Giveaway: The 4 Weeks of Dividend Winners - Week 2 (Plus This Week’s Winner!!)

Written by The Dividend Guy on October 15, 2007

We have a winner! As we close out Week 1 of The 4 Weeks of Dividend Winners, I am pleased to announce the randomly selected winner of Christopher H. Browne’s The Little Book of Value Investing. Congratulations to Four Pillars of Quest for Four Pillars. I will be in touch shortly.

The Single Best Investment

Now onto this week’s giveaway book, which is The Single Best Investment: Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth. This is one of my personal favorite dividend investment books simply because of its no nonsense approach to investing in the search for high dividend stocks. In a nutshell, Miller summarizes his approach as high quality companies plus high current dividend plus high dividend growth equals good returns for an investor. There a lot of reviews from other personal finance and investment bloggers - have a look here, here, and here.

How to Win the Book!

To enter the giveaway this week, you need to submit a comment to this post. However, there is a catch. In the comment, I would like you to provide me with your favorite dividend stock. You don’t need to tell me why, but I would love to hear it! I know my readers are always looking for good investing ideas so this should be interesting. I look forward to hearing from you!

Good luck on this week’s giveaway!


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30 Comments so far

  1. Jim Smith October 15, 2007 7:53 pm

    ACAS

  2. FourPillars October 15, 2007 8:05 pm

    Thanks a lot for the book. Maybe I can go for the sweep???

    My favourite dividend stock is the only one I own - BMO (Bank of Montreal). I like it because it’s one of the big five banks and is pretty safe. I use it in my leverage portfolio so I want safety and a reasonable yield in order to help pay the interest costs.

    Mike

  3. Matt October 15, 2007 9:54 pm

    I’ve got two I’m fond of:
    Barclay’s (BCS) and Apollo Investments (AINV).

  4. Frog of Finance October 16, 2007 6:14 am

    Me, me me! ;O)

    My current favorite is Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). I think that with the international exposure (Central and South America, as well as Asia), they are well-positioned to keep improving their revenus (and thus dividend) for many years.

  5. Neil October 16, 2007 6:50 am

    My favorite dividend-paying company is Realty Income (O).

  6. RM October 16, 2007 7:03 am

    My current fave is BAC

  7. Andrew October 16, 2007 7:32 am

    I used to like AEP, but their yield has gone down a lot in the last few years. I think something like CSE is a good buy now, but it remains to be seen if they will keep up with the dividends of the last couple years.

  8. telly October 16, 2007 7:33 am

    My favourite right now is JNJ.

  9. moneygardener October 16, 2007 8:54 am

    Manulife Financial (MFC), close second to Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Investors Group (IGM).

  10. Gary October 16, 2007 9:06 am

    Ah! a chance to win something! My choice is BAC or Bank of America with a dividend of $2.56 at $50.50 and sell a covered call.

  11. Joe October 16, 2007 9:11 am

    I really hope I win this book!!! My favorite dividend is George Weston Limited (WN) :-)

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  13. Gabor October 16, 2007 1:53 pm

    MO

  14. The Div Guy October 16, 2007 2:58 pm

    My favorite stock is DSX. Diana Shipping is a dry bulk shipper.

  15. Jean Baillargeon October 16, 2007 4:12 pm

    My best dividend stock is Royal Bank of Canada ( RY ). I also like Watsco ( WSO ) for the growth.

  16. Anton October 16, 2007 5:48 pm

    RY would be my pick

  17. Aaron October 16, 2007 5:55 pm

    My favorite dividend stock is Johnson and Johnson (JNJ). JNJ is one of the kings of raising dividends year in and year out, and has a beautiful balance sheet.

  18. Marshall October 16, 2007 6:06 pm

    Home Depot is my favorite stock that provides dividends

  19. Canmar October 16, 2007 6:09 pm

    My favorite dividend player is RY; a market leading position in Canadian banking, rapidly expanding internationally, and has a history of rising dividends.

  20. giggsy October 16, 2007 7:57 pm

    JNJ tops ‘em all.

    ROIC: 25%+ avg/year
    ROE: 27%+ avg/year
    Net Profit Margin: 19%+ avg/year

    Best of all: 14% dividend growth per year

    Giggsy: “united is life”

  21. Mark October 17, 2007 2:30 pm

    Mine is BAC. I’ve invested regularly in that one, MO and JNJ for almost ten years now - reinvesting all dividends of course. But BAC has been great with its returns and building of shares. MO’s legal problems made it too jumpy for me, and JNJ’s been rather stagnant for a long time.

  22. Mr P October 17, 2007 5:05 pm

    My fav. div stock is DVY cause it combines a lot of good companies who pay and increase their dividends consistently.

  23. The Div Guy October 18, 2007 12:25 pm

    giggsy,

    I love JNJ as well and own shares but take a look at DSX one year chart.

  24. GoofyBoy October 18, 2007 5:58 pm

    CIBC

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  26. Eileen October 20, 2007 8:53 pm

    My favorite dividend stock Royal Bank of Canada (RY)

  27. the baglady October 20, 2007 10:03 pm

    My favorite dividend stock is ACH and also PCU. unfortunately I sold PCU too early. I also had TNH in my fake portfolio about 2 years ago and forgot about it and it gained over 400%. I’m so sad I didn’t buy it.

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