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I will share my journey with you on my quest for achieving a sizeable passive income stream. I would achieve that by investing in dividend paying stocks which have the tendency to consistently increase their payments year over year.
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Stanley Works (SWK) Dividend Stock Analysis
The Stanley Works manufactures tools and engineered security solutions worldwide. The company, which has raised dividends for 42 consecutive years, is a member of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats index.Since 1999 this dividend stock has delivered an...
Not all dividend stocks are overvalued
While the market has enjoyed impressive gains ever since it hit a multi year low in March 2009, investors are beginning to get nervous about valuation. If valuation is too high, chances are that investors are overpaying for stocks purchased, which c...
Coca Cola (KO) Dividend Stock Analysis
The Coca-Cola Company manufactures, distributes, and markets nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups worldwide. It principally offers sparkling and still beverages. The company is member of the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and the S&...
Eli Lilly (LLY) Dividend Stock Analysis
Eli Lilly and Company engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of pharmaceutical products in the United States, Puerto Rico, and internationally. The company offers neuroscience products, endocrine products, oncology products, an...
Clorox (CLX) Dividend Stock Analysis
The Clorox Company manufactures and markets a range of consumer products. The company is also member of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats index. This diversified maker of household cleaning, grocery and specialty food products is also a top manufactu...
Best International Dividend Stocks
In a previous article I provided a list with the best dividend stocks for the long run. Since the list included only US stocks several readers asked for a similar list with international dividend growth stocks instead. Furthermore, I am also looking...
General vs Limited Partners in MLP's
There are two types of partners in a Master Limited Partnership structure, a general partner and limited partners.The general partner manages the master limited partnership and typically holds a 2% economic interest in it. The general partner also r...
Special Dividends Unlock Hidden Value in Stocks
Most investors view stocks as lottery tickets – they buy and hope for the greater fool theory to kick in order to sell at a profit. More often than not however these investors lose a lot of money in the stock market, as they never seem to learn tha...
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) – an island of stability for dividend investors
Master Limited Partnerships are limited by US Code to only apply to enterprises that engage in certain businesses, mostly pertaining to the use of natural resources, such as petroleum and natural gas extraction and transportation. They combine the ta...
My take on State Street’s dividend cut
Yesterday, the board of State Street (STT) announced that they would be cutting the quarterly dividend from $0.24/share to $0.01/share. STT joined the ranks of other financial institutions such as Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) with in this ...
Altria (MO) - a recession proof high yield dividend stock
There are two extreme camps of Altria’s (MO) future prospects. One of the camps is the bullish one which claims that Altria is a near monopoly, which has a 50.40% of the US cigarettes market and has nothing else to do with its cash than to distribu...
Best Dividends Stocks for the Long Run
In his book, Stocks for the Long Run, Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel proves that stocks have been the best performing investing for the past 200 years in the US. Equities outperformed other assets classes such as gold and fixed income. Typically, st...
Is GE’s dividend safe?
Last week General Electric reiterated for the second time that it will continue paying out a quarterly dividend of $0.31/share in 2009. GE is going thought a difficult transition, as it is trying to deleverage and decrease the profit contribution of ...
Dividend Capture Strategy – The illusion of getting something for nothing
Dividend Capture strategies are gaining popularity among speculators who don’t want to be too exposed to market risk, while also being able to pocket the dividends. My reader Ammar Husami asked me about my opinion on the subject. The dividend captu...
