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The Best Stocks for a Down Market You don't have to just let a bear market happen to you, taking your lumps along the way. Take note of these defensive bear market stocks to prepare for a downturn, and to profit from it.   |
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Defense! Defense! This stock screen looks for stocks that will hold up in a soft market. |
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Investments for a Recession There are many things you can do to prepare your portfolio for a potential recession. |
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July 22, 2008
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Stocks to Get You Through the Bear Market You do want to survive, right? |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2010
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6 Stocks Even Retirees Can Love Just because you're done working doesn't mean you shouldn't invest well. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2010
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New Taxes Can't Stop These Dividends Even if the IRS raises rates, dividends remain potent portfolio powerhouses. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2007
Todd Wenning |
Avoid the Dividend Trap Have you ever had the dividend cut on one of your stocks, seemingly out of the blue? |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
2 Ways Dividend Stocks Can Make You Rich Before you simply pick a few for your portfolio, you need to get a grasp on one of the major differences among the thousands of stocks that pay dividends. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2009
Todd Wenning |
10 Dividend Stocks for the Next Decade and Beyond Following the worst stock market year since the Great Depression, it's natural for investors to seek more stable and less stressful stock strategies. Dividend-paying stocks provide you with an opportunity to achieve both. |
The Motley Fool
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The Dividend Edge When a bear market sets in, having a handful of dividend payers in your portfolio is a powerful advantage. |
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November 23, 2009
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Are These Dividends Too Good to Be True? Lots of high-yielding stocks won't last. Look for history and earnings. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2010
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4 Stocks That Are Leading the Rebound in Dividends With their April dividend raises, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and ExxonMobil added $1.9 billion to S&P 500 dividends |
The Motley Fool
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Safe Stocks During a Downturn Why consumer-related dividend-paying stocks can keep you out of the poorhouse in a recession. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Are You Prepared for Volatility? Investors, here's how to use the market's ups and downs to your advantage. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2008
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When the Going Gets Tough, Own These Stocks How's your portfolio's defense? |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2009
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The Wrong Reason to Buy Dividend Stocks They aren't a substitute for low-risk assets. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2005
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Smoke Across the Water Altria crosses the Pacific to add Indonesian cigarettes to the stable. Strategic moves like this one, and a 4.5% dividend yield, provide plenty of reasons for long-term investors to hold, if not continue to buy. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Todd Wenning |
Build a High-Yield Portfolio The basic philosophy of the High-Yield Portfolio is to buy 10 to 15 high-yielding large-cap stocks today and hold them -- forever. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2009
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Would You Like Some Free Money? For starters, many employers will match some portion of your 401(k) contributions. Then move on to tax credits and IRA's and more. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Where to Find the Best Dividend Stocks They're not where they used to be. Look beyond the financial and utility sectors to seek out other stocks with good current dividend yields that appear to be sustainable. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
A Market-Beating Safety Net for Your Stocks Dividends can protect your stock's downside. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2009
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How Did You Miss This Stock? Even if you don't wish to own Altria -- given what it sells, some don't -- the lessons its stock teaches are relevant for everyone who seeks to make good money in the market. |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2010
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5 Dividend Monsters to Buy After the Crash The good news is that the recent crash has turned some traditional dividend stocks into veritable cash cows. Here are five: AT&T... Verizon... Altria... Southern Company... Eli Lilly... |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
What Dividend Stocks Can't Do Short-term volatility is just part of the stock market. What should investors look for? |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
This Rally Hasn't Left You in the Dust If you're looking for large-cap, large-quality companies, for blue chips and dividend-payers, they may not have advanced as much as you think yet in this recent rally. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2010
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5 Stocks That Will Fatten Your Wallet Dividends are on the rise. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Can You Defend Your Portfolio in One Fell Swoop? A new index, the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex, aims to track defensive giants. |
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May 26, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
A Sinful Delight If you don't have a problem with "sin" stocks, smokeless tobacco company UST is worth a serious look. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2010
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5 Stocks for the Good Life The lowest-risk, most secure way to a great retirement may be to invest in blue-chip stocks. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
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Why We're Buying Altria Due to smoking bans and health consciousness, cigarette usage in the U.S. is on the way down at a rate of 3%-4% a year. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2008
Todd Wenning |
Now's the Time to Double Down on Dividends There are some great income opportunities out there. Here's how to find them. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2008
Todd Wenning |
The Stocks to Own in This Choppy Market Traditional wisdom posits that when times are gloomy, investors should flock to so-called defensive stocks. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
A Dividend-Heavy ETF ETFs can be a simple way to invest in a lot of hefty dividend payers. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2008
Todd Wenning |
How to Weather Market Panics Wall Street is in panic mode. You don't need to be. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2010
John Keeling |
Safety and Income at a Reasonable Price Be the ruler of zig-zagging markets. I tried to look for stocks with high dividend yields that also provide attractive share price appreciation opportunities. |
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Bear Market Buys How to find the best investments when the market is tough. |
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March 19, 2009
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I Made Another Bone-Headed Move One Motley Fool investor honestly explains how he lost 50% of his International Paper investment in just one month. |
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June 5, 2009
John Rosevear |
Why Aren't You Terrified? Isn't it time to be fearful? Why does anyone thinks there's any sound fundamental reason for the global stock market rally to keep going? |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2008
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Can Health-Care Dividends Hold Up? As many health-care companies' share prices drop, their dividend yields have become strikingly attractive. The big question, though, is whether these dividends can hold up. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2006
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Stocks to Save Your Fortune The last stock market crash started in 2000 and lasted all the way until 2002. If you were invested during that time, you know how much it hurt. The next crash will hurt as much, if not more, particularly if you make the same mistakes again. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
Digging for Dividends According to Morningstar, there are 56 mutual funds with the word "dividend" in their name, plus another 33 dividend ETFs. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2004
Seth Jayson |
MO Money, Bigger Slice of Cheese Altria and Kraft give investors a bigger cut of their cash. Both increased their dividends, now yielding 6% and 2.6% respectively. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Is This Really the Best Dividend Stock? Is Altria the ultimate dividend stock? |
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Money for Nothing -- and Lots of It These investments just keep on giving. |
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Todd Wenning |
Stocks That Let You Sleep at Night Rest a little easier with these stocks. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
How to Earn More From Your Investments Depending on how you interpret dividend stocks passing bonds on a yield basis, the milestone could have disturbing implications for the stock market -- or it could represent the opportunity of a lifetime for investors in dividend-paying stocks. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2010
Nathan Alderman |
Roundtable: Best Dividend Stocks for Beginners A Foolish phalanx suggests powerful payout providers for novice investors. |
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October 8, 2008
Julie Clarenbach |
The Flight to Safety Could Burn You Play offense, not defense. |
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September 5, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
How to Invest When Everything's Falling When markets face challenging times, as they are now, being able to distinguish good companies from bad ones becomes much more important. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Buffett the Dividend Investor Dividends aren't new to the Oracle of Omaha. |
