Avoid This Common Dividend Investor Mistake
Introduction During my eight years of writing about stock investing it has been commonplace for me to run across investors, usually dividend investors, who make the mistake of assuming dividends…
Don’t buy stocks for their dividend yields, this chart suggests
The highest-yielding dividend stocks have been sharp laggards on the year, with their yields failing to compensate for the underperformance It hasn’t been a good year to be an investor…
SPYD: I Never Knew A 4.65% Yield Could Come At Such A High Price
As far as I can tell, in all the years I have written almost exclusively about ETFs here on Seeking Alpha, I have never had the opportunity to review SPDR…
Sensing end of Fed hikes, some investors return to dividend stocks
NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) – Some investors are giving the shares of dividend-rich companies a second look as expectations grow that the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of…
Are AT&T and Verizon’s Dividends Safe? What the Math Says.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for AT&T and Verizon Communications, shares of the two telecom titans have been hammered in recent days after The Wall Street…
There Is No Melt-Up In Dividend Stocks, Yet
Summary Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in. – John D. Rockefeller. Dividend stocks, once a stalwart of steady performance…
Dividend Investing: Why It Is Dumb Logic
Summary Investors seem to love dividends, especially readers on Seeking Alpha. But here is the thing: If a stock pays a dividend or not, it doesn’t tell you anything about…
Is Chevron a good dividend stock amid uncertainty about oil and the debt ceiling?
The broader markets have seen cautious trading lately amid ongoing discussions about the U.S. debt ceiling, uncertainty that could send investors scrambling for safety plays, leading to a raised profile…