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Seven Companies Raising Their Dividends

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:15:39 GMT

It is well-documented that a significant portion of the historical equity returns are a result of reinvested dividends. Performance in any given year is driven by capital appreciation, but long-term returns are largely the result of reinvested dividends.[More...]

General vs Limited Partners in MLP's

Wed, 20 May 2009 13:40:00 GMT

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 receives a percentage of the profits off the top, before the[More...]

For Dividend-Seekers, Financial Crisis Means it’s Time to Dip Into DRIPs

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:51:00 GMT

(Editor’s Note: This is the latest installment of a new series that will explore ways for investors to recover from the U.S. financial crisis.) By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor ... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

Warning: These 5 REITs Still Pay Dividends, But Not In Cash

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:51:00 GMT

"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." Wimpy, character from the cartoon series Popeye As many of you may remember, Wimpy was not only a character from the Popey cartoon series, he was also a glutton for hamburgers, and he would consume them at a ferocious rate. Of course, "Tuesday" would never come, and Wimpy constantly secured himself a free lunch. These days, REITs are increasingly[More...]

How To Be A Good Dividend Investor

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:43:00 GMT

Dividends investing is a sub-set of equity investing that requires patience, discipline and an appreciation of cash flows. It is certainly not sexy but, because of the cash-rich nature of the product, it appeals to people with a steady-eddie approach to investing. If you want to become a dividend investor, what are some ideal steps to take? Educate yourself There is no single bible of dividend investing but The Ultimate Dividend Handbook is a good start into the ins and outs of dividend investing. There are also many great dividend blogs out there. I would suggest the following three as a starting point (but, again, there are a lot of great dividend investing blogs). The Dividend Guy is one of the older blogs[More...]

Dilutive Dividends: Coming To a REIT Near You!

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:02:00 GMT

With the capital markets offering financing in spasmodic fits of miserly insuffiency, almost no capital intensive industry can escape the effects of this money mess. No business is more exposed to this financial firestorm more than Mortgage REITS, which make money using the old fashioned spread lending. They borrow at 5%, lend the proceeds out at 7% and pocket the difference, assuming their miscreant borrowers manage to pony up each month. But now that these REITs are unable to borrow and basically out of cash, how are they going to make it through next quarter, never mind survive? JER Investor's Trust (JER) offered a taste of the future yesterday. To my knowledge, they are the first REIT to fulfill the IRS minimum dividend requirement with stock (see "REIT Definition" for more on this) since the credit[More...]

5 Dividend Paying Stocks To Consider

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:20:00 GMT

Any well diversified portfolio will also include to some extent a few dividend paying stocks. Whether in a bull market or a bear market dividend paying stocks boost your portfolio performance and when you reinvest those dividends (DRIP) you are able to take advantage of stocks that have gotten cheaper or just build on a position you already own. So, how do you find dividend paying stocks? Easy. Just us a stock screener and filter the results to show only dividend and yield stocks. I’ve set up a stock screener on E*Trade looking at stocks that yield between 4-6% and payable between .50 cents and 1.00 a share. Stocks that pay higher dividends are usually a lot more expensive so I wanted to focus on stocks that are affordable to the everyman. I haven’t done any due diligence into who these companies are or what they do, that’s for you to figure out yourself but again, this is about adding one or two stocks to[More...]

A Trio Of 'Dividend Aristocrats'

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:59:00 GMT

"Dividend investing has been a minefield this year; according to Standard & Poor’s, there were 138 dividend cuts or suspensions in the third quarter of this year -- up 557% from the year-earlier quarter," reports Chuck Carlson. In his The DRIP Investor, he asks, "Enter the Dividend Aristocrats. So named by S&P, Dividend Aristocrats are those companies in the S&P 500 that have boosted their dividends annually for at least the last 25 years." "Not surprisingly, roughly two-thirds of the dividend cuts[More...]

Is Citi Stock A Buy Now?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:27:00 GMT

Original Post on The Sun's Financial Diary Is Citi Stock A Buy Now? I heard the news this morning that Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit bought 750,000 shares of Citi stock (C) on the open market yesterday when the share price dropped below $9. In addition to CEO Pandit, other three executives also bought a total of 550,000 shares. Is this the sign of confidence? Currently trading slightly above $9 per share, Citi stock has been hit very hard after the world’s biggest bank by revenue had to write-down billions of bad loans. Since the credit crisis began more than a year ago, Citigroup has lost at least[More...]

Are Drips Worth It?

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:19:00 GMT

This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net September 26, 2008.The abbreviation DRIP stands for dividend reinvestment plans. Drips are a nice low cost way to purchase dividend stocks and build a stock portfolio. These programs allow investors to purchase shares in two ways either through reinvesting dividends or with optional cash payments that can be sent to the companies you want to invest in. One benefit of drips is that they allow dividend reinvestment in partial shares. Another benefit of other drips is that some allow reinvesting your dividends by purchasing shares at a discount to the market price. Two such companies that I am aware of that do this are ACAS and[More...]