to answer it isn’t. Unfortunately I have not found one simple and elegant method to obtain this data. It [...]
The Four Most Important Metrics When Evaluating Dividend Stocks
(This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net) As an investor who buys individual dividend stocks, I have developed a pretty robust methodology for evaluating the stocks that I include in my portfolio. I know that I am in no way a perfect investor and my process is far from perfect. In fact, I look to [...]
