Dividend Aristocrats in Focus Part 13: Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF)
Cincinnati Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CINF) is a legendary dividend growth stock. It has increased its dividend for 56 years in a row. The Dividend...
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Dividend Aristocrats in Focus Part 12: AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) has a long operating history, and is a giant in the insurance industry. Today, it provides insurance products to more than...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 11: Ecolab Inc. (ECL)
Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) is the largest publicly traded company in the cleaning products industry. Ecolab’s vision is guided by four key principles, which...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 10: Nucor Corporation (NUE)
Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) is a U.S. steel giant. It is the largest steel producer in the U.S., with annual capacity of more than 27 million tons of...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 9: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (APD)
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) is an industrial gases firm. It has been in operation for 75 years. It now has annual sales nearing $10...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 8: Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW)
Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW) is the North American leader in paint and coatings. The company’s ‘Cover the Earth’ logo is instantly recognizable...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 7: PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG)
PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) may not be a household name for dividend investors, but it has an impressive company history. It was founded in 1883...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 6: Chevron Corporation (CVX)
A handful of large, multi-national corporations dominate the energy industry. Only 2 are Dividend Aristocrats (S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of rising...
Dividend Aristocrats in Focus Part 5: Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has a long and illustrious history, which goes all the way back to its predecessor company, Standard Oil. Standard...
Dividend Aristocrats in Focus Part 4: Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) traces its roots all the way back to 1949, when it was started by a 21-year old entrepreneur named Henry Taub....
Interview with Eric Ervin, CEO of Reality Shares
Eric Ervin is the CEO of Reality Shares. Reality Shares creates research-driven, innovative investment products – including ETFs – to help reduce...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 3: HCP, Inc. (HCP)
REITs are required by law to pay out 90% or more of their earnings as dividends. This makes it difficult to pay rising dividends every year. There’s...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 2: AT&T Inc. (T)
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is the only Dividend Aristocrat in the telecom sector. What does it take to be a Dividend Aristocrat? – Be in the S&P...
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 1: Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED)
This is the part 1 in the 50 part Dividend Aristocrats in Focus series on The Dividend Aristocrats. What is a Dividend Aristocrat? Dividend Aristocrats...
Johnson Controls International PLC (JCI) Spin-Off: Is Adient a Buy or Sell?
Johnson Controls International PLC (NYSE:JCI) will spin off its automotive seatings and interiors businesses on October 31. The newly formed company...
Dividend Kings In Focus: Vectren Corporation (VVC)
Utilities have long been the quintessential example of “stodgy” or slow growing, but inherent in this business model is a good deal of consistency...
Finding Reliable 3%+ Dividends in Today’s Market: AbbVie Inc (ABBV)
Today, long term investors are challenged in navigating the course and lining up that long drive for a investment that will provide them a better than...
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA): 40 Consecutive Years of Dividend Growth & Counting
Different investors and consumers have come to know pharmacy and well-being company Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) through a variety of ways...
Dividend Investors: Stop Overlooking Cardinal Health Inc (CAH)
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio you probably don’t think of Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) as being a big enterprise. Yet based on revenue this healthcare...
PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG): Dividends Since 1899 (& More Growth Ahead)
“But that’s as boring as watching paint dry.” Paint is not known for its excitement. It is not a ‘hot’ industry like biotech or social networks...
How To Get Growing Dividends From $573 Billion Annual US Military Spending
The United States military spends more than the next 11 largest militaries of the world combined. What if you could turn the flow of your tax dollars...
This Is How Target Corporation (TGT) Can Easily Generate 9%+ Total Returns at Today’s Prices
The retail industry is notoriously finicky. What was popular last year likely won’t be trendy this year. But all retailers are not created equally…...
Target Corporation (TGT): An Attractively Valued Dividend Champion on Sale
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) operates general merchandise stores in the United States. Target is a dividend champion, which has paid dividends since...
This Health Care Dividend Aristocrat Will Profit From Old Age – Globally
The world is aging. The average global population age is increasing. Source: The Economist This means there are more middle-aged and elderly people...
Best of the Best Monthly Dividend Stocks: Realty Income Corp (O) (The Monthly Dividend Company)
I recently published an article entitled “The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks” where I evaluated 17 C-corporation stocks that pay dividends monthly....
Best of the Best Monthly Dividend Stocks: LTC Properties Inc (LTC)
I recently published an article entitled “The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks” where I evaluated 17 C-corporation stocks that pay dividends monthly....
