People love to watch stocks that are going up and never stop to run. It makes more fun if you own this stock or you are a part of the company. The feeling is unbelievable. You watch your share price and nearly every day a new high is realized. You also check your accounting balance of your trading account and you see how much your position is worth. That is a really wonderful emotion. I had often had this feeling. What about you? Do have a stock with such a performance that produced a similar feeling?
Recently, 21 companies realized price marks they have never seen before. Thirteen of them pay dividends. All-time highs are very good signals showing the strong investor confidence in the stock and indicating a well-running business. Here are the 3 best yielding results: TransCanada (TRP), LyondellBasell (LYB) and Packaging Corp. (PKG).
Source: Guru Focus
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In retirement, income is of primary importance. More specifically, purchasing power is of primary importance. Dividend growth investing builds and maintains purchasing power that keeps pace with inflation. So it strikes me as a natural way to accomplish my primary goal in retirement, which is to have enough cash in my wallet.
Compared to many other forms of investing, dividend growth investing is intuitive and easy. Selecting stalwart dividend growth stocks is not hard. Maintaining a portfolio of them requires attention and monitoring, but I find that to be enjoyable. It’s fun to see the income flowing to me, and it's fun to watch that income rise steadily.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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Short sellers have changed their bets in the high-dividend stocks now that the taxes are almost certain to change in this sector. We are seeing the bets against some of these great companies now running at the highs of 2012. We tracked the short interest changes from the December 14 settlement date versus the November 30 settlement date and added color on each if merited.
The top dividend stocks we are tracking in the short interest are as follows: Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), American Electric Power Co. Inc. (NYSE: AEP), Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK), Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK), Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ).
Source: 24/7 Wall St.
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When the economic climate gets rough, many companies are forced to reduce or even outright eliminate their dividends. They have no choice:Cash flow falls, and any efforts to sustain adividend at current levels bleedscash from thebalance sheet. But there's a straightforward way to assess not just the safety of a dividend, but its growth prospects as well.
Yet among these steady growers, it's also possible to find a more limited group that also pays a dividend. Once you're focused on this group, there's a simple way to calculate how much a dividend might grow. In a nutshell, the lower thepayout ratio (the amount offunds spent on dividends, divided bynet income ), the higher the potential dividend growth rate.
Source: NASDAQ
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In this month's edition of the Central Banking Journal, Paul Woolley and Dimitri Vayanos from the London School of Economics provide 10 concrete recommendations for "owners of capital" to "tame the finance monster." While the paper is aimed at pension fund managers and sovereign wealth funds that delegate the execution of their investment mandates to external fund managers, several of the recommendations are absolutely applicable to individuals, whether they're picking stocks or mutual fund managers. For example:
Adopt a long-term approach to investing based on long-term dividend flows rather than momentum-based strategies that rely on short-term price changes. Value strategies need not be buy-and-hold, but do call for patience; (2) Cap annual turnover of portfolios at 30% per annum. Nothing betrays a closet momentum investor more than high and costly turnover [...] and (6) Be wary of new investment products and 'alternative investing' [...]
Source: Motley Fool
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Value investors buy stocks of companies that appear to be priced below their intrinsic values based on financial metrics such as price-to-earnings ratios, price-to-book ratios, or dividend yields. A value investment strategy has proven to produce greater risk-adjusted returns than alternatives.
Prudent value investors can attempt to achieve higher returns by uncovering undervalued companies that boast an appreciation potential and dividend payouts that provide current income: Nuveen Dividend Value Fund (FFEIX), Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM), Westar Energy (NYSE: WR), Aflac (NYSE: AFL), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) and Allegheny Technologies (NYSE: ATI).
Source: Motley Fool
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I recently read an excellent article by Tim McAleenan Jr. in which he discussed how "dead money" isn't really dead if you buy dividend growth stocks. He highlighted some stocks which have had very small capital appreciation over the past 5 years, but when you include the dividends that you were paid the returns were actually fairly decent. It made me think about "The Lost Decade" of 2000-2010 in which the market as a whole basically went nowhere.
There were 110 stocks on the CCC list that have increased their dividend for 22 years or more. Using the adjusted closing prices from Yahoo.com I calculated the return for each stock since 2000. To me this is clear evidence (not proof, but evidence) that a dividend growth investing strategy can succeed even in the most difficult periods, such as we have seen since 2000. Even though the market as a whole has gone nowhere, a well diversified portfolio of dividend growth stocks, with dividend reinvesting, should have done well.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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Value investors buy stocks of companies that appear to be priced below their intrinsic values based on financial metrics such as price-to-earnings ratios, price-to-book ratios, or dividend yields. A value investment strategy has proven to produce greater risk-adjusted returns than alternatives.
