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Clorox (CLX) Dividend Analysis 2008-03-28 07:42:12 The Clorox Company manufactures and markets a range of consumer products.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a component of the S&P 500 index. Over the past 10 years this dividend growth stock has delivered an annual average total return of 7.20 % to its shareholders. At the same time company has managed to deliver an impressive 13.40% average annual increase in its EPS. Read more:Analysis
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Diversification Matters 2008-03-27 11:15:38 Last week Bear Stearns was bought by JP Morgan Chase for about $10/share. The stock has traded as high as 170 last year. Investors lost a ton of money in this stock. Employees were hard hit as well, as they own a combines % of the company through ESOP.
A review from over two million investors portfolios in a major US online brokerage, found that nearly one-third held more than 20% of their Read more:Diversification
Anheuser-Busch Dividend Analysis 2008-03-26 12:45:20 Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of beer. The company operates in four segments: Domestic Beer, International Beer, Packaging, and Entertainment.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component of the S&P 500 index. Over the past 10 years this dividend growth stock has delivered an annual average total return of 12.40% Read more:Analysis
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Sherwin-Williams Company Dividend Analysis 2008-03-26 12:43:37 The Sherwin-Williams
Company engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North and South America. It operates in three segments: Paint Stores, Consumer, and Global.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component of the S&P 500 index. Over the past 10 years this Read more:Analysis
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Wal-Mart Dividend Analysis 2008-03-26 12:40:24 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. It operates through three segments: Wal-Mart Stores, Sam's Club, and International.
The company is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials indexes. Over the past 10 years this dividend growth stock has delivered an annual average total return of 10.50 % to its Read more:Analysis
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3M dividend analysis 2008-03-26 12:37:35 3M Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified technology company worldwide. It operates in six segments: Industrial and Transportation; Health Care; Display and Graphics; Consumer and Office; Safety, Security, and Protection Services; and Electro and Communications.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials indexes.
FDO Dividend Analysis 2008-03-26 08:07:44 Family Dollar Stores, Inc. operates a chain of neighborhood retail discount stores in the United States. It offers general merchandise in four categories: consumables, home products, apparel and accessories, and seasonal and electronics.
Family Dollar Stores is a dividend aristocrat as well as a component of the S&P 500 index. Over the past 10 years this dividend growth stock has delivered an Read more:Analysis
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Carnival of Money Stories #52 2008-03-25 07:46:50 Welcome to the 52nd edition of the Carnival
of MoneyStories
! This carnival is designed to share personal financial and money related stories - an experience you had, what you learned, how you grew, or anything else that tells your story.
This week there are over 20 excellent entries. Each of the entries this week is very good, and I recommend taking the time to read each of them.
General
Dividend Growth Stocks Watchlist 2008-03-21 11:32:46 The two lists that I am concentrating right now are the S&P 500 Dividend
Aristocrats and the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index.
I created custom watch lists in Yahoo! Finance in order to summarize the two groups of dividend achievers by a variety of criteria such as Symbol, Yield, P/E , Div/Shr, Last Price,EPS (ttm) ,PEG Ratio ,Dividend Payout, 5 year dividend growth rate.
What I did was Read more:Growth
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The case for dividend investing in retirement 2008-03-19 07:56:30 At the start of the new millennium, about 12% of the U.S. population was over 65 years old. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the baby boom segment of the population is expected to rise over the next two decades and approach 42% by 2030.
Investors who are approaching retirement
are typically sold a wide array of fixed income investments like bonds, bond funds, annuities and many other fixed
Five Year Dividend Growth Rates for the High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats 2008-03-18 08:25:58 I wanted to check how the dividend growth stocks in the S&P High YieldDividend
Aristocrats List compared to one another in terms of their five year dividend growth rates. The data is taken from Yahoo finance, except for the dividend growth rates, which were taken from dividendinvestor.com website.
You can access the spreadsheet from here. Read more:Growth
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Procter & Gamble Dividend Analysis 2008-03-17 07:27:58 The Procter
& Gamble
Company (P&G), together with its subsidiaries, provides branded consumer goods products. The company operates through three global business units (GBU): Beauty, Health and Well-Being, and Household Care.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials indexes. Over the past 10 years this dividend growth stock has delivered an Read more:Analysis
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Ten Things to Know About Dividends: 2008-03-15 17:43:15 1. In general, a company can choose to initiate, suspend, raise, or lower its dividend at any time. Dividends are not guaranteed.
2. However, as cash payments, dividends are non-refundable. Unrealized capital gains can disappear if a stock falls, but the minute a dividend is deposited into your brokerage account, it’s yours to keep.
3. Dividends are one of only two ways you can make money from
Dividend Increases in February 2008-03-12 08:13:22 Several Dividend
Aristocrats have increased their dividends in February
. The companies are:
From this list, the only company that fits my fundamental criteria is SHW, which has a one year dividend growth rate of 11.11%.
Expected dividend increases in March
Based off historical information from this spreadsheet, I would expect that the following companies increase their dividend
Cola Wars - Coke versus Pepsi 2008-03-10 08:57:52 PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells snacks and beverages worldwide.
The Coca-Cola Company engages in the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups worldwide.
