As dividend investors, we need to be constantly on the lookout for ways to reduce the risk in our portfolios. Even with relatively stable and fundamentally sound dividend stocks, there is work to do to determine how safe a that dividend growth company might be. In other words, we need to watch for certain warning signs that can tip us off to nasty things to come.[ad#tdg-embedded] There are a couple of things that investors can look for when trying to judge the safety of the dividend stocks …
The Best Dividend Stocks In The World
(This post was written by Dividends4Life on his blog, Dividends Value. I have learned a lot from D4L and thank him for his passion for dividend investing.) I couldn’t begin to estimate how many different stocks are traded around the world on the various exchanges. Like everything else, there are many participants, but few players. Though the population of stocks may be large, there are only a precious few that are worthy dividend stocks. When spending my time looking for worthy investments, …
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Dividend Stocks in My Portfolio that Have Raised Dividends
It is always fun to watch for the individual dividend stock holdings that have recently increased their dividends. To me, this really means two things. First, it means that the company is strong as it has been able to raise the amount of cash it pays out to investors. Second, it means that I have just got a raise in the form of more dividends. This adds up over time and one day, I will be able to retire on this additional income. [ad#tdg-embedded] I recently had a look through my …
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Dividend Income Lessons I Have Learned
One of the reasons I love the investment process so much is because every time I turn around I realize that I have learned something new. Just when you think you have "the game" down, something comes along and knocks you on your ass. Take those dividend cuts by Bank of America, Citigroup, and General Electric for crying out loud. GE was never ever supposed to have to cut its dividend. But it did and many of dividend investors learned a valuable lesson - never assume that dividend growth, …
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Tracking Your Dividend Income
For those of you long-standing dividend investors you probably have a method to track the growth in your dividend income. However, for those of you who may be new to dividend investing or perhaps have a number of dividend stocks but have never set up a method to track this income then this post may help you. I have personally been tracking my dividend income for years and find that it is a powerful way to see my investment strategy at work.[ad#tdg-embedded] The method I use is super simple. …
My 5 Steps to Choosing the Right ETF
As an investor who uses index funds as the core of my portfolio (supplemented with dividend growth stocks), I came to the realization a long time ago that not all ETFs are created equal and some were more appropriate for my portfolios than others were. Although originally I never went into the process of selecting ETFs with a series of steps, I have realized upon reflection that I do actually have a process! Each time I look to fulfill my asset allocation requirements, I use these steps to …
