Archive for January, 2009

Bear market tips for dividend investors

It’s been a bit of a minefield lately for dividend stock investors as it seems dividends are being cut left and right and there’s talk of still others appearing to be in jeopardy.
In a just-released video, Josh Peters, editor of MorningStar DividendInvestor and author of The Ultimate Dividend Playbook offers three useful tips to help [...]

High dividends + insider buying = opportunity

When I hear about stocks with 9%+ dividend yields that are being bought by corporate insiders I pay attention. In this case it’s not stocks but Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) (which pay distributions – not dividends) that are the subject of a short (2:56) interview (see below) with insider expert Jonathan Moreland, author of [...]

Why I’m not buying Johnson & Johnson

If there’s one stock that seems to be on just about everyone’s list of recommended dividend stocks it’s Johnson & Johnson (JNJ: 58.77 +0.27%, yld: 3.51%). It’s not hard to understand why – it’s a great company with consistent earnings and dividend growth, and the stock so far has significantly outperformed during what has been [...]

Introduction to DividendStocks4Income

I’ve been involved in the market for over 25 years – mostly in options and trading.  Now, looking ahead to retirement sometime in the next 10-20 years, I’ve become increasingly focused on income investing, and in building an investment portfolio capable of providing all or most of a post-retirement income.
If I were just starting out [...]