Both stocks are dividend aristocrats as well as major components of the S&P 500 index. Over the past 10 years Pepsi (PEP) has significantly outperformed Coca-Cola (KO) Read more:Pepsi
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SPY at a crossroads 2008-03-10 08:20:39 The stock market has been in a downtrend ever since we hit an all-time-high of $157.52 back on October 11, 2007. This downtrend is characterized by consecutive lower highs and lower lows in the stock market index. Once SPY broke down below their December lows of $139.92, the price has been unable to exceed that level for the majority of the past two months. The rally off January lows for the SPY
Analysis of General Electric 2008-03-08 17:17:04 General Electric
Company (GE) operates as a technology, media, and financial services company worldwide.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component in Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500 indexes. Over the past 10 years this dividend growth stock has delivered an average total return of 6.50% annually to its shareholders. The stock price has yet to recover from its 2000 highs though. Read more:Analysis
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Dividend Analysis of M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) 2008-03-08 17:16:40 M&T Bank Corporation
operates as the holding company for M&T Bank and M&T Bank, National Association, which provide commercial and retail banking services to individuals, corporations and other businesses, and institutions.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a component of the S&P 500 index. Over the past 10 years this dividend growth stock has delivered an average total return of 10.10% Read more:Analysis
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Five Year Dividend Growth Rates for Dividend Aristocrats 2008-03-07 11:00:13 I wanted to check how the dividend growth stocks in the S&P Dividend
Aristocrats List compared to one another in terms of their five year dividend growth rates. The data is taken from Yahoo finance, except for the dividend growth rates, which were taken from dividendinvestor.
You can access the spreadsheet from here.Relevant Articles:
Why do I like Dividend Aristocrats?Long term returns of S&P Read more:Growth
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Buying a house for $10? Where’s the catch? 2008-03-05 08:51:48 I was watching CNBC over the weekend and I saw a paid advertisement about investing in foreclosed properties, where investors have supposedly bought houses for less than $1000. It did grab my attention, until I turned off the TV and thought that this is too good to be true.
I did some searching on the web and found an interesting article on people who are supposedly cashing in on foreclosures on Read more:Buying
Dividend Growth Investor Hosts the 78th Festival of Stocks 2008-03-03 08:10:47 I am honored to host my first edition of Festival
of Stocks
. Special thanks to George at Fat Pitch Financials for giving me this opportunity. Here are this week’s submissions that I selected for this edition. Take a look and enjoy!
Once you are done reading through don’t forget to Subscribe to my Feed .
George presents Consistent Cash Creators, Part 2: Linear vs. Exponential Growth
posted at Fat Read more:Dividend
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Weekly Carnivals and Blog Reviews 2008-02-29 12:48:16 Dividend Guy included my analisys of Coke versus Pepsi in his weekly review.
My article on diversifying my income stream was featured on the Carnival of Personal Finance #141 - The College Years Edition, hosted by Broke Grad Student.
The article The number one reason why i don’t chase high-yielding stocks was featured on Personal Finance Money Tips - February 23, 2008 carnival, hosted by KcLau. Read more:Carnivals
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Warren Buffet - The richest investor in the World 2008-02-28 16:41:17 Warren Buffet
is one of the best investors of our time. He has been investing other people’s money through partnerships and Berkshire Hathaway since the late 1950’s. His results have been truly phenomenal. I highly recommend reading his annual letters to Berkshire’s shareholders.
I recently stumbled upon the letters to his investors in the Buffet Partnership here . His average annual returns of Read more:Warren
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The next bubble in the making. 2008-02-26 08:33:41 Over the past 10 years the US economy has experienced the bursting of two major bubbles – the dot com bubble and the real-estate bubble. The Federal Reserve has been blamed for both failures – the first one happened supposedly because the US central bank hesitated to increase its interest rates too much until tech stocks started jumping like kangaroos in the Australian deserts in late 1999. The Read more:making
Weekly Carnivals and Blog Reviews 2008-02-22 13:44:01 SeekingAlpha included my analysis of JNJ on their website, which is one of the biggest reasons for the spike in traffic over the past 2 days.
My article on why i like investing in dividend aristocrats was featured on the 13th Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted on the everythingfinance blog.
My article on the pitfalls from dollar cost averaging was included on the 245th edition of the Carnival Read more:Carnivals
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The Bottom is in 2008-03-29 16:41:07 After hitting a low at $126.07 on March 17, SPY has bounced off strongly off those lows. Coincidentally the March lows for the ETF were pretty close to the January 22nd lows at $126. This created a chart formation which most technical analysts out there refer to as a double bottom, which is bullish for stocks.
The second catalyst that made me a big believer that the bottom is in was an article, Read more:Bottom
McGraw-Hill (MHP) Dividend Analysis 2008-04-01 08:53:25 The McGraw
-Hill Companies, Inc. provides information services and products to the education, financial services, and business information markets worldwide. Its McGraw-Hill Education segment operates as a global educational publisher.
It is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component of the S&P 500 index. It has been increasing its dividends for the past 35 consecutive years. From 1998 up Read more:Analysis
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Festival of Stocks #82 2008-03-31 08:29:49 I am honored to host my second edition of the Festival
of Stocks
. Special thanks to George at Fat Pitch Financials for giving me this opportunity. Here are this week’s submissions that I selected for this edition. Take a look and enjoy!Once you are done reading through don’t forget to Subscribe to my Feed .
The Dividend Guy presents Dividend Stock Wednesday: The Home Depot (HD-NYSE) posted at
Carnivals, Festivals and Blogs 2008-04-04 09:14:17 My blog has been mentioned three times on James Altucher’s Blog Watch at TheStreet.com over the past two weeks. He cited my analysis of CLX, FDO and MHP.
I also hosted the 82nd Festival of Stocks. Hosting a blog is a great way to gain exposure to a lot of fellow personal finance and investment bloggers out there. If you are interested in hosting, you could check the schedule and the hosting Read more:Blogs
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CB Dividend Analysis 2008-04-03 08:12:58 The Chubb Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals. The company operates through three segments: Commercial Insurance, Specialty Insurance, and Personal Insurance.
The company is a dividend aristocrat as well as a major component of the S&P 500 index. It has been increasing its dividends for the past 42 consecutive years. From Read more:Analysis
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