American Electric Power: A Safe and Growing Dividend for Retirement Income
However, thanks to eight years of record low interest rates many of the best high dividend stocks (including utilities) are trading … Read more
Simply Safe Dividends
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT): A Beaten-Down, High-Yield REIT Paying Safe Dividends
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are an appealing way for income investors to benefit from rental properties without any of … Read more
B&G Foods (BGS): A High Yield Stock With Double-Digit Dividend Growth
Food stocks can often make excellent long-term dividend growth investments, thanks to the highly defensive nature of their businesses. After … Read more
Cisco Drops 8% – Time To Buy for Dividend Investors or Value Trap?
Cisco (CSCO) announced quarterly earnings results after the market closed on Wednesday, May 17, causing its stock price to drop … Read more
Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA): How Safe Is The High Dividend Yield?
Certain large pharmaceutical companies have proven to be excellent high-yield dividend growth stocks. However, due to the cyclical nature of … Read more
Telus (TU): One Of The Safest And Fastest-Growing Dividends In Telecom
Telus (TU) is one of the telecom companies on our list of the best high dividend stocks with safe, growing … Read more
Vodafone Group: A High Dividend Opportunity or Value Trap?
Telecom stocks such as AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) often serve as core holdings for income investors who have a … Read more
The Magic Of Rising Dividends
Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) are an appealing way to put your financial future on auto-pilot. And given that the number … Read more
Will Toronto-Dominion Get Hit Hard When Canada’s Housing Bubble Blows Up?
Up until the financial crisis, when many U.S. banks were nearly destroyed by disastrous amounts of leverage and risky bets … Read more
Icahn At 12% Yield and a Four-Year Low, But Is It Safe?
One investing school of thought is that you should find an amazing investor and ride his or her coat tails … Read more
CSI Compressco
CSI Compressco LP (CCLP) surprised many income investors last week when it announced a 50% cut to its distribution, sending its … Read more
Dividend Aristocrat Grainger (GWW) Is Down 24% Since February: Buying Opportunity Or Amazon Victim?
Grainger (GWW) has seen its stock price slide by more than 20% since early February, catching the attention of many … Read more
Question From a Reader: How Should I React to Apparently-Cautionary Statistics?
A recent article I published on the safety of Verizon’s dividend garnered a lot of interesting discussion. I did … Read more
Seagate Technology (STX): High Yield Dividend Play or Value Trap?
Many of the most popular high yield stocks are real estate investment trusts (REITs), master limited partnership (MLPs), and business … Read more
Clearing the Air on Verizon’s Dividend Safety
A number of readers have emailed me in recent weeks wondering about Verizon’s (VZ) dividend safety. Their anxiety developed … Read more