Dividend Growth Investor

Eight Dividend Achievers Strike Back

Actually CCJ doesn't have a long and consistent history of raising dividends so I wouldn't look at it at this moment.

I typically write about dividend increases for the week on monday, since it covers the whole week of dividend increases. The other author you are refering to, chooses to do so on Fridays, and covers a slightly different period than me. If you actually look at the two articles there are some differences in terms of the introduction , conclusion and also the emphasis.

I understand that most investors are eager to jump straight into the list of dividend candidates, and I can't blame their quest to get some decent on their money in the current low interest rate environment. However it is important to be picky about the stocks you are about to research and then even pickier for the stocks you are about purchase...


On Dec 07 11:00 AM Adonis wrote:

> There is another article on SA saying the exact same thing, same
> stocks everything. So I have the same issue with this one. For CCJ,
> is upping your yield to a .70% really fighting back? A couple of
> these names offer good ideas, but most fall way short.

Eight Dividend Achievers Strike Back

My bad I guess I didn't update the data. OGE increased the company's annual dividend to $1.45 per share from $1.42 per share.

Gentlemen, in those weekly types of articles about dividend increases I pretty much cover EVERY dividend company which raised distributions for the previous week. I am not recommending these shares to be bought.
My typicaly process is to check weekly whether any of my holdings have raised distributions; also to check the list for any potential candidates for further research. Sometimes I could find interesting companeis for further research after screening the list of dividend riasers for the week - some of these companeis might not be even on the dividend acheivers or dividend artistocrats lists. It is also important to familiarize yourself with as many stocks as possible and research as many as possible, until you are able to identify the besto f the best and eliminate the ones that don't look as promising.

When I recommend a stock I would most probably already have a long term position in it. The stocks I am buying are typically listed on my wednesday's articles and my friday articles.

Of the above stocks, ENB looks like an interesting play. I am planning on buying its pipeline company through EEQ, but I could definitely see myself researching ENB some time in the future.

I hold KMR and NUE; I would be buying some KMR tomorrow as well. NUE is a hold at the time since it has not covered its dividend very well over the past few quarters.


On Dec 07 02:04 PM Walt17 wrote:

> Your data on OGE looks off. The news release I read indicated a 2%
> dividend increase. Also, considering the very low dividend growth
> I am surprised to see you recommending it. From $1.33/year to $1.45
> in the last 10 years.