Retirement's 4% Rule: Why Mr. & Mrs. Income Don't Need It (Part 2) - Seeking Alpha

Retirement's 4% Rule: Why Mr. & Mrs. Income Don't Need It (Part 2) - Seeking Alpha: In Part 1, we saw how Mr. & Mrs. Income decided to part ways with conventional advice and target their retirement income needs years before they retired. They saved diligently, placing their money into dividend-growth stocks, a general bond fund, and later into a TIPS fund.
They never made it to $1,000,000. But they did not do badly. At the end of 2010, when their retirement started, they had $950,000 saved up. Here’s a snapshot of how each element is expected to perform. The stock numbers are blended, meaning that they indicate total performance across the stock portfolio.

Retirement's 4% Rule: Why Mr. & Mrs. Income Don't Need It (Part 1) - Seeking Alpha

Retirement's 4% Rule: Why Mr. & Mrs. Income Don't Need It (Part 1) - Seeking Alpha: Remember the Growths?

In two previous articles, we met Mr. & Mrs. Growth. They were saving for retirement following common practices, including shooting for “The Number” and planning to withdraw from their nest egg during retirement.
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38 Dividend Increases Expected In The Next 10 Weeks - Seeking Alpha

38 Dividend Increases Expected In The Next 10 Weeks - Seeking Alpha: In compiling the Dividend Champions list I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again.

Activity Picking Up

In recent articles in this series, I mentioned that we had passed the very slowest period of increases during the year in terms of declarations, and that the number of approaching dividend increases seemed to be picking up. Of the 45 companies listed in my August 11 article, 15 announced increases and only one plans to pay the same amount for a fifth quarter, so the majority are carried over here, joined by companies with Ex-Dividend Dates in late October and early November.

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45 Dividend Increases Expected in the Next 10 Weeks - Seeking Alpha

45 Dividend Increases Expected in the Next 10 Weeks - Seeking Alpha: "In compiling the Dividend Champions list I get to see what companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again.

Activity Picking Up

In recent articles in this series, I mentioned that we had passed the very slowest period of increases during the year in terms of declarations, and that the number of approaching dividend increases seemed to be picking up. Of the 51 companies listed in my July 26 article, 19 announced increases and only one plans to pay the same amount for a fifth quarter, so the majority will be carried over here, joined by companies with Ex-Dividend Dates in early- to mid-October."

The Highest Yielding Dividend Champions, Challengers and Contenders - Seeking Alpha

The Highest Yielding Dividend Champions, Challengers and Contenders - Seeking Alpha: "Sometimes I wonder whether the common practice of dividing dividend stocks into two groups - high yield and dividend-growth - doesn’t set up a false dichotomy. The implications are that high-yield stocks do not grow their dividends, and stocks that grow their dividends have low yields. Neither generalization is true.
The purpose of this article is to identify those stocks that offer both high yield and dividend growth. The qualification for “high yield” is a projected yield of 5% or more. The qualification for “dividend growth” is residence on David Fish’s most recent Dividend Champions document. The document - affectionately known as CCC - includes Champions (25 straight years of dividend growth or more), Challengers (10 years) and Contenders (5 years)."

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Dividends in Danger? Frontier, CenturyLink, Conoco Phillips, 4 Others in the Crosshairs - Seeking Alpha

Dividends in Danger? Frontier, CenturyLink, Conoco Phillips, 4 Others in the Crosshairs - Seeking Alpha: "This is the fifth installment in a series that collects and summarizes SA members’ opinions about companies whose dividends may be in danger. Not all information for each company has been independently verified. Readers’ comments have been integrated and edited. If you wish to see the full comment stream, consult last month’s article."

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Illinois Tool Works: Innovation, Growth, Above-Average Yield and Low Valuation - Seeking Alpha

Illinois Tool Works: Innovation, Growth, Above-Average Yield and Low Valuation - Seeking Alpha: "This is part seven of a seven-part series that is looking at the incredible opportunity that a cyclical company can represent as earnings recover coming out of a recession. A primary objective of this series is to illustrate that price drops of well-established companies are usually temporary even after earnings are cyclically weak.

Part one, 6 High Profile Industrials With Staggering 3-Year Performance, provided a cursory view of six industrial companies. In the part prior to this one, we looked at Ingersoll-Rand (IR) in Rand: Profit by Investing in Recovering, Large, Well-Entrenched Cyclicals. You can find the entire series here."

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Caterpillar Inc. Is Piling Up Profits - Seeking Alpha

Caterpillar Inc. Is Piling Up Profits - Seeking Alpha: "This article is part four of a seven part series that is looking at the incredible opportunity that a cyclical company can represent as earnings recover coming out of a recession. A primary objective of this series of articles is to illustrate that price drops of well-established companies are usually temporary even after earnings are cyclically weak. Part one, 6 High Profile Industrials With Staggering 3-Year Performance, provided a cursory view of six industrial companies. In part two, we provided a more comprehensive look at Cummings Inc.: Cummins' Staggering 3-Year Annualized Performance."

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Dividend Champions Smackdown XVI - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Champions Smackdown XVI - Seeking Alpha: "In previous installments of the Smackdown series, I have screened the Dividend Champions list of companies that have paid higher dividends for at least 25 straight years (which can be found here) using factors such as yield, payout ratio, and dividend growth rate, and then did separate screens on Dividend Contenders (10-24 years of higher dividends) and Challengers (5-9 years). This month, I'm starting the Smackdown by focusing on a new column that was added in the latest update. For an explanation of how I calculate the Estimated 5-year Average EPS Growth, please refer to the latest Dividend Champions update article, which can be found here."

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100 Dividend Champions for August 2011: New Data, New Columns - Seeking Alpha

100 Dividend Champions for August 2011: New Data, New Columns - Seeking Alpha: "The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 6/30/11 and are available here. Note that all references to Champions mean companies that have paid higher dividends for at least 25 straight years; Contenders have streaks of 10-24 years; Challengers have streaks of 5-9 years. “CCC” refers to the universe of Champions, Contenders, and Challengers."

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