Well, okay, it’s impossible to say for sure which dividends are safe and which aren’t in this “take no prisoners” bear market. But one sure sign of an unsafe dividend is a double-digit yield. Or is it? According to Investopedia, not all double-digit yields are created equal. After screening all the stocks in the S&P [...]
CNBC came out this morning with a sorted list of the highest dividend yields of the Dow 30 stocks – from highest to lowest. Here’s my quick take on all of the dividend-paying stocks in the Dow yielding 2% or more (the stars represent Dividendinvestor.com’s star ranking system – three stars are five years of [...]
SmartMoney has come out with a list of dividend stocks with 5% dividend yields you can believe in. The list includes such names as Consolidated Edison, Eli Lilly, Genuine Parts Co., Heinz, Pitney Bowes and Verizon – several of which I’m actively following. However, I’m not buying any of them yet. Here are my quick [...]
For two contrasting takes on dividend stocks, check out Barron’s Best Dividend Plays for 2009 (as reported on Seeking Alpha) and AB Analytical Services’ list of stocks with Dividends on Death Row. Among the stocks in the first group – those that Barron’s feels have reasonably secure dividends – are Altria Group [[MO]], Bristol-Myers Squibb [...]
The secret to long-term returns is … dividends. That’s the reminder today from Raymond James’ Chief Investment Strategist Jeffrey Saut, who, in a post on the company’s Investment Strategy page, also cautioned market participants not to get too bearish. Saut notes that, since 1926, dividends have accounted for 4.5% of the market’s average total annualized [...]
