Dividend stocks are often categorized in superficial ways, primarily lumping together all higher yielding stocks as "high yield" and lower yielding stocks as "dividend growth." There are many nuances.

Walmart is always top of mind for shoppers, which is why the stock is a Dividend King. Walmart has increased its dividend for ...

Here are three Dividend Kings that, after at least half a century of payout increases, are still raising dividends by 10% a ...

High-yield dividend stocks, whose underlying companies have large buyback programs, tend to do quite well over time. The rationale behind this is that the buybacks allow the dividends paid out to ...

With the Fed in its seventh year of keeping yields low and bond prices no longer going up, investors have gravitated to dividend-focused stock investing. Many stocks have higher-than-bond yields, plus ...

If you’re an investor in publicly traded stocks, you’ll want to know the dividend policy of the companies you’re considering. A dividend policy is how a company distributes profits to its shareholders ...

Many retired folks, investors looking to fight inflation, or looking for income from their stocks love their dividends. A big part of dividend investing is a stock’s dividend growth rate. A stock’s ...

When it comes to income investing, it’s good to know the dividend payout ratio formula. It can give you insight into dividend safety. When it comes to dividend stocks, this ratio is always on my ...

Learn to calculate the dividend payout ratio from an income statement and understand its difference from the dividend yield. Simplify your investment analysis.

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Some time ago, I had a prospective client meeting with a gentleman whose daughter had special needs. The goal of his investment strategy was to leave enough money for her. That makes sense, but what ...