Sunday, November 17, 2013

Weekly Links: November 17, 2013

Each Sunday I highlight any notable articles that I came across over the past week, along with any Carnivals I participated in. For those readers not familiar with carnivals, it's where personal finance bloggers submit their best articles of the week with one blog serving as the host. The entries are separated into various categories such as Investing, Credit, Debt, Budgeting, Frugality, Wealth Building, Money Management, Financial Planning, Insurance, Taxes, The Economy, Real Estate, et. al.

Articles you might find interesting:

- What is Dividend Growth Investing?
- Benchmarking Investment Performance
- How to Retire Better: Dividend Growth Investing
- Do you want to know to which stocks billionaires invest?

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

- Income Annuities vs. Dividend Stocks
- Philip Morris Position Increase By 50%
- Addendum To Going For Growth Portfolio
- Johnson and Johnson: Let it Dip to a 3% Yield
- Is Northrop Grumman A Buy At Current Levels?
- Recurring Expenses Vs. One-Time Expenses

Articles from D4L-News:

If Taxes Rise, Grab These Dividend Stocks
It’s no secret that well-established companies that pay regular dividends outperform the overall market over both the short and long haul. According to Standard & Poor’s, since 1927, dividend-paying stocks have returned 11 percent per year vs. 8 percent for non-dividend paying stocks. Moreover, they have outperformed with less volatility. Two dividend-robust companies to add right now are...

Sizzling Dividend Stocks So Far in 2013
A stock that can provide big-time income and sweet share appreciation isn’t just an investor’s dream come true. It also sounds too good to be true. And admittedly, the combo is difficult to find, especially considering that a dividend stock’s yields naturally dwindle as its share prices rise. But a few dreamy stocks have have provided double rewards for loyal shareholders so far in 2013...

Blue Chip Stocks With High Dividend Growth
A well-balanced, diversified income portfolio should have equity exposure to safe, proven dividend players with room for growth. While there is no sure thing in the market, using the above metrics gives the investor two excellent options to protect capital while offering exposure to both dividend growth and capital appreciation. Two Blue-Chip Options...

Warren Buffett's Favorite Economic Indicator
Railroads are the circulatory system of the economy, moving raw goods to factories and finished products to consumers. So it should be good news to more than rail investors to hear great results this quarter from some of North America's biggest railroads, including...

Blue Chip Dividend Investing Without A Lid
I like to engage in what I call "investing without a lid on" to describe circumstances where a company's current growth prospects relative to current valuation gives you a healthy chance to benefit from total returns in excess of 10% in the next decade. I'll give a few examples...

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There are some really good articles here, please take time and read a few of them.

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