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Featured Image Source: Invesco Company Website The Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund (NYSE:LCEAX) primarily invests in dividend-paying securities. The fund’s managers use various valuations methods to seek out equities that appear undervalued and poised for medium and long-term growth. While the Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund invests the majority of its funds in common stock of United States-based equities, the fund’s management…

AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T) has delivered to its shareholders 34 consecutive annual dividend hikes and the company’s current payout ratio indicates that this dividend boosting-streak should continue, at least in the near term. AT&T began its current streak of 34 consecutive annual dividend hikes in May 1984 when AT&T started paying dividends as the Southwestern Bell Corporation – one of the Regional…

December was a month that brought huge volatility to the preferred stock and baby bond arenas as prices gyrated in very wide price ranges with some issues falling as much as 20%. January was a big rebound month as almost all the losses from December were regained.  These sharp movements tend to rile investors, in particular conservative income investors. In…

In its simplest definition, dividend income is a stream of funds that investors receive from dividend distributions. The importance of dividend income can be different for different investors. The degree of importance that various investors place on dividend income can depend on other income sources, investors’ ages or a number of other factors within investors’ overall portfolio strategy. For instance,…

While enduring considerable financial troubles for several years after the 2008 financial calamity, the Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) has embarked on path to recovery and has rewarded its shareholders with annual dividend hikes over the past six consecutive years. Bank of America’s quarterly payout amount had reached $0.64 by mid-2007. However, the financial crisis in 2008 forced the bank to…