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 [...]
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 [...]
Looking For Dividend Growth in the Future
Dividend growth is one of the most important metrics for a dividend investor (IMHO). The dividend growth rate that has occurred in the past can tell a great story for the investor who is searching for passive income at some point in the future. Looking at annual reports, an investor can quickly see what the [...]
5 Good Yield Plays – According to Forbes
Over at Forbes.com, there is a very brief article that lists what they call 5 good yield plays. The stocks listed included Coca-Cola, Greif Brothers, Nu Skin Enterprises, PepsiCo, and Waste Management. Before you rush out an snap up these stocks, make sure you read the first paragraph that lists the requirements to make the [...]
The Dividend Guy’s Watch List Newsletter
I am constantly getting requests on when I think it is a good time to get into various stocks. To help with this, I am launching a newsletter that will include my watch list and the buy prices that I currently have set on each company. This is in no way intended to be considered [...]
Dividends at Risk
When an investor is looking at companies with huge track records of increasing dividends, such as Coca-Cola or Procter & Gamble, then the concept of Dividends at risk does not seem to come up very often. However, I believe an investor should always have this concept in the back of their mind and be on [...]
A Dividend Growth Investment Strategy
Let me start out by saying that this is in no way an endorsement or a sales pitch for I.Q. Trends and their newsletter. I am not receiving any money for writing about their newsletter – I simply like their investment philosophy and wanted to write about it. I am not a subscriber to their [...]
Buying In Thirds – Slowly Building a Position
There is a philosophy in the investing world that states that an investor should not throw all his or her money at a stock they like at one time, but rather buy into a position over a certain period of time. The most common approach seems to by buying in thirds (i.e. buying a stock [...]