Prudent value investors can attempt to achieve higher returns by uncovering undervalued companies that boast an appreciation potential and dividend payouts that provide current income: Nuveen Dividend Value A (MUTF:FFEIX), Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ:MXIM), Westar Energy Inc (NYSE:WR), AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) and Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI).
Source: Insider Monkey
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American businessman, Kenneth Fisher, is founder, chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments, a money management firm headquartered in California. Fisher writes the monthly “Portfolio Strategy” column in Forbes magazine. He is one of the richest Americans and part of the Forbes 400 list of world billionaires. Funds ran by Fisher at Fisher Asset Management were valued at $34.91 billion.
During this year's third quarter, Ken Fisher had 458 total positions. His top new buys are: CMCSA, PBR, TM, RY, NVS, VOD, CHL, NTGR, SAM, WRC. Out of his top 30 list of investment positions as of Sept. 30, 2012, here are his three best-yielding dividend stocks: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Pfizer (PFE) and General Electric (GE).
Source: Guru Focus
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Many new investors to the stock market are often baffled as to where to start. While many financial advisors suggest balanced mutual and index funds with a mixture of bonds dependent on the investors' age, others recommend a more aggressive basket of 10 to 15 individual stocks that are selected to outperform funds, sacrificing short-term stability for longer-term growth.
These three dividend stocks have a strong track record of paying out dividends that are higher than their respective industry peers. I have chosen these three stocks in particular in order of ascending risk, explaining the benefits and drawbacks of owning each stock: Altria (NYSE: MO), American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) and France Telecom SA (NYSE: FTE).
Source: Motley Fool
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I love dividends and dividend growth stocks. I believe that those companies could have a well running business and could have better performance in the long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 22 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 15 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 110.63 percent.
Twelve of the dividend growth stocks/funds from last week are currently recommended to buy; 15 yielding over three percent. Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks: Pfizer (PFE), General Electric (GE) and KBR (KBR).
Source: Guru Focus
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Dividends – big ones, small ones, old ones, new ones and special ones – are certainly having their moment in the investment world. From the clear appeal of a stock that pays you for holding it at a time of puny interest rates, to the likelihood of higher taxes on those payouts due to the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the capital companies deploy to shareholders in the form of dividends has become something of an 800-pound gorilla.
While the focus has been on tax policy and companies trying to beat the clock by returning cash to shareholders before January 1, there are other trends at work that give shrewd investors an opportunity to make the most of stocks that pay dividends. Greg Adams, portfolio manager of the $83 million Alger Growth & Income Fund, stresses the importance of dividend growth rather than absolute yield. It may seem obvious that stocks with continually rising dividends are a better investment than those that merely offer a higher return at the moment, but Adams notes that investors have targeted the latter.
Source: Forbes
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Quarterly and annual pay dividend stock owners anxiously await announcements from a firm, fund, or analyst to learn if their next dividend will be higher, lower, or paid at all. Monthly pay stocks, funds, trusts, and partnerships inform the holder every four and one third weeks by check or statement. If the equity reduces or suspends a payment, the holder can sell out of the investment immediately to cut future losses.
Since January the top ten Dow dogs projected dividend from $1k invested in each pup increased 3% while aggregate single share price sank 11.6%. Since the data source for Dow dividend indexArb.com anticipates future increases, dog dividend kept a more level pace than price. The most recent gap for the Dow shows aggregate single share price finally dropping below dividend from $1k invested in each of the top ten dogs by 15% canceling an overbought condition.
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Higher taxes on dividends could lead investors to dump income stocks — right? Not necessarily, say some strategists. Depending on how Washington's fiscal cliff maneuvers turn out, the effective dividend tax rate could spike on Jan. 1 from 15% now to 44.6% for investors in the top bracket. But strategists give several reasons why dividend stocks could continue to show strength in 2013. They include how such equities have previously reacted to tax changes, the effect of tax-advantaged accounts and the lack of alternatives for investors.
Demand for dividend-paying stocks won't change much in 2013 due to higher taxes, according to Savita Subramanian, head of U.S. equity and quantitative strategy for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She and her team have studied how dividend stocks performed when tax policy changed or seemed about to change, such as when President George W. Bush cut the dividend tax rate to 15% in 2003, or when the market previously feared a hike in 2010.
Source: Investors.com
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With bond yields at such a low point right now, returns on many long-term Treasury bonds aren't even beating inflation, and are giving safety investors the equivalent of negative returns. The guys discuss the strategy of investing in blue chip stocks with good dividends that are raised regularly as a method of beating inflation, and give investors a few companies to consider.
