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I know that it is always interesting to get a full throughout analysis on a high dividend paying stock but I thought of searching through the highest paying dividend stocks of the S&P 500. I have used the following filters to produce this dividend stock list: - Dividend yield over 3% - Stock price over $10.00 - Payout Ratio under 60% While you could do this kind of filter with financial websites, it's always handy to have the list done for you ;-). Please note that price, …

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This guest post was written by Go Banking Rates, bringing you informative personal finance content and helpful tools, as well as the best interest rates on financial services nationwide. After a scorching run from the March 2009 low, there was a lot of uncertainty about the United States stock market heading into 2010. Could it sustain the remarkable recovery or would the myriad of economic maladies finally catch up with stock prices? The fact of the matter is, it's impossible to tell …

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Last Wednesday (August 11th), I was taking a day off with my family and while we were having fun in the sun, the market took another hit on Fed’s concern over the American economy. The US indices dropped by 2-3% while the Bloomberg app on my BlackBerry was beet red on the international markets too. We are in the midst of very “interesting” times for investors. After the huge crash in 2008 followed by an important surge in 2009, we are now dancing on a thin wire between 2 buildings. Government …

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I remember the first time I opened my brokerage account online to start trading. I had $19,500 that I just transferred from a line of credit and I felt like a kid in a candy store with $1M in my pocket ;-). Even though I had a solid background in finance and had friends working close to the stock market, I still felt the urge to buying stocks. This motivation was fuelled by greed and the possibility of making a profit and being a winner on the stock market battlefield. Starting to invest …

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