Sunday, September 11, 2016

Weekend Reading Links - September 11, 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:

- My Dividend Income – August 2016
- Portfolio Update August
- Preparing for a Stock Market Correction
- What Are Dividend Kings?
- Recent Transaction - Sold To Open Call Option

The DIV-Net Featured Articles:

- 7 Dividend Stocks Delivering The Secret To Success
- 5 Unpopular, Underestimated Large Cap Dividend Stocks
- Dividend Growth Investing at Work - Beaming Up Higher Dividends
- Dividend Growth Investing at Work - Loonie For Dividends
- Recent Sell – Qualcomm Inc

Articles from D4L-News:

5 REITs with Fast Growing Dividends
One group to start with is companies that have announced significant increases in the past year. This can be an indication that management believes the growth is sustainable. Then you can dig into current financials and management guidance to make your own judgement concerning future dividend increase rates. Here are five REITs that have announced big dividend boosts over the last 12 months...

Warren Buffett’s Best High Dividend Stocks – August 2016 Update
We analyzed each of Warren Buffett’s stock picks that pay a dividend, starting with his highest-yielding dividend stocks. For each of Warren Buffett’s investments, we review what the business does and the potential reasons behind Berkshire Hathaway’s attraction to the company. Our analysis is updated quarterly as new information about Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio is released. The holdings below are sorted by dividend yield...

3 Attractive Income Stocks Whose Dividends Could Double
Dividend stocks can be the foundation of a great retirement portfolio. Not only do the payments put money in your pocket, which can help hedge against any dips in the stock market, but they're also usually a sign of a financially sound company. Here are three income stocks with payout ratios currently below 50% that could potentially double their dividends: For a change, we'll begin the week by focusing our attention on one of the best under-the-radar dividend payers in the retail sector...

This 9% Yielder Is My Top High-Yield BDC Pick Over The Next 5 Years
A couple of months ago, I designated this stock as my top high-yield REIT play for the next five years. It continues to be my best high-yielding bet in the BDC sector. The stock is valued at ~10.7x Q2-16 run-rate NII. An investment in the stock yields 9 percent...

3 Income Plays Yielding 8% or More
Picture the stock market as a giant sandbox. Hidden under all that sand is income in the form of dividend yield. You have to crawl and search and sift, and sometimes you find something you think is income, but it turns out to be sand. Not all income is created equal. Some is safer than others. Some income can be deceiving...

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

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