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Article / Updated 08-23-2023
Stock market investors and analysts often take sides on the issue of investing in dividend stocks. On one side are the cheerleaders who believe dividend stocks are the next best thing to free money. On the other are the naysayers who believe that dividend stocks are the next worst thing to a government takeover.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 08-02-2023
Dividend investing is nothing new. However, following a dividend-investment strategy is new to many modern investors who've been focused solely on growth investing. If you count yourself among this crowd or are just starting out and plan on investing in dividend stocks, you need to know how to develop your strategy, find and evaluate potentially good dividend stocks, manage your portfolio, and avoid the most common and critical mistakes.
Article / Updated 08-02-2022
Some people are better at bargain hunting than others. What usually separates the clueless from the pros is that the pros know what something is worth. The same is true for finding bargains on Wall Street. You need to know what a stock is worth, and low price isn’t always a bargain.Value investors hunt for bargains, but they buy only after performing some careful research and crunching the numbers.
Article / Updated 07-19-2022
Tools, data, and analysis previously accessible only to investment professionals are now readily available on the Web 24/7 and are better and faster than ever. Many Web sites even provide free stock screeners that enable you to search for stocks by price, dividend yield, price -to-earnings ratio (P/E), earnings per share (EPS), and more.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-28-2022
Dividend stock investing may seem daunting, but with a little knowledge of how to find and pick promising dividend-paying stocks, you can invest in these stocks and reap dividends like a pro. Your portfolio will thank you.Researching your dividend stock picks with important formulasAs with all stocks, you should research the dividend stocks you’re considering before you buy them to ensure they’re good investments.
Article / Updated 07-06-2021
If you are investing online and have a taxable brokerage account, you need to understand how dividends work. Remember that a dividend is a distribution of a portion of a company's earnings to some of its shareholders. Dividends can be issued as cash payments, stock shares, or even other property.Dividends are paid based on how many shares you own or dividends per share (DPS).
Article / Updated 06-30-2021
A balance sheet presents a financial snapshot of what the company owns and owes at a single point in time, typically at the end of each quarter. It’s essentially a net worth statement for a company. The left or top side of the balance sheet lists everything the company owns: its assets, also known as debits. The right or lower side lists the claims against the company, called liabilities or credits, and shareholder equity.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
The price-to-earnings ratio or P/E (sometimes referred to as a multiple) indicates how much investors are willing to pay for each dollar of profit they stand to earn per year. For example, if an investor buys a stock with a P/E of 15, he’s willing to pay $15 for each dollar of profit, or 15 times the earnings for one share of stock.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Everyone knows you can buy and sell shares of stock on the stock market. Some investors, however, don’t realize the nuances of the different buy and sell orders — market orders, time orders, limit orders, stop-loss orders, and so on. By understanding these different types of orders and using them correctly, you can maximize your dividend profits and minimize your potential losses.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Several industrial sectors are filled with dividend-paying companies, and some sectors provide better bets than others for your dividend stock investment portfolio. The following sectors offer the top options for dividend stock investing; when you’re fishing for good dividend stocks, you can improve your chances of hooking some keepers by dropping your line in these holes: Utilities: Electricity, water, and natural gas (suppliers, not producers) Energy: Oil, natural gas (producers, not suppliers), and master limited partnerships (MLPs) Telecommunications: Carriers (U.