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We are fast becoming dividend nation. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney recently pointed out that assets in ETFs with a dividend-based investing theme has jumped from barely $5 billion in 2008 to more than $40 billion today. Nothing wrong with that in principle. But newbies chasing the highest yielders could be missing out on finer points of dividend investing.
With a fat 5.3% dividend yield, AT&T (T) looks like dividend ambrosia. But it’s not exactly easy to make those payouts. Granted, getting paid 5.3% is pretty good compensation. But dividend hikes have barely kept pace with inflation. Compare that to Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), with a dividend yield of 5%, has a dividend payout ratio below 40% and has a dividend growth rate over the past five years that is about double AT&T’s.
Source: Forbes
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Some of my friends search regular for stocks with a very high yield. I don’t talk about high-yields, stocks with yields between 5% to 10%. I mean stocks with annualized dividend yields of more than 10%. It sounds a bit unserious, and I personally would never buy such stocks. But I can understand my friends because they have only a low net worth, and they try to boost their passive income from dividends.
Let me say one thing: It could not be sustainable for any kind of business to pay such a high amount of money to shareholders at a normal valuation. Something must be wrong. But if you find an attractive investment, you can boost your dividend income and in 10 years your investment is paid off. Out there are 148 stocks with a yield over 10 percent. I’ve tried to figure out some interesting stocks. Here are the 3 most recommended stocks: Newcastle Investment (NCT), PennantPark Investment (PNNT) and TAL Education Group (XRS).
Source: Guru Focus
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Most self-directed investors should categorize stocks into two primary columns. Column A is dividend-paying stocks, and column B is every other stock that you're not going to buy. Granted there are a select few that come along every now and then that can be considered for shorter-term capital appreciation, but otherwise sticking with dividend payers is more likely in the long run to increase your portfolio.
Dividend-paying company executives understand they must stay aggressive each quarter or risk being forced to cut the dividend (and upset investors). I believe it's the "in your face" number hanging out there that keeps the team relatively more focused than a company that doesn't pay a dividend. A team focus on bolstering earnings is synonymous with rising share price. Today with computers and online access, large and small investors can find dividend-paying companies increasing in price. Having your cake and eating it too is more possible than ever.
Source: The Street
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This holiday season, give yourself the perfect gift: a growing source of retirement income. Whether you are currently retired, years away from retirement or about to take the leap -- one thing you likely need to think about is how to supplement your social security, pension or annuity income. As we transition into retirement, most of us are seeking answers as to how to provide additional supplemental income.
Cash dividends from stocks can provide the needed retirement supplemental income. Dividend payments are not guaranteed… but with a little effort, even the novice investor can build a portfolio of dividend paying stocks with a high probability of a continued and growing income stream.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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With the average S&P 500 dividend yield higher than the 1.8% ten-year Treasury yield, and some pundits warning of a possible bubble in bonds, many investors are turning to dividend-paying stocks for income heading into next year. Morningstar today taps some of its favorite stock pickers to name their top ten dividend stock picks, and the resulting list is heavy on healthcare companies (plus one cigarette maker that can help land you in the hospital).
Without further ado, the top 10: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), ConocoPhillips (COP), Intel (INTC), Eli Lilly (LLY), Novartis (NVS), Merck (MRK), Philip Morris (PM), Pfizer (PFE), Sysco (SYY) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).
Source: Baron's
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Though in reality it can be a pretty arbitrary choice of times, the end of each calendar year usually serves as a good time to look toward the future. Many of our Foolish contributors have been giving their thoughts on Things to Come in 2013.
Not wanting to miss out on the party, I've gone searching for some of the best dividend stocks to consider buying for the upcoming year. Read below to find out what the five candidates are: Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), StoneMor Partners (NYSE: STON), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Textainer (NYSE: TGH).
Source: Motley Fool
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Dividend investing is a great way for investors to see a steady stream of returns on their investments. Though the world of dividend investing can seem conservative and basic on the surface, there is a lot to know in the dividend world that can help investors create long term wealth. Here are 40 things every dividend investor should know about dividend investing:
1. Dividends = Meaningful Portion of Stock Returns.
Going back over the past 80 years, dividends have accounted for more than 40% of the total returns of the S&P 500. It is important to note, though, that that has not been a steady or consistent ratio – capital gains tend to be considerably larger percentages during bull markets, while dividends make up much larger portions in weaker markets.
