The notion of a dividend growth strategy isn’t something which should be considered the domain of only older investors. Younger investors can benefit from building up a steady, growing income stream over time which can allow for a nice income supplement, or even assistance with a significantly early retirement, if given enough time. [Read more...]
How to Maximize Dividend Reinvestment
March 24, 2013 By 7 Comments
There are a few different ways to handle dividends that are paid out by companies. Taking these dividends in cash can be the easiest approach if one is in retirement or looking to live off their dividends. For everyone else, the question of how those dividends should be reinvested is a relevant one. [Read more...]
The need for dividend diversification
March 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Some investors who hadn’t thought of diversifying dividends may have been caught short by the events that took place in 2008-2009 where a number of companies drastically cut their dividends. A number of the dividend stalwarts that had previously increased dividends for many years such as Citigroup , Bank of America and General Electric were all forced to make major cuts to dividends. How should an investor think about ways to diversify their dividend income? [Read more...]
Why you should consider international dividends
February 8, 2013 By 7 Comments
I have a large portion of my dividend income sourced from international dividend stocks. In my view, there are several strong reasons to consider holding pure play foreign dividend stocks that can be invested in via ADRs (American Depository Receipts) or via stocks trading on the pink sheets. [Read more...]
Western Union: Is there growth?
February 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
Western Union is dividend growth stock that I’ve been looking at for a while. An established player in the international remittances market, with a wide moat, it should be an ongoing dividend powerhouse. But the financials indicate a deeper problem. Is there growth for Western Union? [Read more...]
Visa: A potential dividend growth candidate?
January 18, 2013 By 11 Comments
The credit card processors, Visa and MasterCard, have been my core holdings of mine for years (more so MasterCard). I am a big fan of their business models. Can they also be good dividend growth stocks? [Read more...]
Can a huge dividend yield make up for lower dividend growth?
January 15, 2013 By 6 Comments
Ever been attracted by those stocks that have offered those huge dividend yields? The big, slow growers that give you 6%, 6.5%? It’s hard to resist the temptation to add them to your portfolio. Even if they don’t get their dividends cut at some point down the line, they may be doing your dividend income harm. Here’s why. [Read more...]
Microsoft: Does trouble lurk beneath the Surface?
January 12, 2013 By 4 Comments
I’ve come across a few posts recently that make quite a convincing case for considering Microsoft as a dividend growth stock. A dominant windows franchise, strong free cash flow growth. Yet something more medium to long term troubles me about the Microsoft investment case. [Read more...]
The Dividend Growth Challenge: How good are the predictions?
January 11, 2013 By 2 Comments
I’ve often wondered how well I can predict dividend growth and whether I can accurately forecast which stocks will have better dividend growth than others. It’s time to find out how good my picks really are! [Read more...]
CME group: A good dividend hedge in uncertainty?
January 10, 2013 By 3 Comments
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (or “CME”) group is one of the largest derivatives exchanges in the world. Millions of futures contracts across a range of assets and commodities are opened and closed each day on the platforms that it operates. The group has been strongly profitable, reporting solid results ever since in listed. The CME also pays a modest dividend of 3.3% to boot. Is it worth adding to the Integrator $50k fund? [Read more...]
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