Residual income is a much more valuable asset to a long term investment strategy than gains that occur only once. After a single investment yields regular returns, you are able to strengthen your position at no additional cost by placing the returns back into the company. Companies with valuable dividend stock provide regular returns without [...]
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January 6, 2012 | Comments (8)
Last June, I invested my money equally in a selection of 10 high-yield dividend stocks. Those names offer triple the yield of the average S&P 500 stock. You can read all the details. Now let’s check out the results so far.
Company
Cost Basis
Shares
Yield
Total Value
Return
Southern $39.71 25.0818 4.2% $1,127.18 13.2%
Exelon $41.82 23.818 5.1% $982.49 (1.4%)
National Grid $48.90 20.3693 5.8% $972.63 (2.4%)
Philip Morris [...]
January 10, 2012 12:43 ET
AltaGas Ltd. Announces Monthly Dividend
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Jan. 10, 2012) -
AltaGas Ltd. (“AltaGas”) (TSX:ALA) today announced that the January dividend will be paid on February 15, 2012, to holders of record on January 25, 2012, of common shares. The ex-dividend date is January 23, 2012. The amount of the dividend will [...]
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Reuters Jan 9, 2012 – 10:55 AM ET | Last Updated: Jan 9, 2012 11:03 AM ET
By Jon Cook
TORONTO • Canada’s famously conservative banks, hit last week by a high-profile downgrade, may still be the least-bad option for Canadian investors in what could be another ugly year for stock markets.
The financial sector, [...]
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Bank Dividends Make a Comeback in 2011
By Stephen Grocer
Investing in bank stocks was risky business in 2011. Shares of the nation’s banks were hammered as the economy continued to struggled and concerns about new regulations weighed on them.
But there was a bit of good news.
More banks and thrifts increased or initiated dividends in 2011 than [...]
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BOSTON — Stock investors ran in place in 2011. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is ending the year about where it started.
Invest in a stock mutual fund, and you likely ended up losing because of fee expenses. About three-quarters of the U.S. stock fund categories that Morningstar tracks are closing out the calendar out [...]
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