Sunday, April 10, 2016

Weekly Links: April 10, 2016

Each Sunday I highlight any notable articles that I came across over the past week. Though I may not always agree with each of the articles highlighted, they will often provide an interesting argument for their position. We can take some concepts that may or may not align with our vision, then apply them to our framework, and voila, a new idea is born.

Articles you might find interesting:

- Recent Transfer: Intel Corporation
- Dividend Income - March 2016 Update
- March 2016 Investment Income
- Dividend Growth Stocks Week in Review for April 1, 2016
- How many individual stocks do I need to consider myself diversified?

The DIV-Net Featured Articles:

- 8 Dividend Stocks For The Ultimate In Deferred Gratification
- 20 MLPs To Get Money From Without Filling K-1
- Sector Overview – Financial Market Operators
- A Margin of Safety Boosts Returns Rather than Just Providing Protection
- Shareholder Yield: What You Need to Know

Articles from D4L-News:

2 Cheap Dividend Growth Stocks to Buy Today
Growth at a reasonable price, or GARP, is an investing strategy that blends value and growth investing. Instead of just buying a stock that’s cheap, or one that’s growing earnings fast, we look for stocks that appear decently priced with respect to year-over-year growth. It sounds like a foolproof investing formula. Problem is, everyone knows it is. Which is why there are exactly ZERO stocks in the universe that have a P/E below 15, and earnings growth above 15%, according to YCharts. Sorry… Sold Out of GARP. 2 Dividend Growth Stocks To Buy & Hold...

3 Top Dividend Stocks for Retirees
Investors in retirement typically gravitate toward solid and reliable investments, meaning companies that can deliver consistent returns for shareholders through good and bad economic environments. If you are looking to add those kinds of companies to your portfolio, names such as PepsiCo , Colgate-Palmolive , and Wal-Mart are remarkably attractive dividend stocks for retirees to consider...

7 Companies We'd Buy and Hold for the Next 20 Years
Buying and holding stocks for especially long periods of time is perhaps the easiest and most effective strategy when it comes to producing sizable returns on your capital. Even so, some companies are obviously better suited as long-term investing vehicles than others. With this in mind, our Foolish contributors offer up 7 stock picks below that they think are worth buying and holding for the next 20 years...

The 3 Best Dividend-Paying Telecom Stocks To Buy Now
Looking for high, safe income? If you’re like many investors, you probably look to electric utilities first. But I think telecom stocks are a better bet right now. I’ll give you my top three in a minute. First, let me explain why. The allure of utilities is obvious: you have to buy power whether the economy is soaring or tanking. Utilities also give you “China insurance,” because they’re almost entirely focused on the US. There are certainly still great buys in the electricity space (like the five I named a few weeks ago), but telecoms offer fatter yields and better value right now. Here are three of my favorites right now...

Top 3 Dividend Stocks with Great Growth Potential
There are reasons to be optimistic, but just as many (if not more) reasons to remain cautious. Below, we outline three Buy-ranked stocks with dividend yields north of 3%. These companies also have considerable growth potential, with an attractive combination of profitability, sales growth, ROE, and other fundamental metrics...

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

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