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We always like to tout the importance of watching over preferred stock and baby bond issuers of  because it only takes one bad holding to do substantial damage to your income portfolio. Unfortunately, even if you monitor the issuers closely, they can sometimes surprise investors with announcements of business developments that are totally unexpected. Recently, we got one of those…

Investors looking for high dividend stocks with lofty yields often find equities with substantial income distributions that are greatly outside of investors' target price range. However, income investors can reach for equities that provide similar levels of dividend yield at significantly more affordable prices. As all investors know, above-average dividend yields are nothing more than a good starting point for…

Every preferred stock investor has needs that drive his or her investment purchases. These needs primarily revolve around a certain level of income to sustain a desired lifestyle. Such a goal requires earning a certain monthly income level, with maximum safety, and almost always leads me back to a certain category of preferred stocks. When high, or even extreme, safety…

General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD) extended its streak of consecutive annual dividend hikes to more than two decades by offering its shareholders a quarterly dividend boost of nearly 10% for the next round of dividend payouts. In addition to its current quarterly dividend boost, General Dynamics has been rewarding its shareholders with dividend distributions for the past four decades and has hiked…

The only type of investment that income investors like more than equities that deliver a steady flow of quarterly dividend distributions are monthly dividend stocks. While the ultimate goal of income investing is a portfolio that delivers a constant flow of income payments, even the most ardent income investor will not invest blindly into equities based solely on a high dividend…