The following is an excerpt from 5 “Oddball” Dividend Stocks With Big Yields, originally published on Kiplinger’s. It’s not the easiest market out there for income investors. With bond yields being depressed for so many years (and still extremely low by any historical standard) investors have scoured the globe for yield, which has pushed...Read More

The following is an excerpt from 7 Dividend Achievers With Big Income Potential There is an old Wall Street maxim that the safest dividend is the one that’s just been raised. Which is why if you’re not familiar with Dividend Achievers, you should be. You can always find that occasional company that continued raising its...Read More

Stock buybacks get a bad reputation — and justifiably so. It seems that for most companaies, a share repurchase is little more than an expensive mop to soak up share dilution from executive stock options or other share-based compensation. So, it’s refreshing to see a company like LyondellBasell Industries (LYB). When Lyondell announces a share...Read More

The following first appeared on InvestorPlace.com as The 10 Best ETFs to Buy for Yield-Starved Investors  Call it the tyranny of choice, but investors looking for income via dividend exchange-traded funds have almost too many options to choose from these days. A simple screen returns nearly 200 dividend-focused ETFs. But in a list that long, how do go...Read More

The following first appeared on Kiplingers.com as 7 Monthly Dividend Stocks for Income You Can Count On Cash management can be one of the biggest challenges in retirement. Your bills – everything from your mobile phone service to your rent or house payment – come on a monthly cycle. When you work, and get paid...Read More