Category Archives: Dividends

The Top 40 Dividend-Growth Stocks

My friend, Dave Van Knapp of SensibleStocks.com, publishes an annual overview of the dividend-paying stock scene for $39. This year’s edition just came out and Dave was kind enough to send me a copy of Top 40 Dividend-Growth Stocks For 2011. Here’s the table of contents: In the introduction, Dave says the book’s strategic goal [...]

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Current Dividend Leaders

Many investors are looking for value after the sell-off, but aren’t convinced the sell-off is over. Isn’t it always that way, though? When was the last time you were convinced about much of anything in the market? Few thought March 2009 was a low. Few thought April was a high. Keep in mind that the [...]

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Don’t Be So Sure

There seem to be few things more appealing to people than lambasting others for being wrong. Yet, despite the boundless evidence that all of us are wrong quite a lot of the time, we still embark on vain searches for leaders who will not be. Do we really expect to find them? Many of my [...]

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