Tag: dividends
Dividends – The Importance Of The Payout Ratio
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 […]
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 […]
Stocks With Good Dividends
This week the Federal Reserve made history. They lowered interest rates to levels never before seen. Right now the target Fed Funds Rate is a range of 0.0% to 0.25%. It was an amazing announcement. In addition to lowering the rates, the Fed also announced plans to actively buy agency debt and other mortgage backed […]
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 […]
