Free cash flow (FCF)—or owner earnings, as referred to by the legendary investor Warren Buffett—represents the cash available to shareholders after......
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May 15 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
As the market continues to climb, investors are beginning to see thinning dividend yields on many of their big pharma shares. But by sticking with quality......
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May 1 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Standard & Poor’s currently gives United States Treasuries a credit rating of “AA+”, just below the maximum AAA credit rating (the other two......
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April 30 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Market-beating strategies are inherently hard to find. Based on the evidence from several major developed markets, dividend growth was the single largest......
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April 26 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
The Fed’s commitment since 2008 to keep interest rates low through quantitative easing, which more than tripled its balance sheet to date, has depressed......
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April 26 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Small-cap investing entails higher risks than investing in large-cap blue chip companies, but there are many ways that your peers are beating the market......
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April 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Defensive plays paying respectable dividends have been leaders in the market’s rally so far this year. Chasing competitive yields in the current yield......
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April 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Warren Buffett has been one of the most prominent investors in companies with wide moats. He often referred to his investment targets as companies that......
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April 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
U.S. Treasury securities have long been considered risk-free investment instruments. However, the Standard and Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. sovereign......
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April 12 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The KEELEY Mid Cap Dividend Value Fund is one of this year’s best performing equity income mutual funds. With a total return of 13.45% so far this year......
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March 25 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
High yielding stocks get a lot of attention these days, because of the low interest rate environment. The challenge for investors is, discovering which......
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March 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
When people think about investing for their retirement, they tend to place their nest egg’s in the hands of mutual fund managers. For some reason people......
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March 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
This article brings to you the latest dividend declaration and dividend cuts by some of the most famous dividend stocks within the US mortgage REITs sector......
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March 19 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Dividend checks continue to get fatter in Corporate America, as more companies jack up their distribution rates. Readers of the Income Investor newsletter......
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March 19 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
For years, income-hungry investors have had to endure the Federal Reserve’s policy of keeping interest rates near record lows. Although that’......
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March 19 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) announced that it will once again increase its quarterly dividends. This announcement comes one week before it releases......
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March 19 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
This is part nine of a ten-part series, which I will be publishing until the entire portfolio has been introduced. I have been analyzing dividend companies......
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March 19 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Dividend investing is one of the most popular investing strategies, and for good reasons: academic studies have proven that dividend stocks tend to outperform......
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March 18 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
With interest rates still sitting near record lows, investors looking for current income have been forced to move from fixed-income positions and into......
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March 18 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn’......
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March 18 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
With interest rates still sitting near record lows, investors looking for current income have been forced to move from fixed-income positions and into......
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March 18 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
A good metric for looking at how a company has done over the past few years is to look at their compound annual growth rate, or CAGR for short. Recently......
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March 11 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn’......
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March 10 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
In the following video (watch here), Motley Fool senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker discusses Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). In a recent Morgan Stanley......
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March 6 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Those of you who have read my previous articles probably know that I’m a big fan of dividends. Dividends can play an important role in your portfolio......
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March 1 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
