Dividend Growth Portfolio I am on record of often pointing out that it is a market of stocks and not a stock market. The same concept applies to individual investors. It is a market of investors, not an investor’s market. In short, this is a fancy way of saying that just like stocks, not all …
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Dogs of the DOW: Lessons on Valuation And Dividend Growth | FAST Graphs
Dogs of the Dow Each year financial news services such as the Wall Street Journal and others like to talk about the strategy known as Dogs of the Dow. This is a popular and established strategy involving buying the 10 stocks with the highest dividend yields of the 30 Dow components at the first of …
Tesla: Sinking Ship Or Rocketship Ready To Launch? | FAST Graphs
Introduction Tesla (TSLA) has been one of the fastest growing companies on the planet based on sales growth. Earnings growth, however, has been more erratic in the past, but is beginning to generate strong growth. As far as the stock price is concerned, it has been a roller coaster. From the middle of 2018 through …
Knowing When to Sell a Stock: 15 Real-Life Examples to Guide Your Decision
When to Sell A Stock Introduction One of the most common complaints I hear from investors is that their advisors or brokers like to tell them when to buy a stock, but never tell them when to sell. Whether those criticisms are fair or not, the when to sell a stock decision is certainly the …
How to Safely Maximize The Yield Of A Dividend Growth Stock Portfolio (Part 3 of 3)
Stock Portfolio There are many strategies that can be employed to maximize the yield from a dividend growth stock portfolio. Some are riskier than others. In fact, some can be extremely risky such as chasing what some call “sucker yields” which are companies paying double-digit dividend rates. As the old saying goes “if it sounds …
20 Dividend Growth Stocks For Faster Growth And Profit (Part 2 of 3)
Dividend Growth Stocks In part 1 I covered a model portfolio that was built on August 24, 2021, with the primary objective of generating a higher level of current income safely. To repeat and clarify, the primary focus was for the highest level of current income possible without taking on undue risk. In theory, equal …
Finding 20 Dividend Growth Stocks In A Bad Market
Dividend Growth Stocks Starting in 2012, it became more and more difficult for prudent dividend growth stock investors looking for income. The stock market was trading at excessive valuations, and interest rates were at all-time lows. Consequently, there was little to no income to be achieved from fixed income instruments, and the highest quality blue-chip …
Why Everyone Should Invest This Way | FAST Graphs
Invest This Way – Proof That Value Investing Works Why everyone should invest this way. With this video I have revisited previous videos going back as far as July 2017. The central idea is to illustrate how well valuation and value investing performs in the long run. This is true even when shorter-term performance based …
5 Dividend Stocks with Yields Of 2.25% To 9.5%
Introduction Dividend Stocks Subscribers have requested that I cover 5 dividend stocks with yields ranging from 2.5% to 9.5%. What I find interesting about these requests is how different each of these companies are and how investors wanted to know more about them. Of course, I clearly understand the allure of a 9.5% dividend yield. …
Technology On Sale: NetApp 3% Dividend Yield Attractive Valuation
Dividend Yield – Attractive Valuation On Wednesday, November 30, NetApp (NTAP) – formerly Network Appliance, reported earnings that beat analysts’ estimates. Nevertheless, the dividend paying company lowered guidance for next year and the stock fell almost 6% for the day. This prompted a Citi analyst to state that the stocks pull back was what “investors …