Source: Dividend.com
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In recent months, you have undoubtedly read a lot of articles on the looming fiscal cliff. A lot of these articles have mentioned the real possibility of higher capital-gains taxes, and suggested ways to take advantage of the panic they are causing among dividend investors (some of which I have even written).
The logic behind the concept is pretty simple… higher taxes on dividends may send investors looking elsewhere to avoid paying slightly higher taxes. While the logic is sound, I feel it is important to point out that dividend stocks are, and will continue to be, a great investment vehicle.
Source: Market Intelligence Center
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In my column this weekend, I argued that Russian stocks might be a good bet. Alongside a more supportive global economic backdrop and cheap valuations, my argument included a couple of more structural reasons: A more creditable central bank and creating a central depository to make trading easier.
But as far as investors go, its getting a heck of a lot easier–and safer. The latest trend: Hefty dividends. Telecommunication company VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP), for instance, boosted its dividend today to 80 cents a share, a move that sent its shares skyrocketing up 3.2% in U.S. trading.
Source: Baron's
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Everybody likes to invest in well growing companies with strong brands and big cash flows, free for distributing to shareholders via share buybacks or dividend payments. The best stocks to buy are not only the cheapest shares with a low P/E or a high dividend yield. Good stocks are also those with a great track record in terms of industry growth and future growth prospects.
Now, we are close to year-end and I like to discover some growth stock picks for next year 2013. Today, I focus on stocks from the industrial goods sector (354 shares available). Here are the three best-yielding dividend stocks: AZZ Incorporated (AZZ), FLIR Systems (FLIR) and ABB (ABB).
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Investors have been concerned that higher taxes on dividend income will be coming down the pipeline if President Obama gets his way on tax hikes for high-income Americans. This is a legitimate worry, but I don't see higher taxes having much of an effect on the long-term shift in investor preferences for income.
Finally, I expect a good year for emerging markets. On this count, I was flat-out wrong in 2012 (as a value investor, I prefer to say "early"). I underestimated how badly the markets would react to slowing in China and Brazil. But after spending much of the past year in a correction, I expect to see emerging markets have a breakout year in 2013.
Source: Market Watch
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I’m a big believer in income investing, a strategy that includes buying stocks that pay dividends. How will such stocks be affected if the dividend tax rate goes up in the new year? First, some history. In 2003 Congress lowered the dividend tax rate, which was supposed to be great for dividend-paying stocks. So why didn’t dividend stocks surge past everything else? Because Congress simultaneously lowered the capital gains rate, which made investing in small-caps stocks, which typically don’t pay dividends, more attractive to investors seeking capital appreciation.
This, in part, lowered the demand for dividend-paying stocks, even at their new lower tax rate. This time around we could see the opposite happen. Yes, higher dividend tax rates would seemingly hurt large-cap dividend-paying stocks. But if capital gain taxes also go up, there could be less demand for the same small-cap “growers” that did so well after 2003 — and potentially more desire for large-cap dividend payers.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Well, we’ve made it to mid-December, and there’s no signs that the fiscal cliff will be averted. While a deal still could be in the offing, investors and companies alike are trying to come to terms with the potentially onerous tax burden on dividends they might be forced to face.
Those looking for a low-risk way to ride out the cliff might want to consider these top 10 Dow dividend stocks — all of which yield well over 3%: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD), Pfizer (PFE), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Merck (NYSE:MRK), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE:DD), Intel (INTC), Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T (T).
Source: InvestorPlace
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Three financially sound companies — but where’s the crowd? McDonald’s Corp., Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp. (US:MSFT) offer a steady dividend and have the cash to increase shareholder payouts, but investors lately have given these blue-chip stocks the cold shoulder. This year through Dec. 12, Intel (US:INTC) shares were down 15%, ranking it as the No. 2 percentage decliner on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (US:DJIA) . McDonald’s (US:MCD) had dropped 11%, making it the No. 3 Dow decliner. Only the stock of troubled Hewlett-Packard (US:HPQ) has fared worse.
For bargain-hunters who would rather earn income from stocks than bonds, MarketWatch searched for reliable dividend-paying companies whose shares are bruised and whose balance sheets aren’t too debt-laden (total debt is less than 60% of total capital on the books). Using FactSet’s database, we identified companies that have hiked their stock dividend each year since 2007, and whose shares sport a dividend yield of 3% or more, carry a stable S&P credit rating of B+ or higher, and trade at least 10% below their 52-week high.
