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This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. One sector of the market that I have not examined in great detail is Food & Restaurants. Awhile back I did an analysis of McDonald's, but have not touched the sector since. I also do not have any exposure to this sector in my portfolio so I am considering it as a possible area to add. One …

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This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. Having lived in Saskatchewan when I was a young lad, I heard about this huge company called Potash Corp. My family even had friends who worked there so I remember vividly going to one of their locations and seeing the mountains of this white snow-like stuff all over the place. That was …

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This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. As a shareowner of Wal-Mart, I am not looking to add another general merchandise and food discount store to my portfolio. However, as a stock that has a place on the Dividend Aristocrat list I wanted to have a look at it. 25 years of dividend increases is nothing to sneeze at and the people …

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This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. At the request of a reader, I am having a look at Altria this week. However, I fear it is a bit early to do so considering the fact that the company is in the process of spinning off Philip Morris. In addition, last year at this time the company spun off its Kraft Foods holdings. This …

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This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. As a holder of Pfizer, I am not in the market for another pharmaceutical company. However, with the strong dividend growth that Abbott Labs has seen in the past 10 years, I would be tempted if the price was right. Let's have a look at ABT to see how it shapes up in the fundamentals and …

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This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. I have been a shareholder of The Home Depot since 2004 when I purchased my initial shares at around $35. The share price has dropped since then as the company had some difficulties with revenue and EPS growth as well as the previous CEO being absolutely dreadful at working with shareholders. …

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