Dividend Stocks
3 Utilities That Love To Light Up Their Dividends
Looking for a utility company that’s not shy about paying a decent dividend? Here are three that each pay a yield above the 4.5% mark… and none of them come with the risk of a high payout ratio that can easily send future dividends plunging. The Aloha Dividend Stock You get a little something thrown […]
Leave The Lobby Before This Bank Robbery Goes Down
No, it’s not the bank that’s going to be robbed. The tellers’ drawers won’t be cleaned out. But the bank’s investors are about to be picked clean. This bank stock pays a dividend yield of 4.29%. But it takes 89% of all the bank’s revenue to fund it. This is not a recipe for dividend […]
A Toast To Copper, Cabernet, And An 11% Yield
If you’re an investor who likes to pick up a bargain when everyone else is running for the exits… If you’ve got a bit of the contrarian in you… And if you like the idea of collecting some handsome dividend income while you’re waiting for a stock’s value to soar… Look south. Way south, all […]
Run And Hide From These Two Wretched REITs
What’s not to love about a company that has doctors as it clients? A company that owns more than $500 million worth of medical office buildings, and collects rent like clockwork from doctors and health care businesses? After all, the doctors aren’t going to walk out on their leases, are they? Well… You’d think not. […]
Don’t Get Caught In This Tricky Dividend Trap!
Beware! Those high yield dividend stocks you keep seeing could be nothing but trouble. Expensive trouble. There’s a reason why the S&P 500 pays an average dividend of 1.91%. But you keep running into stocks that pay dividends of twice this much. Or even three and four times this much. Today, I’m going to tell […]
Five Global Stocks Where Dividend Investors Can Find Dependable Yields
Last week we discussed making one move with your portfolio to make it safer and more profitable. The idea was to expand into global dividend stocks. The global footprint gives you safety through diversification, and the profits come from having strong dividend payments. Now we also gave you a handful of Dividend ETF ideas… but […]
More Safety And More Profits In One Simple Move
Can you really have it both ways? Can you actually make one move with your portfolio to make it safer and more profitable at the same time? I’m here to tell you… You Can! Smart investors know that the way to do this is with balance. Balance by investing in different kinds of stocks. Not […]
Three Dividend Paying Stocks To Buy Now
Last week I talked about the reasons behind this year’s stock market summer swoon. The article, Summer Swoon Equals Buying Opportunity, explains investors are selling stocks after several recent negative economic reports. They’re worried the data suggest the US economy is slipping back into recession. However, I also told you I think investors are overreacting […]