Showing posts with label dividend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dividend. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

How to dramatically reduce the risks of dividend investing

From Dividends Value:

If you want to lower the risk of your income portfolio and position yourself to increase returns, you cannot ignore asset allocation. Many dividend investors loaded up on banks and other high-yield financials, only to see their portfolios collapse along with the financial markets.

So what can you do to protect your portfolio from stock and sector specific declines? Here are some of the steps I take to help protect my portfolio...

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

There's a "dividend war" going on in this unpopular industry

From The Dividend Guy Blog:

If you put ethics and health concerns aside for a second, you will discover the world of opportunities offered by the tobacco industry.

In fact, tobacco companies continue their "dividend war" as 3 of the four largest companies have increased their dividend in Q3 2010 (Altria Group (MO), Philip Morris International (PM), and...

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Six dividend stocks that could generate "mind-boggling" yields on cost

From Dividend Growth Investor:

Some of the best dividend stocks in the world are characterized by strong competitive advantages, which have allowed them to charge premium prices for their recognizable brands, which in turn have translated into rising profits. Most of those companies are also characterized by high returns on invested capital, which means that they generate more capital than they could successfully reinvest back into the business and still retain their high returns.

As a result these companies manage to provide an ever increasing stream of dividend income to their long-term shareholders. While stock prices move higher during bubbles and lower during recessions, investors keep getting paid for holding their stocks. In fact, because dividends keep getting increased…

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