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Category: Dividends
The news items published under this category are as follows.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Investment Opportunities in High Dividend Paying Tech Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_and_Markets
Nilus Mattive writes: Last week, I told you that McDonald's is a great example of a company with strong fundamentals and continued dividend strength. Yesterday, we saw more proof: The company said global same-store sales gained 8.2%. And even as most other restaurants posted weak U.S. results, McDonald's watched same-store sales gain 5.3% here in the States. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Stock Market Investing Dividend Yields Vs Bond Yields Analysis / Stock-Markets / Dividends
By: John_Mauldin
This week I have a very special Outside the Box for you. Peter Bernstein is recognized as one of the more brilliant and insightful analysts of our times. At 89, he has been writing prescient material longer than most of us "young guys" (I am 59, and hope I am still writing at 89, or even able to write!) have been even marginally in the markets. His Economics and Portfolio Strategy Letter is read by the true cognoscenti of the investment world. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, July 25, 2008
Stock Market Returns – The Wonder of Compounding Dividends / InvestorEducation / Dividends
By: Prieur_du_Plessis
Albert Einstein described compound growth as the eighth wonder of the world. Although he may have passed away in 1955 – coincidentally the year when yours truly saw daylight for the first time – the concept of compounding remains the single most important principle governing investment.
Back to basics: Compounding simply means that you can earn interest on your principal investment amount, as well as earn interest on top of interest. The power of compounding can make an investment grow much faster than would otherwise have been the case, and is obviously based on the assumption that interest or dividends are reinvested in the same asset.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Beware the Stocks Bear Market Dividend Trap / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Alexander Green writes: For years, investors have bemoaned the low dividend yield on stocks. But with the market down roughly 20%, the yield on the S&P 500 Index is up to 2.25%. That doesn't sound terribly rich, I know, but it is only slightly less than the average money market is paying right now.
In the short term, you may sleep a lot better with a big chunk of money tucked safely away in cash. But in the long run, you may lose sleep. After all, your biggest risk as an investor is not market risk - the inevitable rise and fall of your stock portfolio from week to week - but shortfall risk, the possibility that good health and steady inflation may cause you to outlive your investment portfolio.
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Dividend Reinvestment Is One of the Most Powerful Wealth-Building Strategies Out There! / InvestorEducation / Dividends
By: Money_and_Markets
Nilus Mattive writes: I recently got a question on my blog asking whether it's better to cash in dividend checks or reinvest them.
It's a great topic, and I have a very definitive answer: If you're an income investor who could really use the dividends to live right now, by all means cash those checks.
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Lessons for High Yield Stock Market Investments 2008 / Stock-Markets / Dividends
By: Roger_Conrad
There's still one trading day left in 2007. But for income investors, the key lessons from what was quite a tumultuous year are already in focus, as is how we can use them for a prosperous 2008. Once again, diversification paid off in spades. Some dividend-paying investments such as utility stocks were huge winners. More economy-sensitive fare like financial's and most real estate investment trusts were losers. But a balanced portfolio of a wide range of high-quality income-payers held its own, generating steady income with low overall volatility of principal.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Pick-up Cheap MLP Dividend Stocks at Bargain Basement Prices / Companies / Dividends
By: Elliot_H_Gue
Master Limited Partnerships (MLP) have long been my favorite income-oriented group. The stocks offer an unbeatable combination of high tax-advantaged yields, steady cash flow profiles and the potential for significant income growth over time.
Even better, I see a rare opportunity developing in this space: The recent pullback in the group looks like an outstanding opportunity to buy at bargain-basement prices and lock in some highly attractive yields. We've seen a handful of pullbacks in the MLPs over the past decade, and each has proven to be an outstanding opportunity for investors with the foresight to jump in. And this latest short-term selloff will prove to be no different.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Sectors and Stocks to Invest in to Weather a US Recession / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_and_Markets
Nilus Mattive writes: Tony's off today, so he asked me to fill in for him. Since he's such an advocate of foreign investing, and I'm the advocate of dividend-paying stocks, I'm taking this opportunity to tell you about a stock that combines both: It's riding the wave of rapid foreign growth. Plus, it pays nice dividends.
We don't often name specific investments here in Money and Markets , but I figured I'd do something a little bit different today. Think of it as an early holiday gift.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Hedging Your Income Stocks Portfolio Against Credit and Inflation Risks / Stock-Markets / Dividends
By: Roger_Conrad
Income investments come in all shapes and sizes. But all have one thing in common as far as we're concerned: We've got to buy and hold ‘em to get the most out of them. Part of that is axiomatic. You can't collect the distributions unless you stick around for them to be paid. Individual bonds are the exception because they accrue interest as long as you hold them. But as far as stocks, Canadian trusts, limited partnerships, income-paying funds, preferred stocks or anything else goes, you've got be in there on the ex-dividend dates or you won't get paid.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
US Stocks that BENEFIT from a Falling Dollar / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_and_Markets
Nilus Mattive writes: Good morning! Martin's off today. So he's asked me to jump in.
I'm Nilus Mattive, the Associate Editor of Money and Markets , and it's my job to edit nearly every issue you get every morning, rain or shine.
Plus, I'm also responsible for a new research division in our company covering a sector that too many analysts have neglected for too long: Dividends.
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