Starting to get a little more precise about investing in dividend stocks with a small portfolio, we are looking today at the basics you need to consider before purchasing your very first company. For more experienced dividend investors, this will sound like basic advice but there is nothing better than going back to the basics in weird markets like this. The company’s fundamentals Before even thinking about dividend growth and dividend yield, I think that …
Think About The Future: Who Can Increase Their Dividend?
Receiving monthly dividends from your portfolio is always appreciated. What is even better, is to pick stocks that have the greatest potential to increase their dividend in the upcoming years. What I really like about investing is that it’s like a continuing game of chess. The problem is that you are dicing with multiple players and numerous events that are out of your control. The recent numbers on the US economic situation provoked a wave of optimism from investors. While the effects of …
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Dividend Investing Strategy; Going Sector
A very important part of building a dividend portfolio (as is the case with any other investment portfolio) is asset allocation. Some investors will invest on different sectors to have a well-balanced portfolio. Others will invest massively in a sector according to the state of the economy. Using consumer, non-cyclical stocks as a defensive measure in a bear market is a good example of this kind of strategy. For information purposes, I have outlined the projected dividend yields for the …
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High Dividend Stock Picking Ideas
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, …
Where Will the Stock Market End in 2010?
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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What to do When the Market Plunges
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 …
