Dividend stocks - Topics

Profitable companies with no growth still pay dividends because shareholders demand the cash Buybacks and dividends compete for the same cash and boards switch between them Dividend aristocrats raised payouts for 25 straight years and still lagged growth stocks Mortgage REITs and tobacco carry risks that a high yield hides Yield traps look cheap because the share price already collapsed A payout ratio above 80 percent leaves no room for a bad year Yield on cost says more about a ten year old position than today's yield Mature utilities pay out most of their earnings while software firms pay nothing A 4 percent yielder and a 2 percent grower suit different horizons A special dividend usually means the company ran out of projects to fund Monthly dividend payers smooth the income but usually pay less across a year Cutting a dividend hurts the share price more than the saved cash helps Dividend policy at an insurer looks nothing like dividend policy at a growth retailer A 9 percent yield on a stock usually means the market expects a cut Screening dividend stocks needs payout ratio and debt alongside yield How many dividend stocks you need before the income is diversified Checking whether a dividend stock covers its payout from free cash flow Covered call ETFs advertise high yields by capping the upside of the stocks inside A company borrowing to fund its dividend is borrowing to keep a promise A portfolio built only from high yielders is one sector bet Total return beats yield chasing over any ten year stretch Dividend stocks lose their appeal against Treasury yields when rates rise