Giveaway: The 4 Weeks of Dividend Winners - Week 3 (Plus This Week’s Winner!!)

Written by The Dividend Guy on October 22, 2007

Time for another winner in the 4 Weeks of Dividend Winners. Last week, I kicked-off the giveaway for The Single Best Investment: Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth. The lucky winner of the book is the moneygardener. Congratulations and thanks for the comment.

All About Dividend Investing

This week’s book in the giveaway series is All About Dividend Investing. As described by the authors, the book is everything you need to know about dividend investing including methods for screening companies, how to implement a dividend-based strategy, and how to reduce risk while capturing growth. This book is more basic in nature and as it goes through many topics seasoned dividend investors would be familiar with, but nonetheless it is good reference and affirmation that the dividend based investing approach is both valid and successful.

According to the authors, investors may be in for a long period of poor returns based on their analysis of bull and bear market cycle history. They also look closely at demographics and the baby boomer’s potential impact on investing returns and their need for income into retirement. They present the positive impact of dividends on the possibility of positive returns during extended periods when there is little or no price appreciation in the equity markets. This is a common selling feature for dividend stocks - some sort of return even if the markets or the stock are going nowhere. Overall, I liked the book and would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about dividend investing.

How to Win

To enter the giveaway this week, all you need to to do is submit a comment to this post. This weeks catch is simple - in the comment simply give me one suggestion for a blog topic that you would like to see me write about (investing focused please!) on this blog. Good luck and thanks in advance for the comments!


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22 Comments so far

  1. AlB October 22, 2007 8:48 pm

    This would be a great win.
    Topic: International Dividend Investing using ETFs

    Thanks (I hope)

  2. FourPillars October 22, 2007 9:23 pm

    I’ll say - some discussions about taxations on dividends outside the rrsp (they do have a downside after all).

    Mike

  3. FourPillars October 22, 2007 9:24 pm

    I forgot to mention - I got the book in the mail today - thanks a lot. And WTF - I didn’t win week #2 as well? Oh well.

    Mike

  4. Barbara October 22, 2007 10:03 pm

    Topic: comments/comparison of dividend shares with consistant growth; - sjr, slf, bmo,- how inportant is debt, sectors, yield, etc. in the comparison?

    hope to win

  5. Patrick October 23, 2007 5:13 am

    I’m still learning about dividend investing, so a book like this is probably better than something more advanced. As far as a topic goes - I’m still catching up the basics in your archives. ;)

  6. Neil October 23, 2007 6:40 am

    I’d like to see a post analyzing Geraldine Weiss’ investing method compared to your own. This (http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/12/0212adviser.html) article from 2002 gives a good summary of the Weiss method.

  7. Jon October 23, 2007 6:46 am

    How about something on Master Limited Partnerships?

  8. Troy R October 23, 2007 7:55 am

    For quite some time academics have debated dividends as a predictor of future earnings. Most notably from a study by Mr. Arnott and Mr. Asness entitled, “Surprise! Higher Dividends = Higher Earnings Growth”. Can anyone comment on the current state of this argument? Anyone have any thoughts to contribute? If ultimately this is proven to be a significant statistical trend then imagine the implications to dividend policies across all sectors.

  9. Frog of Finance October 23, 2007 8:33 am

    What are your thoughts about DRiPs? Are they worth the trouble of setting them up?

  10. James October 23, 2007 10:24 am

    I am learning the basics of Dividend investing an like what I see. Being “new” to investing I could learn a lot from a book like this.

    PS. Thanks for blogging I have learned more about investing in the last 6 months than in the 10 or so years previous.

  11. Andrew October 23, 2007 11:07 am

    Are there any signs that a dividend stock is about to stop paying dividends?

  12. The Div Guy October 23, 2007 11:53 am

    The benefits of high yield dividend investing.

  13. Joe October 23, 2007 1:30 pm

    Hey! I have a couple of suggestions. A focus on Canadian Dividend Stocks. How and when you started your investments? Some investing mistakes you made. What would you have done otherwise if you had the knowledge you currently have? Any classes or seminars you suggest?

    Thanks!

  14. Jean Baillargeon October 23, 2007 3:16 pm

    Watsco ( WSO ) from South Florida operates in more than 30 US states mostly the Sun belt ( www.watsco.com ), and has declared record sales and profits year after year for the past 5 years while the dividend income has been increased at an average 65% each year. Actual yield is 4%. Yet for the past two years the stock has slided from around $73. to $41. today. Could we consider WSO as a great buy & hold opportunity for solid and growing dividend income ? Thank you very much !

  15. freefrombroke October 23, 2007 3:31 pm

    At what point is it best to start investing in dividend stocks? Do I completely max out my 401k first or just up to the match? Are dividend stocks best suited for a Roth IRA? What about after I’ve contributed all I can?

    I’m new to stocks so any advice is great! Thanks!

  16. Living Off Dividends October 23, 2007 3:45 pm

    I hope I win!!

    can check out my new blog (and blogroll me too please).

    http://livingoffdividends.com

    thanks.

  17. Aaron October 23, 2007 4:20 pm

    A topic that I have thought about before and I think would be nice to cover: for a higher growth company should we still count a small dividend as a positive for the stock or could it be seen as a negative for a high growth area?

  18. Debu October 23, 2007 7:20 pm

    This will be great to have this book in collection for reference.
    Topic: Value investment using dividend investing

  19. Darryl October 23, 2007 8:14 pm

    I agree with the DRIPS comment, should one set up the account to avoid the cost of the brokerage.

  20. AngleEdge October 24, 2007 11:56 am

    How about selecting a top dividend stock from each of the S&P 500 sectors (i.e. one from industrials, one from tech, etc.)? I’d leave the criteria for selection up to you!

  21. Doc October 24, 2007 3:04 pm

    I apologize if my suggestion for a topic has already been covered as I have yet to completely peruse your archives.

    Topic: How to utilize a online stock screener(preferably free) for a high level selection of dividend paying stocks. This approach would theoretically select the “cream of the crop” for further manual analysis by the user.

  22. alain oberrotman October 25, 2007 2:48 pm

    perhaps you can explore the relative advantages and risks of closed end funds v. etfs. from time to time i have observed that cef may offer a valuation advantage v. the corresponding etf. also, a look at exchange traded debt.

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