Why dividend growth investors may want to pass on ETFs
Dividend growth is one of the most powerful concepts in investing because it’s so compellingly simple. A company paying a dividend that rises year by year generally can be considered…
VIG Vs. VIGI: One Of These Is The Best Dividend Aristocrat ETF
Summary How World-Beater ETFs Can Change Your Life The Dividend Kings ZEUS Income Growth Portfolio This is the target allocation of the DK ZEUS Income Growth portfolio, which is what…
Dividend Futures Recovering Somewhat After Silicon Valley Bank Run
Summary On 10 March 2023, federal bank regulators shut Silicon Valley Bank (OTC:SIVBQ). Their action followed a run on its deposits. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank represents the second…
US dividend funds see biggest quarterly outflows in 2-1/2 years
U.S. dividend funds have faced steep outflows this year after strong inflows last year as investors rush to safer money market funds and bank deposits, providing high returns without much…
Will Your REITs Cut Their Dividend?
Summary Right now, REIT dividend yields are the highest they have been in a long time. This is because their share prices have dropped significantly over the past year, even…
A Visual History Of Unfavorable Dividend Changes
Summary Unfavorable changes. Just saying that phrase doesn’t sound good, because it means something has turned for the worse. When it comes to stock market dividends, it is, unfortunately, a…
Dividend Futures Evaporate After U.S. Bank Failures
Summary What does it take to quickly reverse an improving outlook for dividends? As we learned last week, it takes the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history combined with two…
Stocks Versus Bonds Today
I wanted to present some general discussion about fixed income securities. I will then present the companies I invested in this week, followed by a detailed review of each at…
When Dividend Growth Goes Off The Rails
As long as I’ve been writing about dividend investing, people have asked me, “Doesn’t a high yield indicate higher risk?”. I am faced with incredulity and shock when I reply…
Dividend Stocks Have New Competition: Cash
Just 34 stocks in the S&P 500 have a dividend yield above that on the six-month Treasury bill AT&T (T cut its dividend last year when it divested the WarnerMedia…