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5 High Yield Dividend ETFs for Your Portfolio
Ned Piplovic | October 10, 2019
Since their introduction in the mid-1990s, the number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has expanded exponentially and income investors now can choose from thousands of high yield dividend ETFs to bolster their dividend income. As an established investment form, the total number of mutual funds increased 17% between 1999 and 2017. During the same period, the number of available ETFs increased…
3 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
Ned Piplovic | October 10, 2019
Always on the lookout for best dividend stocks for portfolio diversification, income investors should consider equities with a history of reliable dividend growth that also offer continued or renewed asset appreciation. Investing a substantial share of a portfolio in a “hot” sector to capture the upward momentum can certainly offer strong gains. However, this strategy typically works mostly for institutional…
What are the Dividend Aristocrats?
Ned Piplovic | October 10, 2019
Dividend Aristocrats are a group of few dozen S&P 500 companies that have a record of boosting their annual dividend distribution amount for at least the last 25 consecutive years. Published in 1989, the first list of Dividend Aristocrats contained 26 companies. List rebalancing to add and drop companies based on their eligibility occurs quarterly in January, April, July and…
Microsoft Corporation Announced 14th Consecutive Annual Dividend Hike (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Ned Piplovic | October 3, 2019
While not known for extraordinarily high dividend yields, the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has continued raising its quarterly payouts and has announced its 14th consecutive annual dividend hike for the last quarter of the calendar year. This current boost is the company’s 14th boost annual dividend hike in the 16 years since Microsoft began dividend payouts. The share price rose significantly…
Three Dow 30 Stocks to Buy Now
Ned Piplovic | October 3, 2019
While the composition of the Dow 30 stocks changes occasionally, this group of stocks has been used as a high-level indication of the overall movement of the market ever since Charles Dow introduced his first stock average index in 1884. Some market analysts and financial experts insist that the Dow 30 stocks are not an accurate representation of the overall…
