When investing in a market like this – where every trading day seems to be just another opportunity for the market to sell off – it pays to keep a long-term perspective. That’s why historical gauges of stock market valuation like Robert J. Shiller’s cyclically adjusted price earnings (CAPE) ratio are so useful. Designed to [...]
As the market continues to fall, those investors who are taking the opportunity to buy are likely to be amply rewarded in the years ahead. That’s the reminder from Larry MacDonald of Canadian Business, who recently offered the following quote from William Bernstein’s book The Four Pillars of Investing: The rewards of fishing in such [...]
While surveying the investing landscape for worthwhile dividend investments I seem to keep running across certain names more than others. One of those is the 3M Company [[MMM]] – a self-described diversified technology company with businesses in everything from materials and manufacturing to electronics and health care. But, most important to me, it has one [...]
A list of 10 dividend stocks with 50+ years of consecutive increases has been compiled by Dividends Value. It includes such recognizable names as Procter & Gamble [[PG]] and 3M [[MMM]], as well as some that are less familiar like Dover Corp. [[DOV]] and Parker-Hannifin Corp. [[PH]]. All the companies on the list have achieved [...]
Standard & Poor’s senior index analyst Howard Silverblatt still believes in dividends. However, in a recent S&P video commentary he notes that in the current environment – in which dividend cutting has become acceptable – finding stocks with reasonably safe dividends isn’t easy. But, he says, they’re out there. To help investors navigate through the [...]
