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The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Get Paid to Retire Some companies will pay you to retire, even if you don't work for them. Here's how to fund a substantial portion of your retirement with dividends.  |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These 7 Stocks Won't Let You Down Count on decades of dividend-paying history to continue with these stocks: American States Water... Diebold... Proctor & Gamble... Dover... Emerson Electric... Genuine Parts... 3M...  |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Free Money It's the best deal in investing, period. High-yielding dividend payers are far more likely to beat the market. And the highest yielders beat the S&P 500 index by more than four percentage points annually.  |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
10 Stocks for a Scary Market These companies have stood the test of time.  |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2008 |
What's a Dividend? Some companies repay your investment with cold, hard cash.  |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Don't Leave These Big Bucks on the Table! This secret weapon could turbocharge your portfolio. Over the past eight decades, reinvestment of dividends has contributed more than 40% of the S&P 500's return.  |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Simple Step You Can't Afford to Skip Stocks that pay healthy dividends have helped investors create fortunes over the years. But if you forget one simple step along the way, you'll end up with only a fraction of the nest egg you could have had.  |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How Dividend Stocks Will Make You Rich Yields and compounding returns over time add up to amazing wealth.  |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 James Early |
Don't Cut This Dividend! If you have a diversified dividend portfolio with quality companies that tend to hike their payouts, you needn't fear dividend cuts.  |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
5 Dividend Stocks for the Next 50 Years Some stocks have been going strong for half a century, including Procter & Gamble, Emerson Electric, 3M, Diebold, and Dover.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Reinvest Those Dividends -- Differently Reinvesting dividends is often a smart and effective thing to do -- but you might have smarter and more effective options.  |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2006 Philip Durell |
Dividend Basics Understanding how and why dividends are paid out by companies is an essential part of being a great investor. Not only do they give you extra purchasing power, they can also reveal a great deal about a company's financial health and its attitude toward shareholders.  |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 John Rosevear |
The Secret to Growth You Can Count On The secret to growth you can count on is to buy stocks with sustainable dividends and reinvest them.  |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Be Wrong, Get Rich There are several fundamental truths to investing. Here's one: You'll be wrong. In fact, you may even be wrong a lot. But being wrong doesn't have to kill your portfolio. That is, not if you have dividends on your side.  |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Big Dividends Are Bad News By paying a dividend, growth companies are admitting that they no longer believe reinvesting profits in their own businesses is a worthwhile endeavor. They see no alternative but to return that money to shareholders.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
3 Signs of a Strong Dividend Not all dividends are created equal. Here's how to find the best candidates for your portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2005 Mathew Emmert |
The Lifetime Investment Strategy Let the power of dividends build you a portfolio that will stand the tests of time.  |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2005 |
What's a Dividend? A dividend is a portion of a company's earnings that the firm pays out to its shareholders.  |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Dividend Stocks Won't Let You Down Don't put your portfolio at risk.  |
The Motley Fool September 24, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Rapidly Growing Dividends Look closely before you jump into some dividend-paying stocks. They're not always a good thing.  |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Meet the Dividend Achievers If you're looking for dividend-paying stocks, you need to know the Mergent Dividend Achievers.  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These Stocks Will Keep the Payouts Coming For those investors who seek out stocks that provide healthy dividends the market's rally has been bittersweet.  |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2004 |
Why Reinvesting Dividends Rocks Many people might shrug their shoulders at the thought of reinvesting dividends, thinking they might as well just take those few dollars as cash and enjoy them. Wrong!  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Kellogg Sweetens Dividends The company recently raised its quarterly dividend 10%, from $0.2525 to $0.2775. But this was the first change in value in many years.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
The Investing Strategy That Keeps Giving The best results from dividends require patience, a long-term time horizon, and excellent companies for your investment dollars.  |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Dividends That Double and Redouble Let's say you want to find dividends that double every six years. For that, you need a compound average annual growth rate of about 12.25%. Believe it or not, that's not a difficult thing to find. Take a look at these seven companies.  |
The Motley Fool May 14, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
The Best Dividend Stock. Period. Takes a look at the dividend aristocrats to provide income needed to sustain a portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2006 Nathan Parmelee |
Dividends: Back to Basics Investors, it's back to school time. Here's your guide on the basics of dividends.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Brian Richards |
What Every Portfolio Needs Want a strong core investment? Look no further than dividend-paying stocks.  |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Dividends for 100 Years Want an investment you can count on? Check these out.  |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2005 Mathew Emmert |
Dividends Go Mainstream Soaring demand among dividend-based exchange-traded funds shows that the yield is once again in vogue.  |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2007 Todd Wenning |
Stocks That Don't Stop Dividend-paying stocks are great for your portfolio -- but only if they keep paying out.  |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
6 Companies Paying You More Standard & Poor's unsurprising news bodes well for our portfolios. Here are some of the companies that hiked their dividends in recent months.  |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2004 Tim Beyers |
What Is a Good Dividend? One expert tours the market to find out what makes a worthwhile dividend.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2007 Claire Stephanic |
The Best Returns Possible High yield + low payout ratio = superior long-term investment.  |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
A Shake-up in the Dividend Achiever Index Meet the cream of the crop in dividends.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 John Rosevear |
These Stocks Are Giving You a Raise Dividends are good. Rising dividends are even better.  |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Are You Missing Out on Dividends? Dividend stocks have been getting a lot of attention lately, and that's no accident.  |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Mathew Emmert |
Why Dividends Rule the Market Dividends are the key to long-term investment success.  |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
4 Stocks That Took a Hike Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious: Value Line... Matthews International... Charles Schwab...  |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2006 Chuck Saletta |
Unstoppable Gains Your investments can earn money no matter what the stock market does.  |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Buffett the Dividend Investor Dividends aren't new to the Oracle of Omaha.  |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Don't Mess With the Aristocrats The Dividend Aristocrats are S&P 500 companies that have upped their payouts to shareholders for a truly impressive 25 years in a row.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2005 Tim Hanson |
The Market's Money-Back Guarantee By finding the market's rising dividends, you are rewarded twofold. You ballast your portfolio with cash and put the power of superior companies to work for you.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Mistake Could Cost You $3.8 Million You can't afford not to reinvest dividends.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
2009: Will It Be the Worst Year Since 1958? Dividends are down, but don't write them off yet -- just proceed sensibly, and reap those profits!  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
What Dividends Tell You Dividends can tell you a lot about a company -- perhaps more than you think.  |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2005 Steven Mallas |
Hershey's Fatter Dividend Hershey raises its quarterly payout. Should you buy?  |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
Beat the Bear Dividends are the best protectors against a slumping market.  |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Look Beyond the Headlines For dividend investors, the recent news that Stanley Works hiked its dividend for the 41st straight year sounds downright enticing. But the headlines alone don't tell the whole story. Read on for more.  |