Tag: S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats
Dividend Aristocrats List For 2017
The S&P Dividend Aristocrats index is an elite group of companies, members of the S&P 500, which have managed to increase dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. To qualify for membership in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, a stock must satisfy the following criteria: Be a member of the S&P 500 Have […]
5 “Dead Money” Dividend Aristocrats To Avoid
The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats are a group of stocks beloved as “widows-and-orphans” investments – can’t-miss companies whose stability and rock-solid dividends will keep you into old age and will exist long after you’ve passed. It’s a reassuring thought, but ultimately, it’s an illusion. Like the broader S&P 500 and the stock market as a […]
More Of The Best Long Term Dividend Stocks
Last month, on a rare rainy morning in Southern California, I headed up I5 toward LA. The traffic clogged at Del Mar. Looking off through the gray dawn at the racetrack I thought about its honored guest, 2015 Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah. American Pharoah is the first horse to win the Triple Crown since […]
Top Dividend Paying Stocks That Keep On Climbing
Wondering how to find the top dividend stocks that will keep on climbing? Want to find the best dividend paying stocks where the actual dividend will grow along with the price of the stock itself? Isn’t that too much to ask for? Kind of like Joe DiMaggio expecting Marilyn Monroe to cook? (She couldn’t. Their […]
How Dividend Reinvestment Plans Really Work
I’m not exactly jealous, but I sure am envious. I’ll fess up and admit it. Back in 1955, Fred Schwed came up with the perfect title for a book… “Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?” The subtitle for Fred’s book is “A Good Hard Look at Wall Street.” Fred was a professional trader who lost a […]
Long Term Dividend Stocks To Buy Right Now
The best long-term dividend stocks are the kind of stocks you see in the portfolio of Fayez Sarofim. Who’s Fayez Sarofim? Most days you’ll find him smoking a cigar in his 29th floor office in downtown Houston. The El Greco painting on the wall… it’s an original. Fayez owns a chunk of the Texans, Houston’s […]
High Yield Dividend Stock Disaster
Sorry, Gordon Gekko. Greed is not good. And when you’re looking for a high yield dividend stock, here’s a number that’s definitely not good. 10%. When you see a stock paying a dividend of 10%, walk away. Chances are you’re looking at nothing but heartbreak. Here’s why. High Yield Dividend Stock Disaster Waiting To Happen […]
Dividend Aristocrats To Dump Right Now
Dividend Aristocrats are the market’s safest stocks… old reliables that keep cranking out growing dividend income. Each Aristocrat has increased its annual dividends for at least 25 years in a row. The 54 Aristocrats are top shelf stocks for dividend investors. They’re solid performers where management looks after shareholders at the same time it looks […]
