Dividends

When a stock increases its dividend, it’s only a matter of time before the share price jumps.  One overlooked Canadian dividend stock is raising its dividend by 33%. Thanks… Read more

I’d say it’s no stretch to call AT&T (NYSE: T) one of the more reliable dividend-growth and income investment stocks on the market. The large telecom has continually paid… Read more

If there were no such thing as dividend reinvestment programs (DRIPs), I probably would never have been able to afford my first house. A little more than seven years… Read more

This hasn’t been the best year for U.S. retailers. But retail sales have undoubtedly been a major contributor to America’s post-recession recovery. U.S. retail sales have risen 20% since… Read more

For all the reasons to own dividend stocks, this one might be the most important. Dividends are taskmasters. They force management to focus on its most important function: to… Read more

How would you like to buy an index of blue-chip companies that have raised their dividends for the last 25 years and more importantly, outperformed the S&P 500 by… Read more

As investors, we often worry about the effects of inflation eating into our returns. But might higher inflation rates actually be a good thing for the U.S. economy? That’s… Read more

Because I’m a value-conscience income investor, I’m skeptical of every hot investment trend. That’s because nothing new blooms under the sun. Residential real estate is the latest hot recyclable… Read more

U.S. home prices continue to rise. And two homebuilder ETFs are benefitting. The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (NYSE: ITB) and the SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE: XHB) ETF are both up today on… Read more