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29 Stocks with Sustainable Dividends

This kind of recommendation must be carefully guarded against. No one knows what is sustainable in another down turn, and the probability of that is high.

The S&P 500 has gone beyond just discounting the end of the downturn but is now embedding a 4.0% real GDP growth rate for the coming year. That is pure insanity, if it is not them worry about inflation instead.

12 Dividend Stocks to Own in This Market

Interesting. You certainly point at a workable (in some degree) strategy. Thanks.

Screening for Dividends

Good stuff for the long run.

In the short run stay in cash to avoid whipsaws, and they will test the old lows this year.

We should not ignore the possibilities of precious metals since the real action is in liquidity madness as Congress and Obama seek to change the way we were.

Dividend Aristocrats Survived September

Really a little goodie is it not, the dividend stocks are nice, but that hardly makes up the whole market or the economy for that matter. Having a portfolio that includes dividend paying stocks is a good idea, comes under diversification. Wholly unconnected is the clap traddle about mark to market: either we know the value or we don't, if we do not we say so. It is the truth and avoiding it is dishonest. As for your FDIC approval, it is only to help the banks hold on to deposits. But when a bank weakens the depositor who watch price know when its time to leave. You like hiding your head under bushels when the view is not your liking. That is not reasonable or supportable.

Will You Look Back on Today as Your Greatest Missed Opportunity?

I think you are correct, and I have not bought in yet, but I think dividends are an excellent indicator of how management thinks of its investors and It means better treatment. Unless of course the managers are crooks and use dividends to drag the unsuspecting in the door. Sorry I and getting a little battle wary .