As I regularly scan Wall Street research, I sometimes come across an eye-catching headline. Merrill Lynch’s recent report on agricultural equipment provider Agco (Nasdaq: AGCO) is a great example: “Margin Upside, Divy Could Soar, Raising Estimates.” It’s the middle part that got my attention.#-ad_banner-# Merrill’s analysts noted the dividend could… Read More

A bond fund that actually benefits from rising interest rates? That’s the recommendation in the October issue of Nathan Slaughter’s High-Yield Investing advisory. Here’s how Nathan explains the idea behind this unique investment: “Banks and other financial institutions profit by borrowing money at low rates (say 1%) and then loaning… Read More

We wish we had known about this sooner. Bar none, it’s the easiest and most effective way to collect thousands from investment property. You don’t need a five-figure bank account, have great credit or even work with a real estate agent to become a successful landlord anymore. The best part… Read More

If you were asked what the scarcest commodity on the planet was, I am sure many of you would say gold or oil. But it’s neither of these, nor is it platinum or copper or one of the rare earth metals.  And I know many people will say fresh water,… Read More

For any of you who have read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” stories, you know the famous detective uses the power of observation, deductive reasoning, and extensive research to solve complex mysteries. But the fictional detective also occasionally relied on a group of street children that the public mostly… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. These seven stocks are easily the biggest dividend stocks to invest in. These companies breezed through… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. These seven stocks are easily the biggest dividend stocks to invest in. These companies breezed through every economic downturn America has ever faced without so much as a hiccup in their dividend payments. In fact, most of them were able to increase their payouts during those periods… That’s pretty remarkable considering that in 2009 alone over 800 American companies had to cut their dividends because of the fallout from the subprime crisis. Now, to be fair, there is nothing secret about these stocks. You’ve probably heard of all these companies before. But to me, that’s not a deterrent. In fact, it’s part of what makes these seven stocks so attractive. That’s because in all my years… Read More

Sometimes I have to learn things the hard way. I was strongly advised by a family member not to buy real estate in the way I suggested. He said that if you don’t pay on the way in on a real estate deal, you pay much more on the way… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. For the seven stocks I’m about to show you though, it didn’t matter. These companies breezed through every economic downturn America has ever faced without so much as… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. For the seven stocks I’m about to show you though, it didn’t matter. These companies breezed through every economic downturn America has ever faced without so much as a hiccup in their dividend payments. In fact, most of them were able to increase their payouts during those periods… That’s pretty remarkable considering that in 2009 alone over 800 American companies had to cut their dividends because of the fallout from the subprime crisis. Now, to be fair, there is nothing secret about these stocks. You’ve probably heard of all these companies before. But to me, that’s not a deterrent. In fact, it’s part of what makes these seven stocks so attractive. That’s because in all my years of investing, I’ve found that it’s not the high-flying tech startups… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. For the seven stocks I’m about to show you though, it didn’t matter. These companies breezed through every economic downturn America has ever faced without so much as… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. For the seven stocks I’m about to show you though, it didn’t matter. These companies breezed through every economic downturn America has ever faced without so much as a hiccup in their dividend payments. In fact, most of them were able to increase their payouts during those periods… That’s pretty remarkable considering that in 2009 alone over 800 American companies had to cut their dividends because of the fallout from the subprime crisis. Now, to be fair, there is nothing secret about these stocks. You’ve probably heard of all these companies before. But to me, that’s not a deterrent. In fact, it’s part of what makes these seven stocks so attractive. That’s because in all my years of investing, I’ve found that it’s not the high-flying tech startups… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. For the seven stocks I’m about to show you though, it didn’t matter. These companies breezed through every economic downturn America has ever faced without so much as… Read More

These seven stocks have done the impossible. Each one of them has paid a dividend like clockwork for over a century. In fact, the longest-standing dividend payer on the list hasn’t missed a payment since 1877 — when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. Think of everything that has happened to our financial system since that time…World War I and II… The Great Depression… the dot-com bubble… government shutdowns… the list goes on. For the seven stocks I’m about to show you though, it didn’t matter. These companies breezed through every economic downturn America has ever faced without so much as a hiccup in their dividend payments. In fact, most of them were able to increase their payouts during those periods… That’s pretty remarkable considering that in 2009 alone over 800 American companies had to cut their dividends because of the fallout from the subprime crisis. Now, to be fair, there is nothing secret about these stocks. You’ve probably heard of all these companies before. But to me, that’s not a deterrent. In fact, it’s part of what makes these seven stocks so attractive. That’s because in all my years of investing, I’ve found that it’s not the high-flying tech startups… Read More