Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Rising Dividends: My Dividend Growth Portfolio 2012-2013 Report - Seeking Alpha

Rising Dividends: My Dividend Growth Portfolio 2012-2013 Report - Seeking Alpha: As many know, I maintain a public demonstration Dividend Growth Portfolio (DGP). I keep it out here in the open so that people can see how one person (me) executes a dividend growth strategy and what its results are.

When I first got started in investing many years ago, I was appalled at how predictions and recommendations were made, but with no follow-up at a later time to let you know how the predictions did

Thursday, January 17, 2013

'Pure-Bred' Dividend Challenger Dogs For 2013 - Seeking Alpha

'Pure-Bred' Dividend Challenger Dogs For 2013 - Seeking Alpha: Introduction

One of the most popular - albeit simplistic - approaches to stock screening is the well known "Dogs of the Dow" strategy that simply picks the 10 highest yielding stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the start of the year and holds them until the end of the year. Although it had already been around for decades, it was highlighted in the book Beating the Dow by Michael B. O'Higgins and John Downes in 1991 and even has its own web site at http://www.dogsofthedow.com/

2013 'Pure-Bred' Dividend Contender Dogs - Seeking Alpha

2013 'Pure-Bred' Dividend Contender Dogs - Seeking Alpha: Introduction

One of the most popular - albeit simplistic - approaches to stock screening is the well known "Dogs of the Dow" strategy that simply picks the 10 highest yielding stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the start of the year and holds them until the end of the year. Although it had already been around for decades, it was highlighted in the book Beating the Dow by Michael B. O'Higgins and John Downes in 1991 and even has its own web site at http://www.dogsofthedow.com/

2013 Dividend Champion 'Pure-Bred' Dogs - Seeking Alpha

2013 Dividend Champion 'Pure-Bred' Dogs - Seeking Alpha: Introduction

One of the most popular - albeit simplistic - approaches to stock screening is the well known "Dogs of the Dow" strategy that simply picks the 10 highest yielding stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the start of the year and holds them until the end of the year. Although it had already been around for decades, it was highlighted in the book Beating the Dow by Michael B. O'Higgins and John Downes in 1991 and even has its own web site at http://www.dogsofthedow.com/

Dividend Challengers Smackdown XXXIV - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Challengers Smackdown XXXIV - Seeking Alpha: In the most recent installments of the Smackdown series, I screened the Dividend Champions (which can be found here: http://dripinvesting.org/Tools/Tools.asp ) using a "back to basics" approach and, last month, by combining a high Dividend Growth Rate and low volatility to look for a "smoother" ride.

Dividend Contenders Smackdown XXXIV - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Contenders Smackdown XXXIV - Seeking Alpha: In the most recent installments of the Smackdown series, I screened the Dividend Champions (which can be found here: http://dripinvesting.org/Tools/Tools.asp ) using a "back to basics" approach and, last month, by combining a high Dividend Growth Rate and low volatility to look for a "smoother" ride.

Dividend Champions Smackdown XXXIV - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Champions Smackdown XXXIV - Seeking Alpha: In the most recent installments of the Smackdown series, I screened the Dividend Champions (which can be found here: http://dripinvesting.org/Tools/Tools.asp ) using a "back to basics" approach and, last month, by combining a high Dividend Growth Rate and low volatility to look for a "smoother" ride.

Monday, January 7, 2013

2012 Dividend Challenger Dogs Retrospective - Seeking Alpha

2012 Dividend Challenger Dogs Retrospective - Seeking Alpha: A year ago, I published an article applying the "Dogs of the Dow" strategy to the Dividend Challengers, so it's only natural that I present a recap of that strategy. The original article can be found here, so I won't repeat the full text, but I said the following:

'It seems only natural to apply this strategy to a listing of companies that have increased their dividends for many years. The logic is the same: The yields on depressed stocks will have been driven up, giving the investor a group of candidates that have not only rebound potential, but also a strong dividend that "pays them to wait."

2012 Dividend Contender Dogs Review - Seeking Alpha

2012 Dividend Contender Dogs Review - Seeking Alpha: A year ago, I published an article applying the "Dogs of the Dow" strategy to the Dividend Contenders, so it's only natural that I present a recap of that strategy. The original article can be found here, so I won't repeat the full text, but I said, in part, the following:

It seems only natural to apply this strategy to a listing of companies that have increased their dividends for many years. The logic is the same: The yields on depressed stocks will have been driven up, giving the investor a group of candidates that have not only rebound potential, but also a strong dividend that "pays them to wait.