Source: MarketWatch
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Should we go over the fiscal cliff, it’ll affect nearly all of us. So if you aren’t you paying attention to dividend stocks yet, you should be. Although taxes will likely go up on dividends, they are a sound investment, as an analysis from Forbes points out. First, consider the market overall. Interest rates are rock-bottom everywhere, and the Fed’s most recent announcement that it will keep rates low means those numbers aren’t changing for a good while yet. By that measure, even a mere 2 percent return on dividend stocks is doing better than most things on the market, Forbes reports.
Investing outside of retirement accounts means you can withdraw before specified age limits without incurring penalties. And, of course, you aren’t limited by your reasons for withdrawal(s). And don’t forget about inflation. Dividend paying stock ETFs tend to pay out between 1-5 percent and can appreciate nicely. There are many ETFs that have averaged a total return of over 10 percent annually in just the last three years (despite the worldwide economic turmoils).
Source: WealthDaily
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The prospects of new tax laws may blunt the general appeal for dividend stocks in 2013. Let’s face it: the odds are increasing that stock dividends will be taxed at a higher rate than the current 15%. The tax on stock dividends could approach ordinary income rates—just like current tax rates on bond coupons. But don’t despair income investors. Did you know that there are actually stocks with dividend yields much greater than their bond yields? This phenomenon is rare, because most times a company’s bond yield is much greater than its stock dividend yield.
Even if we hike dividend tax rates to ordinary income rates, some high dividend stocks will still be attractive compared to their bonds. They will still pay higher rates. And you have the added potential of stock appreciation, which is absent with the bonds. So let the fiscal cliff debate rage on. Here are three stocks for an income portfolio that will still look good no matter what that tax rate will be next year: ConocoPhillips (COP), People’s United Financial (PBCT) and Philip Morris International (PM).
Source: Forbes
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While it seems reasonable that the fiscal cliff is probably priced into the market, though we can’t say how much, one area where anxiety about the fiscal cliff is likely to appear again is in the dividend bearing stocks, names like Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY), H.J. Heinz (NYSE:HNZ), Conoco Phillips (NYSE:COP), Waste Management (NYSE:WM), Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS) and Aflac (NYSE:AFL).
That presents some very interesting opportunities for traders but don’t make the mistake of shorting the strongest of these names. In volatile markets, many traders go to cash and sit on the sidelines – and their portfolios suffer for it. But investors’ fears are a powerful tool that can be used to trade the VIX for huge profits.
Source: InvestorPlace
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Due to the technology sector's burgeoning status as destination for income investors, some of the sectors dividend-paying members are becoming more prominent in dividend-focused ETFs. Predictably, ETF and dividend investors alike want to know when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which earlier this year announced its first payout since 1995, will join dividend funds.
At least one ETF issuer is providing an answer. WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF) today announced the results of its annual index rebalancing, noting that Apple will make its way into several of the issuers dividend-focused funds later this month. One of the indexes that has been rebalanced is the WisdomTree Dividend Index (WTDI), the index tracked by the $268.4 million WisdomTree Total Dividend Fund (NYSE: DTD). At the close of trading on December 21, Apple will become DTD's third-largest holding at a weight of just over three percent.
Source: IBTimes
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Large pharmaceutical companies sharing their cash flow with investors through dividends makes a lot of sense. Honestly, there isn't much reason to own Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY ) , GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) except for their oversized dividends. But smaller specialty pharma issuing dividends? I really don't get it.
Earlier this year Questcor Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: QCOR ) initiated a quarterly dividend that it's handing out a little early. And this week Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI ) said it's issuing a $0.15-per-share special dividend. Really, guys? You can't find any better use for the cash?
Source: Motley Fool
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This year has been an interesting year for the income investors. As a result of low interest rates, the money has flowed into high dividend stocks. Many companies have realized that, and increased their dividends in order to attract investors. I liked three companies in particular due to solid earnings growth and an impressive history of dividend increases. Companies with such dividend growth histories could be nice additions to a safe retirement portfolio.
These companies generate free cash flows in excess of dividend payments, which should provide stability to dividend payments. Furthermore, all of these companies have the history of raising dividends by generous amounts. I believe income hunters should definitely take a look at these companies: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK).
Source: Motley Fool
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Clare Hart, portfolio manager of the JPM US Equity Income Fund, says that concerns over the looming US fiscal cliff are overdone, creating opportunities for long term investors. The risk that US politicians will drive off the fiscal cliff is remote. With the new landscape in Washington now clear, political expediency is likely to push the two parties towards a compromise.
The coming weeks are likely to see some volatility for US stocks in general as a deal is sought on the fiscal cliff, and perhaps for dividend stocks in particular as investors worry about tax changes. But with dividends growing, valuations looking reasonable and history suggesting investors have little to fear, this volatility should be seen as a buying opportunity.
