Dividend Investing

How to Increase Shareholder Return Today

The Wall Street Journal ran an article yesterday titled Top U.S. Firms Are Cash-Rich Abroad, Cash-Poor at Home. The piece pointed out that American...

Why Stocks Go Up

Stocks have been wild lately. They swing up; they swing down. Listen to the boys and girls on CNBC and you hear, “You bet...

Income Investors: Be Not Afraid

The Problem Without congressional action the Bush tax cuts will expire in 2013. Expiration would lead to higher income taxes for all brackets, and lead...

50% Tax on Dividends

Determining your income needs for retirement is no easy task. In terms of enjoyment, it is right up there with getting a root canal...

Dividend Increases

According to Standard & Poor’s, 2011 is setting up to be an excellent year for dividend increases. To date, at least 150 companies have...

The Dividend Mandate

Income investors can’t help but be discouraged by the current state of affairs. T-bills yield 0.10%, and two-year Treasury notes yield 0.62%. Albert Einstein described...

A Treasure Trove for Dividend Investors

As many of you know, I invest exclusively in dividend-paying stocks, and I advise the same for my strategy report subscribers. If a company...

Gold is at $1,400

Don't tell me there is no inflation, the price of gold has topped $1,400/ounce. The Dow Jones Industrials are up year-to-date and over the...

They’ll Wonder How You Live So Well

The businesses of the top 10 companies in the Vanguard Dividend Achievers fund could easily be part of your Saturday morning errands, especially if...

Need Yield?

Do you invest in stocks for income? Is your portfolio focused primarily on U.S. stocks? If so, you might consider diversifying globally. The dividend...