Tag: Dividend Cuts

Dividend Coverage Ratio Explained: Avoid Painful Dividend Cuts

Dividend Coverage Ratio Explained: Avoid Painful Dividend Cuts

If you’re reading this, it’s because you want 2 things: Reliable income. To make your money grow. One of the best ways to achieve both of those is by following my favorite investing strategy: Dividend growth investing. If you don’t know what this is, it consists of building a portfolio of high-quality stocks. These stocks […]

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Sell These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks About To Cut Their Dividends

| February 20, 2019 | 0 Comments
Sell These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks About To Cut Their Dividends

There is a tremendous appeal to owning shares of high-yield stocks. In a world where you are lucky if a bank account pays 2%, income stocks that pay 8%, 9% or even 11% can be very attractive. However, high yield stocks are not a bank account or government bond. Dividend cuts happen and when they […]

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3 Warning Signs That Your Dividend Is About To Be Cut

| October 13, 2017 | 0 Comments
3 Warning Signs That Your Dividend Is About To Be Cut

Dividend focused investors want to earn the highest possible yield, but also want the highest level of safety. At the same time, the higher the yield the market puts on the stock, the more the market believes there is a probability of future dividend reduction. The market may be right about a dividend cut for […]

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Don’t Get Caught In This Tricky Dividend Trap!

| August 8, 2014 | 0 Comments
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 […]

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Dividends – The Importance Of The Payout Ratio

| May 1, 2009 | 0 Comments

I love nothing more than getting cold hard cash from my investments.  I love to see my bank account grow dollar by dollar.  Instead of working for my money, I’m making my money work for me. Is your money pulling its weight? One of the easiest ways to get your money working for you is […]

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