Dividend Increase

How to Tell if You’ll Run Out of Money in Retirement

How to Tell if You’ll Run Out of Money in Retirement

Close to half of Americans say that financial stress has a negative impact on their mental health. For retirees, the combination of not having a job and needing to make savings stretch for the rest of their lives, plus fears of a market crash, can make stress an everyday experience. So, let’s talk about an […]

Dividend Increases on Tech Stocks

Dividend Increases on Tech Stocks

Single stock ETFs have become very popular with income investors. It’s no surprise considering they check all of the boxes for investors: double-digit yields, monthly dividends, and yield from hot sectors that normally pay little to no dividends.  In today’s article we’re looking at funds that give you access to large-cap stocks like the Magnificent […]

 2 Best Stocks for the 2022 Recession

 2 Best Stocks for the 2022 Recession

With a number of large-cap companies putting out disappointing second-quarter results, as investors we need to look to different industries and sectors for some bright spots. The 2022 recession will affect companies in diverse business areas a lot differently compared to what we saw during the pandemic shutdown of early 2020. Let’s take a look […]

Coca-Cola Profits Up 24% Year Over Year

Coca-Cola Profits Up 24% Year Over Year

Some of the safest trades of the year so far have been the so-called “Dogs of the Dow”—high dividend-yielding blue chip stocks. If you want proof, look no further than Coca-Cola (KO). With a dividend yield of 2.67%, the stock has exploded from a January 2022 low of about $58 to $67.20. While it’s slightly […]

Costco Is A Strong Buy During Inflationary Periods

Costco Is A Strong Buy During Inflationary Periods

With fears of recession, keep an eye on Costco Wholesale (COST). With a dividend yield of 0.61%, Costco sells the types of products that consumers need, no matter how well or how poorly the economy is doing. After all, even in times of chaos, consumers need food, soap, toothpaste, toilet paper, etc. Costco also just […]

Independent financial businessmen calculate the client's annual income and analyze the market in-depth with office graphs, Income Tax Management and Financial Accounting concept.

Why Stock Buybacks Do Nothing for You

Dear Reader, Corporations’ renewed focus on “returning cash to shareholders” is laudable, but misleading. As with all things investment-related, you can only determine whether something is a good deal for investors by understanding the nuances of how companies implement these policies. When business results are good, corporate boards of directors often choose (as they should) […]

Reliable Dividend Paying Companies Generate Stable Income

Reliable Dividend Paying Companies Generate Stable Income

As Investopedia explains: “…a dividend is a distribution of a portion of a company’s earnings, decided by the board of directors, to a class of its shareholders. Dividends can be issued as cash payments, as shares of stock, or other property.” What makes dividends even more attractive is the fact that reliable dividend paying companies pay […]

Stock market chart

When Do You Sell A Stock Paying 18% That’s Tripled in Price?

What a difference a vaccine makes! I am talking, of course about how my Dividend Hunter readers—the ones getting an average of 9% yields on our portfolio holdings—feel about their income-focused, stock market investments in light of the good news last Monday about an effective coronavirus vaccine. The news lit a fire under share prices […]