Dividend Growth Case Study: How McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) Generated a 15.6% CAGR Over 2.1 Years
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) has been a great investment for a very long time… $1 invested in McDonald’s stock would be worth $606.67 by...
Compelling Valuation, High Dividend Yield: Consider Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)
Most dividend investors look for low price-to-earnings multiples, high yields, safety, and growth. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) offers all of...
The Best of the Best Monthly Dividend Stocks: Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
I recently published an article entitled “The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks” where I evaluated 17 C-corporation stocks that pay dividends monthly....
The Best of The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks: Stag Industrial Inc (STAG)
I recently published an article entitled “The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks” where I evaluated 17 C-corporation stocks that pay dividends monthly....
Phillips 66 (PSX) Is Even More Attractive After Price Decline
Lower gasoline and distillate margins have impacted on the financial results of U.S. refiners in the first quarter of 2016 and caused their shares to...
Warren Buffett’s Billion Dollar Apple Inc. (AAPL) Investment
Warren Buffett’s newest 13F filings were recently released… The Oracle of Omaha has invested in another tech company. This is only Buffett’s 2nd...
AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) Is Even More Attractive After Earnings
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is one of only 2 insurance stocks in the Dividend Aristocrats Index. The company is the global leader in cancer insurance...
3 Monthly Dividend Stocks with Yields up to 7% From Canada
This is a guest post from The Dividend Beginner. Hello readers, I am The Dividend Beginner, a 22-year old Canadian dividend growth investor from Montreal...
The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks
While most dividend paying stocks that trade on exchanges in the US pay quarterly, there are some stocks that pay their dividends on other schedules....
Chevron Corporation (CVX): Delivering Dividends, Attractive Entry Point For The Patient Investor
The stock of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) – the 2nd largest United States oil company is still attractive despite reporting a significant loss in...
Can The Top 10 S&P 500 Dividend Growers Continue Their Rapid Dividend Growth?
The ten S&P 500 companies that have increased their dividend payout by the highest average annual rate during the last five years are analyzed in...
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM): Get 3.1% Dividend Yield While Waiting For Commodity Prices to Recover
In my view, despite another quarter with disappointing results, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM)’s stock, is still attractive. Archer-...
Why Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Could Be the Next Great Dividend Aristocrat
The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of companies that have increased their dividends for 25 years or more. The list is a great starting point...
107 Profound Warren Buffett Quotes: Learn To Build Wealth
This article contains 107 Warren Buffett quotes to teach you to build wealth and become a better investor. Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest investor...
8 Potential Bargain Dividend Stocks Down 15%+ In The Last Year
A lot of people like to “cheer” for higher prices in the short-term. Yet for the long-term net buyer, it’s lower prices that can provide the ultimate...
Kohl’s Corporation (KSS): Will This 2nd Tier Business Generate 1st Tier Returns?
Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) is what I would classify as a “second tier” type of investment. It doesn’t have that quality aspect of your...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Is A Compelling Long-Term Investment
When you’re talking about dividend paying companies (and specifically dividend growth), you’re likely to think about the normal host of characters...
The Snowball Effect: How To Multiply Your Wealth
What happens when you push a small snowball down a hill… And what does this have to do with growing wealthy? When you push a small snowball down a...
How To Know When You Can Retire With Dividend Investing
When I consider the topic of retirement the first thing that comes to mind is John Maynard Keynes 1930 essay titled “Economic Possibilities For Our...
The Long-Term Investing Guide to Compounding Wealth
What is long-term investing? Long-term investing is the process of buying and holding investment securities you believe will compound investor wealth...
Cash-Secured Puts: The Step-By-Step Guide
In a previous article I provided a “step-by-step” guide for learning more about selling covered calls. If you haven’t yet read that piece I’d...
Boost Your Dividend Income With Covered Calls: The Step-By-Step Guide
The idea of dividend investing, and especially dividend growth investing, makes a lot of sense to me. Naturally there are numerous strategies out there...
Here’s What To Do About Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW)’s Acquisition of The Valspar Corp (VAL)
Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW) is the leader in the North American coatings (paint) industry. The company is the 3rd largest coatings corporation globally...
The Coca-Cola Co (KO)’s Growth Potential & Dividend Analysis
The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) is the largest seller of non alcoholic beverages in the world. The company has had a great run. It is a Dividend King with...
