Keep reading to learn all about dividend yield ratio, including how to calculate it and how it can help you evaluate dividend stocks.
Dividend Growth
How a Dividend Capture Strategy Works: Advantages and Risks
Wouldn’t it be nice to collect dividends every single day? That’s exactly what some traders aim to do. Unlike regular dividend investing, which is focused on long-term stocks, some traders try to profit from holding stocks for short periods, just enough to pocket the dividend. This is known as the dividend capture strategy. In this […]
Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Puts All Pipelines Back in Vogue
The ransomware attack and subsequent shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline drew a lot of awareness to how much our economy depends on fuels delivered by pipelines. Gas stations from the southeastern U.S. all the way up to New Jersey are out or will soon be out of fuel to sell. Airlines may not be able […]
Secure Your Retirement With Dividend Growth Investing
Inexperienced investors often chase “hot” or “trending” stocks hoping that they’ll buy at the right time and the right price. Those investors also hope that the share price will rise. That’s a lot of hoping — and maybe praying too. But, living on a prayer just isn’t realistic, no matter how great the song is. […]
What To Look for When Choosing the Best Dividend Stocks
All investors have different goals. Some are simply Wall Street hobbyists, while others are future retirees who want to store up a nest egg. On top of letting you enjoy the thrill of the trading floor and save for the future, a dividend investing portfolio can provide you with a stable source of income as […]
Preferred Stocks: Higher Yields, Safer Dividends
Before the coronavirus pandemic and resulting financial crisis, I was lukewarm about preferred stocks. For my Dividend Hunter service, I felt that high-yield common shares provided all the opportunity needed to build an attractive income stream. The pandemic-triggered stock market crash and numerous dividend reductions and suspensions pushed me to reevaluate my thoughts about individual […]
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 […]
Buying 9%, 11%, and 15% Secure Dividends at Bargain Prices
It is an exciting time to be an income-focused investor. Business results are improving, yet share prices have not recovered from the February-March crash. The lack of share price recovery allows us to pick up shares of solid income stocks at excellent yields. Who wouldn’t like earning 9%, 11%, or even 15% from an investment […]
Double Digit Dividend Yields and The Potential For 100% Stock Price Gains
For the broader U.S. stock market, the pandemic-triggered crash has come and gone. In February and March, the S&P 500 stock index experienced a short-term bear market, dropping by over 35% from its early-February peak to the late-March bottom. The S&P 500 steadily recovered the losses and then some, with the index now up 11% […]
The Dividend Payer That’s Up 3,000% And You Probably Didn’t Know It Pays Dividends
It feels like COVID-19 is stealing summer. With businesses closed, large gatherings banned, and no baseball (yet), we are in July, but it does not feel like summer should feel. However there is one traditional Fourth of July event that has not been canceled and may help you get that summer feeling. Nathan’s Famous International […]
