When you hear the names Cisco (CSCO), Oracle (ORCL), Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC), "dividend stocks" is probably not the first thought to enter your mind. It wasn't that long ago that tech companies simply didn't pay dividends. Every penny earned was plowed back into the business. The entire focus was on growth, and investors were looking for capital gains. Long-considered the domain of momentum or growth investors, many tech stocks have matured and begun paying a reasonable dividend.
Granted, the tech sector hasn't garnered the same following from income investors as traditional higher-yielding sectors such as consumer defensive, healthcare and financial services. However, there are several valid tech options to consider that will pay us a growing income stream while diversifying our portfolios. This week week, I screened my dividend growth stocks database for Technology companies with a yield at or above 2.5% and that have increased their dividends for at least 9 consecutive years. The results are presented below:
Source: Dividend Growth Stocks
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5 Higher-Yielding, Income Growing Tech Stocks
Posted by D4L | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | ArticleLinks | 0 comments »________________________________________________________________
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