Source: Investment Europe
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Investment gurus are asset or fund managers with big amounts of cash under management. They became popular by big returns and spectacular investment strategies. I talk about investors like George Soros and Warren Buffett. They all have one thing in common: The average return beats the market and if they invest, the market follows.
I made a screen of the biggest stock sells from 49 super investors over the recent six month and ranked them in my 100 best Guru sells list. They all sold in total 630 different stocks within the past half-year. The top stocks are Wal-Mart (WMT), Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG). Here are the 3 most sold stocks: Microsoft (MSFT), Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and Citigroup (C).
Source: Guru Focus
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So which is better: stocks that pay a modest dividend but offer the promise to grow that dividend in the future, or stocks that pay out most of their earnings as dividends with seemingly little potential for growth? There are pros and cons to both approaches. Dividend growth companies are often higher quality with disciplined managers focused on stable dividend growth. The ability to increase dividends through thick and thin suggests a management culture very concerned about protecting and growing dividends.
This is a good signal for future growth, as it keeps managers focused on allocating capital wisely. Warren Buffet is widely known as a dividend growth investor. A counterargument is the fact that while growth sounds appealing, that growth is often priced into the value of the stock. Additionally, the current economic environment is characterized as having low growth, so reinvested dividends may not earn high rates of return.
Source: Morningstar
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If you're an investor, there's no more direct route to sharing in the wealth of corporate profits than dividends. Owning a slice of a company earns you money on a regular basis. Not a bad deal, if you ask me. But it's not always as simple as that, and many a dividend investor can be lured into buying shares of companies that offer huge dividend yields. Two months ago, I warned investors that Midwestern grocery chain Roundy's (NYSE: RNDY) dividend looked too good to be true. At the time, it yielded 14.4%. The company has since cut it, and its stock price has fallen 25%.
Below, I'll share three more companies with big dividends that I'm not so certain about. You see, because of some funny accounting rules I won't get into here, the term "earnings" doesn't exactly represent how much money a company has brought in. Instead, we can look to free cash flow for a more realistic picture of how much money a company has brought in. Then, we can check to see how much of that money is being used to pay out dividends. Below are the three dividend companies I'll be avoiding in 2013, and the important metrics to be aware of: Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), Vector Group (NYSE: VGR) and United Online (Nasdaq: UNTD).
Source: Motley Fool
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Four years ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed and interest rates plunged. The Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark overnight rate from 5.75% to almost zero in a desperate effort to repair the damage. It has been stranded there ever since. Record low yields, even negative ones, have become a way of life, so much so that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke apologized to fixed-income investors for the hardship he has caused. Moreover, there is no relief in sight. All of the central banks are committed to keeping a lid on rates indefinitely in order to spur the recovery.
There is another problem. These income investors are jumping into an already overcrowded sector of the market. Dividend paying shares are all the rage. People looking for growth have been battered by the slow recovery and volatile markets. So they too are turning to dividends in order to supplement their return. More than $32 billion has been invested in income equity funds since January. Here in Canada there were a lot of defensive investors left stranded when their income trusts converted to corporations. They are always reaching for stocks offering above average yields. The result is that all of the safer blue-chip stocks are relatively expensive.
Source: Guru Focus
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Dividends can help provide some stability to a volatile portfolio and boost returns. In a span that covers the last 32 years prior to 2012, the Wall Street Journal notes that dividend-paying stocks have returned an average of 8.9% annually, compared to 1.8% for non-dividend paying stocks.
Per billionaire David Tepper’s 3Q 13F we have identified five high dividend-paying stocks that Tepper owned at the end of 3Q: Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN), Sealed Air Corp (NYSE:SEE), Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M), JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO).
Source: Insider Monkey
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WHO ARE THE RICH? First an apology for using the term "rich." Because this is about pending tax policy, we are using the Washington D.C. working definition of rich. You know - the movement that began with soak Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, because billionaires don't pay enough and actually want to pay more - the soak the billionaires movement that quietly became the soak the millionaires movement, that morphed into soak the rich, who we find are those couples who make $250,000 per year or more (and singles who make $200,000 per year or more).
Those who fear that dividend stocks will collapse due to the scheduled increase of dividend taxes to the ordinary rate are most likely wrong, because the impact is far less on the rich (as defined above) and far less overall than the surface numbers suggest. FIRST, only about 1/2 of all dividends are earned by individual taxpayers. SECOND, about only 60% of all dividends earned by individuals were earned by those in the rich category.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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Given the prophecies from many economists that a failure to act on the fiscal cliff by Congress will bring economic doom, and given how sensitive the market has been to headlines over the past three years, the stock market’s recent even keel has surprised many observers, including us. Regardless of the market’s seeming indifference to the cliff, we still believe that a failure by Congress to agree on a solution prior to year-end would result in a sizeable drop in stock market prices. How sizeable?
