Is The Financial Crisis Over For Financial Stocks? [Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, Wells Fargo & Co, AFLAC Incorporated, American Tower Corp, BlackRock, Inc., ICICI Bank Limited (ADR), Monmouth R.E. Inv. Corp., Vanguard Financials ETF] - Seeking Alpha

Is The Financial Crisis Over For Financial Stocks? [Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, Wells Fargo & Co, AFLAC Incorporated, American Tower Corp, BlackRock, Inc., ICICI Bank Limited (ADR), Monmouth R.E. Inv. Corp., Vanguard Financials ETF] - Seeking Alpha: The cause of the financial crisis of 2007-2008, also known as the Great Recession of 2008, is attributed to many different theories. However, one of the most common theories is an easy money regulatory environment that led to an abundance of subprime loans, which in turn inflated real estate prices to bubble levels. Additionally, many blame the Financial sector, predominantly the money center banks, for exploiting the lax lending requirements with reckless and greedy behavior. They did this through the creation of and proliferation of high risk bundled subprime mortgages (CMOs, etc.) and the creation of other high risk and complex financial products that were being pawned off as safe investments.

Building A Quality Income Portfolio - Part 1: At The Portfolio Level | Mentions: BHP Billiton plc (ADR) (BBL), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), The Coca-Cola Company (KO), Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST), Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (SLW) - Seeking Alpha

Building A Quality Income Portfolio - Part 1: At The Portfolio Level | Mentions: BHP Billiton plc (ADR) (BBL), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), The Coca-Cola Company (KO), Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST), Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (SLW) - Seeking Alpha: Lately, I see the word "quality" being thrown around on SA dividend income related articles. I see "quality" as having 2 facets. One, we want a quality income portfolio. Two, this portfolio is made up of a group of high quality dividend payers. In the first article of this 2 article series (Part 2 is here), I'm going to explore quality at the portfolio level. At the portfolio level, we look at the bigger picture to see whether the portfolio as a whole is continuing on its track in building a growing income stream from dividends.

Building A Quality Income Portfolio - Part 2:

Building A Quality Income Portfolio - Part 2: At The Stock Level | Mentions: Chevron Corporation (CVX), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), McDonald's Corporation (MCD), Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST), The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) - Seeking Alpha: In the first article of this series, I wrote about quality at the income portfolio level. This article continues with the discussion with a focus on choosing quality companies to add to our income portfolio. Amongst other things, the factors that affect the quality of a company include the company's earnings consistency, its financial strength, its yield, and its dividend growth rate.

Amgen, Inc. (AMGN): For A Healthier Portfolio - Look Here - Seeking Alpha

Amgen, Inc. (AMGN): For A Healthier Portfolio - Look Here - Seeking Alpha: The Healthcare sector is comprised of many diverse companies, as can be seen from the list of subsectors provided below. Historically the Healthcare sector has been comprised of a significant number of companies with above-average growth rates of earnings. Consequently, a majority of the companies comprising the Healthcare sector could be thought of as growth stocks over dividend growth stocks.

Dividend Growth Investors: Focus On Valuation Rather Than Price - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Growth Investors: Focus On Valuation Rather Than Price - Seeking Alpha: This article is inspired by a series of comments on Bob Wells' recent excellent article about retirement investing strategies.

A comment thread developed around the idea of stock prices, specifically about the difficulties an investor can experience buying more of a stock that he or she purchased for a lower price in the past. The point I made in the comments, and that I want to expand on here, is that if you shift your focus from price to valuation, the decision becomes clearer and less emotional.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Dividend Investing - Dividend Growth Investor

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Dividend Investing - Dividend Growth Investor: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Dividend Investing
I have highlighted below several frequently asked questions about dividend investing. This is not an all inclusive list, but more of a running total of questions I am usually asked about dividend investing, dividend growth stocks and my strategy. The answers pertain to my investing, strategy and experience, and I have tried to respond to the best of my knowledge and intentions. As I get new recurring questions asked, I would add them to this list.

Dividend Challengers: 17 Increases Expected In The Next 11 Weeks - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Challengers: 17 Increases Expected In The Next 11 Weeks - Seeking Alpha: In compiling the Dividend Champions list (found here) 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. I have modified the Expected Increase series to reflect a more SA-friendly format by separating the Champions (25 or more years of higher dividends), Contenders (10-24 years), and Challengers (5-9 years) into distinct groupings, so please look for the other articles, which I hope will be published about the same time.