9 Dividend Champions With the Fastest Rates of Growth

In an article published on July 2, I explored “The 14 Highest-Yielding Dividend Champions”—stocks that have increased their annual payouts for 25 or more consecutive years. The list and all its accompanying data are researched and compiled by David Fish at DRiP Investing Resource Center. The compilation is available here. Frequent readers know that I consider this listing to be superior to the better-known Dividend Aristocrats list compiled by S&P. Mr. Fish’s list—unconstrained by membership in the S&P 500—has more than twice as many stocks (100). He fits a tremendous amount of supporting and instructive information into a small amount of space without sacrificing readability. The Dividend Champions document is in the same league with the Daily Racing Form in that respect—and I say that as a high form of compliment. He updates everything monthly.... Read more