In light of these recent precedents, we believe a failure by the politicians to reach any agreement prior to December 31 could push the Dow down by about 10%. There are arguments on both sides of the question as to whether or not some risk of going over the cliff is already priced into the market, but, let’s assume it hasn’t. We’ll explain later why we believe the risk of a big market selloff is less today than in the earlier stalemates. A 10% selloff would be a problem, but not a catastrophe, since bear markets, by definition, don’t start until the market drops 20% or more. However, the cliché about going over a cliff definitely applies here: It isn’t the fall that’s dangerous, it’s the landing.
Source: Donaldson Capital Management
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Investors have had to endure a lot of turbulence and volatility this year, but it's been a very good year for those who invest in dividend-paying stocks. In the third quarter, dividend increases by U.S. companies amounted to $8.8 billion, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. During the quarter, there were nearly 440 dividend increases, up more than 25% from the third quarter of 2011. Companies that aren't in the S&P 500 also are among those sharing the wealth. The percentage of non-S&P 500 common issues paying a dividend again increased, to 43.4% in the third quarter from 42.7% in the second quarter, 41.7% in the first quarter and 41.4% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2011.
Even with all the positive news for dividend-paying stocks, there are some that are best avoided. Here are a few to keep out of your portfolio: Two dividend stocks investors should avoid are Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX). Another yield trap is electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), whose 5.6% yield makes it hard to ignore. Best Buy's payout has more than doubled since 2005 and the company raised the dividend this year. Another dividend-paying stock, real estate investment trust Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY), has been a favorite of income investors in recent years and it's easy to see why: The shares currently yield almost 14%.
Source: Money Morning
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Espey Manufacturing & Electronics Corp (ESP) is a power electronics design and original equipment manufacturing company with a long history of developing and delivering products for use in military and severe environment applications. All design, manufacturing and testing is performed in its more than 150,000 square-foot facility located at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
ESP has paid a special dividend of at least $1.00 per share for each of the last five fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. The special dividend should be treated as an ordinary dividend because of its recurring nature and the significant net cash balances. The readjusted dividend yield should be 7% instead, making the stock much more attractive.
Source: Guru Focus
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Dividend stocks for the serious growth investor. We’re hunting down Canadian and U.S. names that meet the disciplined, methodical approach of successful growth investor Martin Zweig – plus provide some decent income. Mr. Zweig was very diligent in his stock pickings, and the results paid off. In the 15 years that the Hulbert Financial Digest has monitored his highly regarded Zweig Forecast, its investing strategy has ranked as No. 1 among newsletters, producing 15.9-per-cent annualized returns.
Using such rigorous criteria means not many dividend stocks made the list. But we’re left with a handful of names that have a lot of promising growth characteristics, as well as producing some pretty attractive yields. Mortgage underwriter First National Financial Corp., for instance, yields a handsome 7.5 per cent. And it also scores amongst the highest for relative strength. One huge U.S. company made the list: General Electric Co. Its dividend yield of 3.3 per cent isn’t the biggest, but it would seem to be one of the safer stocks here given its wide diversification both geographically and within industries.
Source: Globe And Mail
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Since I’ve become interested in dividend-paying companies, I am constructing a model portfolio that I will present to the Motley Fool community, I am now planning to dig deeper into individual companies that are working their way to the top of my list. I’m planning to introduce one individual company each week until I have added ten companies to my initial portfolio. I will add from there as funds permit and as I discover new companies worth adding.
I review the company on seven different criteria: yield, number of years paying and raising dividends, 5-year Dividend Growth Rate (DGR), 5-year projected Earnings Growth Rate (EGR), total return for the past twelve months, PE and payout ratio. I constructed a rating system that awards points for each of the previous criteria. A “perfect” score would be 28 points, with 4 points awarded for all seven categories. The highest score that was realized by any company that I have examined so far is an 18, and it is awarded to Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT).
Source: Motley Fool
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It's one of the biggest questions facing income investors today: What does the "fiscal cliff" mean for dividend stocks? The term "fiscal cliff," coined last year by Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke, describes more than $500 billion in automatic tax hikes, including higher dividend tax rates; and $100 billion in spending cuts, as well as a debt limit increase. If history is any guide, then your high-yield holdings should weather any dividend tax increase in the long term.
