Dividend Stocks

People generally assume that a dividend stock has to have a high starting yield to generate lots of income. This is a mistaken assumption. In fact, you often earn more income over the long-run buying a fast-growing company with a low starting dividend yield, than one with a large current yield but minimal growth prospects.

Shopping centers continue to die, leaving behind vast swaths of undeveloped parking lots. This undiscovered country makes Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG), the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States, worthy of investment. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com But if that doesn’t excite you, take time to consider the dividend, $8.40 over the last

There are controversial companies across nearly every sector and industry. Then there are tobacco companies, arguably the aristocracy of controversy generators among publicly traded stocks. It’s nearly 2020, but tobacco companies like Altria (NYSE:MO) are still viewed as purveyors of turbulent headlines. Source: Kristi Blokhin / Shutterstock.com Altria, the company behind Marlboro cigarettes and Copenhagen

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) stock is trading at the same level as it was during the beginning of 2019. Even with company-specific positives, Exxon stock has remained sideways due to economic headwinds. Source: Michael Gordon / Shutterstock.com As XOM consolidates in the $67 to $75 range, I believe that investors can consider exposure to the

Whether you’re a conservative investor socking away funds for retirement or a seasoned day trader, solid dividend stocks always make a good portfolio stuffer. While most passive income-generating companies won’t make you rich, they can provide stability, especially in uncertain times. Plus, if we incur a downturn in the markets, dividend payers tend to lose

As growth investors look for a good place to put their money into as the year comes to a close, dividend stocks are beginning to look better and better. So far, the year-end rally that many investors were hoping for has not materialized. Also, President Donald Trump is now saying a trade deal with China

Ford (NYSE:F) stock has an illusory high dividend yield. The company still can’t afford the quarterly 15 cent payment. So, investors shouldn’t be fooled by the 6.7% yield. Source: Proxima Studio / Shutterstock.com This isn’t my fist time highlighting the flaws of Ford’s dividend. Since I last wrote about the company Sept. 12, F stock

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is likely to rise significantly from two shareholder-friendly moves: an expected dividend hike in Q1 2020 and the company’s new $20 billion share repurchase program. This after Intel stock survived a pretty choppy 2019 to come out looking good. Source: Kate Krav-Rude / Shutterstock.com Typically Intel increases its dividend per share no longer

The time to buy a “dividend aristocrat” stock is when it’s out of fashion. Then ignore it. You should plan on holding such a stock for at least three years, but preferably a lifetime. That has been a good strategy with Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), the Seattle-based coffee chain that is getting back to the basics for

Stocks started the last month of the year in a down mood and slid on lousy manufacturing data. As analysts wonder whether things could get worse for the indexes in the rest of December, I’d like to discuss the short- and long-term outlook for telecom giant AT&T (NYSE:T) stock. Year-to-date, T stock is up about 30%.

So far, 2019 has been a banner year for U.S. stock and bond markets. The S&P 500 Index has returned 27.4%. And the U.S. overall bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, has returned 8.7%. Both are heady numbers for the respective markets. But as we head into the final weeks

When people think about dividend investing, they may often think about retirees. After all, those regular payouts can come in handy for someone who’s retired from the workforce. But they’re not the only ones who can benefit. In fact, all investors should at least consider if dividend stocks are right for them. And that includes

One of the bigger challenges for investors in the U.S. stock market is the increased concentration of larger stocks into many leading and widely followed indexes. And those indexes, in turn, have become the underlying basis for bigger exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The impact of this is that a handful of large-capitalized stocks drives the stock

Stock analysts like to panic during earnings season. It’s a rare time when they get more visibility into a company’s operations. Never was that more apparent than this week, when all the headlines screamed about how Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) is suddenly hot and Home Depot (NYSE:HD) is suddenly not. Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com It’s true that

Like most semiconductor stocks, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock has had a wild ride in 2019. The stock plummeted over 30% early in the year. However in the last month, QCOM stock has recovered. And in the last ten  days, the stock has closed at, and is settling near, its 52-week high. Source: photobyphm / Shutterstock.com Most

In the past two months, there’s been a rotation in the market from growth stocks to value stocks. For dividend value stock investors, Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) stock offers investors a great dividend yield, an excellent source of cash flow and a potential long-term earnings multiple expansion opportunity. XOM stock, so far flat for the

Even though I’ve discussed several dividend stocks to buy over the years, I’m not much for passive income. Don’t get me wrong: like any other rational person, I’ll take a payout any day. But when it comes to dividend stocks, they’re not my most favorite investment vehicle. For one thing, I tend to swing for

Stock market investors don’t like surprises and uncertainty. On Oct. 24 Nokia (NYSE:NOK) announced its Q3 earnings and eliminated the dividend. Nokia stock fell out of bed. It is down more than 30% since then. Source: RistoH / Shutterstock.com Nokia said it needs to conserve cash and can’t afford the dividend. In its quarterly earnings

When something looks too good to be true, it probably is. How many times have you heard that saying? The real question is, how many times was it accurate? Usually, there’s a trade-off between great rewards and great risks. And the companies that make up the seven dividend stocks that are too good to be

November is a great time to take an inventory of the markets and the prospects for the closing weeks of the year. And as 2020 gets ready to kick off, it’s an especially great time to make sure that your portfolio is set for the coming year. As a conservative income-focused investor and Editor of