Archive for Dividend Stocks

My Best Income Advice for This Market

By Carla Pasternak, globaldividends.com My Best Income Advice for This Market Your portfolio isn’t the only one that’s taking a beating right now… U.S. equities across the board have sold-off in the past month. The S&P 500 fell 9% in May alone. That kind of volatility makes it hard for…

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Buffett’s $5.1 Billion “Missing” Paycheck

By Carla Pasternak, http://globaldividends.com/ To say Warren Buffett has done well for himself would be an understatement. That’s why from time to time, I like to check in on what the “Oracle of Omaha” is doing with Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A) portfolio. There is a neat resource if you like…

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The Income Investment I’d Recommend to Anyone With $1 Million (Or Much Less)

By Amy Calistri, GlobalDividends.com Most of the people reading today’s issue don’t have a million dollars to invest. It doesn’t matter. What I’m going to show you applies no matter how much money you have to invest — whether it’s $100 or $100 million. I’ve simply used $1 million as…

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The Income Investing Chart You Don’t Want to Miss…

By Carla Pasternak, globaldividends.com Sometimes it takes guts to be an income investor. A few weeks ago, the S&P 500 closed above 1,400 for the first time since May 2008, before the Lehman Brothers collapse led off the financial crisis. In total, the index has gained a remarkable 11% so…

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A 26% Yield From One of the Largest Oil Companies on Earth

By Amy Calistri, globaldividends.com People often ask me about my most profitable investment. It was an investment I made back in October 1999. Today, it pays me a yield equivalent to 26%, and it has forever changed how I look for income opportunities. In 1999, I was speaking at an…

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The Best-Performing Income Stock of 2012

By Paul Tracy, GlobalDividends.com I’ve told you before about the opportunities in international companies… Dozens of countries are growing their economies at faster rates than the United States. The CIA World Factbook ranks the United States near the bottom in world GDP growth — number 172 of 214 countries/territories. That’s…

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Government Bonds Yielding 8.7%

By Paul Tracy, GlobalDividends.com I can imagine what you’re thinking after reading the headline of today’s issue… “Government bonds don’t yield 8.7%. I can go to dozens of websites and show you that 10-year Treasuries pay 2.0%” Truth is, you’re correct. Ten-year U.S. Treasury bonds only pay about 2% annually……

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17 Stocks Yielding 12%-Plus

By Paul Tracy, DividendOpportunities.com Let’s be honest. When you hear about a stock that yields 12% or more, your first thought should be that the company is probably a basket case that can’t even turn a profit. If it’s offering a yield that sounds too good to be true, it…

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This Stock Was Our Biggest Winner of the Year… Here’s Why

By Paul Tracy, DividendOpportunities.com It pays a yield of 10.5%. And it’s one of the most unique dividend payers on the market. It’s not a regular business — it doesn’t have thousands of employees or millions of dollars worth of equipment — and it doesn’t have complex operations that take…

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A Top 5 Income Stock for 2012

By Paul Tracy, DividendOpportunities.com Just a few weeks ago, we released our newest piece of research — The Top 5 Income Stocks for 2012. These five high-yield stocks represent our favorite income ideas for the coming year, and they pay dividend yields of 7.0%… 8.8%… even 11.5%. But there is…

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