Historically, dividend stocks underperformed non-dividend payers for about six months after a dividend tax increase, according to Ned Davis Research Group. The worst of it came in the first three months after the tax increase, as non-payers gained about 50% more than payers during that time. However, longer term, dividend payers far out-performed the broader market. During the past 40 years, S&P 500 dividend payers returned an average 8.7% annually versus just 1.5% for non-dividend payers, according to Ned Davis Research. So a short-term correction could prove to be a buying opportunity.
Source: Street Authority
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Warren Buffett – Berkshire Hathaway Q3/2012 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Buy big dividend stocks is one of my favorite claims. A great investor who followed this approach successfully is Warren Buffett. I made a list of his best yielding stocks from his latest reported billionaire’s fund – Berkshire Hathaway. From his 38 stocks pay 28 dividends. The highest yielding stock is GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British drug company. Its dividend yield is 5.32 percent. The top stocks are a mix of drugs, oil & gas and newspaper businesses.
The average yield of his dividend stocks is 2.44 percent – not a very high value. It makes definitely sense to give up yield for growth and value. Warren Buffett’s Top 3 Fund Holdings: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), ConocoPhillips (COP) and Gannett (GCI).
Source: Trefis
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Tech stocks with strong exposure to the PC sector have been trending down and in many cases have declined to levels that many investors did not see coming. Just look at names like Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). At many levels on the way down, it was easy to make a fundamental case for buying the stock, but that has not worked for many investors as these stocks remain near 52-week lows. There are a few reasons why Intel (INTC) shares might also have further downside, and because of that it might be too early to buy.
Here are a few points to consider: 1. Intel has some company-specific issues which could continue to put pressure on the stock. This includes the fact that CEO Paul Otellini recently announced that he plans to resign around May 2013. 2. Intel is also facing macro-economic and PC-industry challenges. The European debt crisis has pushed unemployment to record levels in countries like Spain, France and Portugal and there does not appear to be a quick-fix. 3. Wall Street analysts seem to be getting more bearish on the PC sector and Intel in particular. Analysts at Stern Agee just cut their price target for Intel shares to $18.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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In recent weeks, companies have been unloading tons of cash on their investors in droves in the form of surprise dividends. They're doing this because if we go over the fiscal cliff, Bush-era tax cuts will expire sending the dividend income tax from 15% to as much as 43%. Big names offering these special dividends include Costco and Wynn Resorts. Walmart and Oracle are among the companies accelerating dividend payments to beat the potential tax hike. So, which companies will announce next?
Deutsche Bank's David Bianco developed a screening process to see which companies are likely to surprise their investors: We screen S&P 500 non-financial dividend paying stocks on three primary criteria – insider ownership >1%, cash on balance sheet >5%, and domestic sales >50%. Since repatriation taxes need to be paid on foreign profits, only companies with high domestic cash balances are likely to use it to pay a special dividend. We also use two secondary criteria – low net debt to equity, and strong 12 month relative performance vs. the sector. We use all the five criteria to come up with a multifactor score. The screen shows the companies that rank in the top half of the S&P 500 based on the multifactor score. Of the 46 companies that make our special dividend screen five announced a special dividend in 2012.
Source: Business Insider
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The low, low interest rates of the past several years have placed a premium and emphasis on dividend paying stocks. While this is sound thinking, it’s incomplete. For all but the most unique circumstances, investors want to focus on dividend paying stocks with a track record of consistently increasing their dividend.
Dividend payout ratio [is] an important variable in assessing whether or not a company can continue to increase dividend payments to shareholders. The payout ratio is defined as Dividend Per Share ÷ Earnings Per Share. The higher the ratio, the less room a company has to keep the dividend constant or increasing in lean years, simply by increasing the percent of net income that is allocated to shareholders. The payout ratio is not a silver bullet for assessing dividend-paying ability. For instance, companies with high amounts of depreciation will present a distorted picture, as cash flow per share is likely to be higher than earnings per share.
Source: Minyanville
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Last year at this time, I made a screen of some stocks from the healthcare sector with an interesting market valuation, a great past growth performance as well as good earnings situation. Over the recent year the Dow Jones Index is up 8.36 percent, the S&P 500 gained 13.82 percent and the Nasdaq is 14.58 percent higher.
My seven healthcare picks from last year performed on average 31.55 percent while the healthcare sector summarized a total gain of 25.7 percent. Below is a current screen of the seven picks with performance figures. Here are my favorite stocks: Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Herbalife (HLF), Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA),
Source: Guru Focus
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