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The Geraldine Weiss Dividend Strategy

I had a request from a reader to talk about one of the more prominent proponents of a dividend based investment strategy - Geraldine Weiss. Weiss is the editor of the dividend newsletter called Investment Quality Trends that focuses on buying blue-chip stocks whose dividend yields are near the high of their historical ranges and selling them when they drift lower. Although I have never been a subscriber to her newsletter, I have read her book, The Dividend Connection: How Dividends Create …

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The 10 Most Important Things I Have Learned About Dividend Investing

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It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked. - Warren Buffet Warren Buffet says it best in this famous quote. For investors, the only true thing we have to help us build successful portfolios is learning and being prepared. Investors learn in many different ways - by reading books from other successful investors, by learning from past experiences (and mistakes), and by learning from other people who have done some learning along their investment journey. …

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Dividend Stock Wednesday: 3M Inc. (MMM)

Stock Selection

Note: I use the Stock Selection Guide Software and its methodologies from the CSA to perform the bulk of my analysis on stocks. Company Profile: 3M Company (3M) is a diversified technology company with a global presence in various businesses, including industrial and transportation, healthcare, display and graphics, consumer and office, safety, security and protection services, and electro and communications. The Company manages its operations in six operating business segments: …

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Pre-Screened Securities Through Your Broker

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One of the investment accounts that I have is through the Canadian Shareowner's Association's (CSA) Co-Op Trading Service. Part of their offering is a pre-screened list of securities that passes what they call their criteria based on, "strong growth, financial and operating fundamentals [with] the capacity to continue their strong growth into the future." Once companies meet this criteria they are added to the list of possible investments that clients can buy shares in. Obviously there are …

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Buying Stock in a Company Just Because You Love The Products?

Stock Selection

We all have all read that it is our responsibility as dividend investors to buy stocks in companies that we know and that we can understand. There is also the mindset that one should invest in companies that you are a passionate user of the products the company produces. I had an interesting conversation with a colleague of mine the other day and this is one his primary methods for choosing a stock to invest in. For example, he loves the new Coke Zero and recently bought the stock. As a …

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High Dividend Achievers vs. High Dividend Aristocrats

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The are basically two lists is North American that track the dividend increases for thousands of companies: high dividend achievers and high dividend aristocrats. The primary criteria for these lists are a consistent record of dividend increases for a specific number of years. When I say consistent, I mean it. Each company on each list must not have missed a dividend increase in the requisite number of years. So what is the real difference between the two groups of stocks? The difference lies …

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