Dividend stocks can be an excellent addition to your investment portfolio. Whether you choose to reinvest your payouts or leverage them as an additional source of income, the appeal of dividend stocks is undeniable. Given that some companies have...
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Finding a good dividend involves more than just screening for high yields and long track records of annual payout raises. Many blue chip businesses would show up in that search, but only a few of these stocks will end up generating the type of...
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Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) made headlines this week by disclosing that it would pay an upcoming dividend to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) in cash instead of stock. That shift in how it pays...
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What may make sense now is for nervous investors to hunker down in safe dividend-paying stocks of companies with products that will not go out of demand, at least until the election is settled and we...
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What's more attractive to income-seeking investors than a solid dividend stock? A solid stock with dividends that increase year in and year out. The longer the track record of dividend increases, the better.It's easy to find stocks that meet those...
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For the second quarter in a row, New Residential Investment (NYSE: NRZ) is lifting its most important shareholder payout. The mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) announced after market close Wednesday that it has declared a fresh set of...
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Shares of Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) were climbing today after the Olive Garden parent beat bottom-line estimates in its first-quarter earnings report, offered promising guidance for the current quarter, and reinstated its dividend, all signs...
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Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) are both generally considered stable dividend stocks. However, Verizon's stock held up better throughout the COVID-19 crisis, slipping just 4% since the beginning of the year as Coca-Cola's stock tumbled...
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Utilities like Southern Company (NYSE: SO) don't offer the high-powered growth potential of other stocks. Instead, the company's main appeal is to income-focused investors like retirees, given its above-average dividend yield of 4.8%.Here's a...
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W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) has done something very special this year by increasing its dividend each and every quarter. While there are no guarantees about the future, this real estate investment trust (REIT) is proving during one of the worst market...
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