One point dividend bashers neglect, is the flexibility afforded to the owner of the stock. I can A) take the payment in cash B) reivest the dividends in more shares (thereby keeping the "value" the same) and/or C) put that money into a different company.
I like having choices.
If the company doesn't pay out a divvy, the only flexibility I have is to sell my position - option B) is simply off the board.
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@chowder - I drip my muni funds too - and it's certainly easy enough to simply buy the shares when divvies are paid. Perhaps it is like Mr. Tweed noted - newer issues don't direct drip right away.
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Better way to have written this article would have been from a viewpoint of risk of capital - you allude to a few factors which could cause a repricing of divvy stocks. An additional factor will be taxes - esp if A) the dividend tax hike goes thru and B) the additional divvy tax to pay for the health care bill.
The dark side of the tax hikes - even for those in tax free/deferred accts - is that they'll influence companies to perhaps stop paying as many dividends and look at other and more tax efficient ways to return capital to shareholders.
Open Letter To ETF Industry: Create A Better Dividend Growth Product [View article]
I'm in....
Couple of thoughts
1 - tranches - ETF1 would be champs only ETF 2 would invest and open investments in contenders and hold as they graduate ETF 3 would do the same with challengers
2 - 10x10 grid usage for minimum yield rates - I'm final with low initial yield IF I see high DGR - and fine with higher initial yield if DGR is lower - that way too, you're not necessarily exiting a stock which gets a surge in capital appreciation due to new products/lines/earnings before divvy payments catch up.
The good times for dividend income - 402 of the S&P 500 are making payouts this year, the highest since 1999 - could end in 2013 if current law nearly tripling the tax rate on divvies to 43.4% isn't changed. Instead, look for the money to shift from payouts to buybacks, says Howard Silverblatt. [View news story]
I'd like a div tax rate of 0 - triple taxation sucks
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Lots of special divvies out there - COST, DDS, LVS are a couple of note - actually surprised not to see more
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Thanks David for yet another great article.
One point dividend bashers neglect, is the flexibility afforded to the owner of the stock. I can A) take the payment in cash B) reivest the dividends in more shares (thereby keeping the "value" the same) and/or C) put that money into a different company.
I like having choices.
If the company doesn't pay out a divvy, the only flexibility I have is to sell my position - option B) is simply off the board.
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It is an attractive stock
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Compare and contrast this with the work of David Fish and Chuck Carnevale and all the other serious DRIP article writers.
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Thank you good sir
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David Van Knapp wrote an excellent article about this very subject which you might enjoy: http://seekingalpha.co...
The interplay between yield and dividend growth rate is an interesting
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David Van Knapp wrote an article touching on this interplay between dividend growth and initial yield. You can find it here: http://seekingalpha.co...
FWIW, DGI investing has been around for a long time - it just didn't have a catchy name is all.
Cheers
Is Dividend Growth Investing Enthusiasm Inflating A Bubble? [View article]
Is Dividend Growth Investing Enthusiasm Inflating A Bubble? [View article]
The dark side of the tax hikes - even for those in tax free/deferred accts - is that they'll influence companies to perhaps stop paying as many dividends and look at other and more tax efficient ways to return capital to shareholders.
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Open Letter To ETF Industry: Create A Better Dividend Growth Product [View article]
Couple of thoughts
1 - tranches - ETF1 would be champs only ETF 2 would invest and open investments in contenders and hold as they graduate ETF 3 would do the same with challengers
2 - 10x10 grid usage for minimum yield rates - I'm final with low initial yield IF I see high DGR - and fine with higher initial yield if DGR is lower - that way too, you're not necessarily exiting a stock which gets a surge in capital appreciation due to new products/lines/earnings before divvy payments catch up.
Where do I sign up?
The good times for dividend income - 402 of the S&P 500 are making payouts this year, the highest since 1999 - could end in 2013 if current law nearly tripling the tax rate on divvies to 43.4% isn't changed. Instead, look for the money to shift from payouts to buybacks, says Howard Silverblatt. [View news story]