12th October 2009
Where can you find the best high dividend stocks? Each Industry Sector has certain dividend paying stocks that may be the best stocks to buy for dividend yield. However, some sectors feature higher, or more secure dividends than others.
The Energy an...
12th October 2009
Trading options and investing in dividend stocks are two subjects that aren't normally linked, but, by using a conservative option trading approach, selling covered calls, you can actually often double and sometimes even triple your yield on dividend payi...
19th August 2009
If you're a newcomer to stock investing, you're probably wondering where to look for sound advice on finding the best stocks. WIth so much information about the stock market out there, how can you sort out the wheat from the chaff, and figure which stock...
12th August 2009
"You want me to risk part of my savings trading options? What are you, nuts?! This whole covered calls idea sounds like just another one of those crazy options strategies that sound great, but don't deliver in the end."
My pal was a usually an even-t...
08th August 2009
As a tool for creating dependable passive income, the dividend has stood the test of time. Studies have shown that, from 1926 to 2004, dividends accounted for 35% of shareholder returns. However, after adding in the effects of reinvesting the dividends a...
05th August 2009
Why are income investors constantly trying to find the best dividend stocks? Where can you find the best stocks? When is a dividend too high to be safe? We'll try to answer these and other dividend questions in this article.
Dividend Yields: Income...
24th July 2009
In Parts 1-3 of this series we listed the oldest dividend paying stocks in the U.S., and profiled four of them - York Water - (YORW), DuPont - (DD), Lorillard - (LO), and Valspar - (VAL). In this final article we'll profile two more companies that might ...
16th July 2009
In Parts 1-2 of this series we listed America's oldest dividend paying and profiled two of them - York Water, (YORW), and DuPont, (DD). In this article we'll look at two additional companies worth researching. Here are the members of this "Old Timer's C...
10th July 2009
In Part 1 of this series we listed the oldest dividend paying stocks in the U.S. In this article we'll try to sort out which ones have the best history of paying dividends, and, more importantly, which ones might be healthy enough to actually invest in. H...
05th July 2009
With July 4th rapidly approaching, I started wondering which dividend paying stocks are the oldest companies in America. I also tried to sort out which ones have the best history of paying and increasing dividends, and, just as important, which ones migh...
23rd June 2009
We screened for 6 parameters so far in this series:
1. High Dividend Yield - Above 5 % (The S&P 500 average dividend yield is around 3.42%).
2. Moderate Dividend Payout Ratio - Below 50 % (The S&P's payout ratio is approximately 59 %).
3. Less Th...
12th June 2009
In the first 3 parts of this series, we used the following screening criteria to find high dividend stocks with strong balance sheets:
1. High Dividend Yield - Above 5 %
2. Moderate Dividend Payout Ratio - Below 50 %
3. Less Than 40 % Above 52-We...
12th June 2009
In parts 1 & 2 of this series, we used the following screens:
1. High Dividend Yield - Above 5 % (The S&P 500 average dividend yield is approximately 3.42%).
2. Moderate Dividend Payout Ratio - Below 50 % (The S&P's payout ratio is currently 59 %).
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06th June 2009
In part 1 of this series, we used the following 6 screens to identify an undervalued, high dividend stock, Cal-Maine Foods, (CALM), with a strong balance sheet, whose yield we could increase further through options:
1. High Dividend Yield - Above 5 % (...
05th June 2009
Given the 30%-plus rise in the S&P 500 since March 9th, 2009, income investors might be hard-pressed to find high dividend stocks whose prices haven't gotten ahead of themselves.
On a recent bottom fishing expedition, I screened for 3 preliminary param...
