Dividend Stocks
Dividends Matter
Wow! Did you see the news yesterday? President Obama continues to be a rule breaker… just yesterday he broke a long standing (unwritten) rule of the presidency. Never-ever comment directly on the stock market. It’s a simple rule that’s meant to protect our nation’s leader form looking like an idiot. President Obama threw caution to […]
Dividend Paying ETFs And Mutual Funds Have Risks Too
Standard & Poor’s conducted an interesting study on the markets. They found since 1926, dividends contribute nearly a third of total return. Think about that for a moment. For long term investing one out of every three dollars earned is from dividends. This is an amazing statistic. It shows just how important dividends are to […]
Dividend Paying Stocks, ETFs And Mutual Funds
Traders have it easy. They buy into a stock and get out of it very quickly. All day long they buy and sell, buy and sell. At the end of the day they tally up the profits and losses and they know how well they’ve done. It’s a good day when they’ve got more money […]
Stocks With High Dividends
When my grandfather started saving for retirement he didn’t have much in the way of choices. Most of his money went into bonds where he collected an interest payment every quarter. Slowly his portfolio grew to include stocks and mutual funds. Back then investing wasn’t as complicated. Investors had fewer choices and transaction costs were […]
Dividends For Consistent Returns
“I wish they would end the strike. It’s just stupid,” lamented Mark. I just met him on the golf course and we were in deep discussion. He joined our golfing group and turned out to be a pretty good golfer. As we chatted, we discovered we would also be at the same New Years Eve […]
Dividends – Huge Investment Potential
You’ve seen them, I’ve seen them. These advertisements from newsletter authors, and journalists, all promising riches and returns from the promised land. “Make money while you sleep!” “Earn 20% per year for doing nothing!” “15% returns guaranteed” “Get paid for owning stocks, find out how” Don’t be fooled. Hold onto your wallet. These screaming headlines […]
Rising Dividends
Every once in a while a simple, straight forward style for investing in the stock market comes along. Sometimes it’s new, more often than not it is a rehash of something that was popular years ago. Back when stock trading was in its infancy, most investors focused on yield or dividends. They equated a stock […]
Dividend Stocks
It appears that someone is hiding something, and no, its not the Easter eggs all the little kids are searching for. US businesses are hiding enormous amounts of cash and if investors are diligent they can find these “cash cows” and milk them for all they are worth! Interestingly, the companies in the S&P have […]
