Let's look at the most interesting dividend links from this past week: 1. Six Dividend Stocks to Hold Forever @ Dividend Growth Investor. 2. Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Dividend Analysis @ IS. 3. Stock Trades: Bought NAL Energy and Emerge Oil and Gas @ Beating The Index. 4. Dividend Aristocrats - The S&P500 Version @ The Passive Income Earner. 5. Monthly Progress Review: April @ Dividend Partisan. 6. Start Acting Like The Millionaire Next Door @ Compounding Returns. 7. The …
Why Your Portfolio Needs a Few Heroes
The following is a guest post from Demitrios from Sigma Swan. He is a new member of the Div-Net Network. "If you take the whole history of Berkshire Hathaway, and you take out the 20 best transactions, our record is a joke." -Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway We investors spend a lot of effort trying to protect ourselves from the danger of a default in our portfolio. The brutal math we aim to avoid is plain: the results of any string of positive numbers, no matter …
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Communications, Materials & Techno Stocks: Dividend Sector Winner Q1
We are already one month after the first Quarter (ending March 30th). This is usually when the financial results come in and the sector reviews are published. We have been receiving great news from the stock markets since mid April. Companies such as DuPont, MacDonald’s, Celestica, Xerox, Apple, General Electric (and more) are reporting increased revenues and profits. On the other hand, companies such as Morgan Stanley, Kimberly-Clark, RadioShack, and Nintendo have unveiled disappointing …
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7 Deadly Sins of Investments – 7 Investor Common Mistakes
I was about to write an article on investors' common mistakes and then I thought of adding a little bit of color to the black & white world of finance by matching them with the 7 deadly sins. What’s weird about these common investing mistakes is that we all know them… and we still commit them once in a while! This is why I thought getting a little refresh wouldn’t hurt ;-) #1 Sloth – Investing Without a Plan I had been investing for several years without a plan. I knew roughly what …
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GCG Guardian Capital Group Limited Stock Analysis
The Company Stock Description: Today we are taking a closer look at a “smaller” company with an interesting value. Guardian Capital Group is a founder CEO company founded in 1962. Guardian is active in 2 segments: - Investment management and financial advisory services (institutional) - Financial services to domestic and international clients (retail) They have 16.3 billion in assets under management as of December 31st 2010. Overall, it’s a small stock on an up trend: Stock …
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Dividend Stocks Vs Corporate Bonds
We currently live in a very interesting investing world. I say this because, in some cases, the dividend paid on a stock has a higher yield than the company’s bonds. The bond market is so low due to historically low interest rates that the dividend market seems more attractive. Here are a few examples that I took from my own Dividend Holdings: In order to build this chart, I used the “quicktake” tool from Morning Star. This is an interesting stock analysis tool as it gives you a lot …
