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    Oldguy67
    Aug 24 01:53 PM
    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    for Frank Li, Dividend stocks are a great way to make a
    living especially for those of us who are retired. I have been
    investing in dividend stocks for 52 years and have no regrets.
    I retired at 44 (23 years ago) and make a 6 figure income, which
    is really what you want and need when you retire.     Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:21 AM
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    General Discussion on AFR
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    gvrdoc
    Nov 05 11:41 AM
    Gramercy Capital to Acquire Fellow REIT American Financial for 31% Premium [view article]
    With regard to the above story, does anyone have a comment on the potential buyout of LUM which has a book value $10.00 Reply
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    sunrises
    Nov 03 03:26 AM
    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    Hello. Is there an Emerging Market ETF that has included Alibaba.com ipo there holdings? Or, is there a new ETF which includes alibaba.com for those who cannot purshares the shares for quite some time? Reply
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    Sun
    May 14 03:23 PM
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    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    Hi everybody:

    Thanks for the suggestions. I will look at some of ratios to add to the article. Also, for individual stocks, dividend growth rate is quite important in evaluating a stock's long-term performance in terms of dividend payout. However, due to limited resources, I am not sure if I can find all the information I need or not, but I will try. Actually, the initial purpose of the article was to compare the performance of dividend paying ETFs and see how much they are different from each other.

    Frank Emery: Yes, companies in the financial, utility and real estate sectors usually pay higher dividends. I will take a look at international dividend ETFs later.

    Frank Li: The ER column has the expense ratio of each ETF.

    bigjohn_hk: The main reason I am considering replacing Powershares ETFs with Vanguard ETFs is cost. Vanguard ETFs have much lower ER then Powershares ETFs and with a higher yield as well.

    Sun     Reply
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    bigjohn_hk
    May 14 11:28 AM
    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    Could you tell me, pls, why you are dissatisfied with PowerShares and are replacing them with Vanguard. I also own the same Powershare Divd. ETFs. Thanks Reply
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    Frank Li
    May 13 09:23 PM
    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    3 reasons to question the assumption here that high dividend yielding stocks or ETFs must be good:

    1. As Joe comments above, there's no discussion of dividend coverage.

    2. The theoretical case for dividends is weak. See Why Dividend Paying Stocks Are a Mistake.

    3. There's no discussion of the expense ratios of the ETFs -- even though the expenses are deducted from the dividends, and therefore lead to higher risk or lower growth for a given level of dividends.     Reply
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    Frank Emery
    May 12 11:57 AM
    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    Some thinking needs to be done about the nature of the companies and the type of diversification that you want. For instance, utilities, banks or financial companies, conglomerates, industrials, energy, etc. What about U.S. companies versus international companies? Reply
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    pjindent
    May 12 11:04 AM
    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    Couple of ratios that may add value is
    a) payout ratio: how much earning is being paid out as dividend. Some of the companies have payout ratio of >100%, which is unsustainable.
    b) dividend growth rate. I am more interested in consistent dividend versus, for instance, dividend that goes up or down based on commodity prices     Reply
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    CARMEL
    May 11 02:04 PM
    The Top Dividend Paying ETFs and Stocks [view article]
    EXCELLENT ARTICLE. TWO SUGGESTIONS:
    1) SHOW RATIO OF DIVIDENDS TO EEP OR FFO
    2) WHAT ABOUT PREFFEREDS? OPP,SD     Reply
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