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As a secondary goal to the main target of identifying equities that pay high dividend yields, income investors also seek dividend growth stocks. While stocks with high dividend yields offer substantial income distributions, dividend growth stocks provide the necessary dividend increases to keep up with the rising share price, which maintains the yield level and protects against inflation losses. The…

A dividend payout ratio is a financial measure that investors use to see what share of earnings an equity returns to its shareholders as dividends. Next to the dividend yield, the dividend payout ratio is probably the second most used dividend metric that investors consider when analyzing dividend-paying equities. While the dividend yield communicates the current return on investment, the…

Thus far 2018 has been a rough year for many preferred stock and baby bond investors. Of course, the reason is simply because of the increase in interest rates during 2018. In contrast, 2017 ended with the 10-year treasury trading with a yield of 2.4%, compared to a high of 3.24% in October 2018. Simply put, as rates move higher,…

Financial markets’ current volatility and uncertainty is making some investors consider defensive alternatives to their growth stocks. Traditionally, the Utilities sector – especially equities that pay highest dividend yields – has been considered a relatively safe bet in uncertain and volatile markets. Traditionally, the Utilities sector – especially equities that pay the highest dividend yields – has been considered a…

Broadcom, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) continues its current streak of consecutive annual hikes with a quarterly dividend payout boost of 51% for the last dividend distribution in 2018. The company hiked its quarterly dividend payout for the first 19 consecutive quarters after initiating dividend distributions in 2010 and skipped the quarterly dividend in the last quarter of 2015. In 2017, the company changed…