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After a Dividend Freeze: Hold or Sell?

Dividends are not the be all and end all. Consider other characteristics and why you bought the company in the first place. In these times companies are freezing dividends like crazy, they certainly can not all be bad firms.

Bank of America Seems Serious About Retaining Its Dividend

Glad I didn't add to my position.....what a mess!

Surprise: Bank of America Cuts Dividend By 50%

As much as I like companies to 'pay daddy', these are unprecedented times and i belive that the CFC and MER acquisitions will pay dividends in the future.

Dividends: A Bright Spot In a Bleak Time

Saying that my yield is going up is not an accurate way to represent anything. My yield on cost will only go up if the companies that I own raise their dividends or I buy more at depressed prices. I don't really expect my income from investments to decrease, at the very least it should grow more slolwly than it has in the past. This will give me an opportunity to buy more shares at depressed prices.

Seeking Stocks With Cheap, Safe Dividend Streams

I just wanted some participation from readers of my blog (the moneygardener) on this post. I don't mean to exlude REITS, trusts, LPs etc. I just was interested in equities on this post.

I am actually Canadian, and in Canada one benefit of dividend paying stocks vs. these other vehicles is that dividends are taxed more favourably.

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Seeking Stocks With Cheap, Safe Dividend Streams

Dividend growth investing is a very powerful concept that benefits those with a long time horizon even more so than it benefits those with a short time horizon. I'm not investing in high yielders that I don't think will grow earnings and dividends swiftly over time.

Check out my holdings on my blog at themoneygardener.

Earnings Power vs. Investor Sentiment

Interesting article, but I agree with other comments about P/E contraction etc. You can use this type of basis to invest though assuming 1.consistent companies 2. low P/Es