Income Ideas: Small-Cap Stocks With Excellent Dividend Coverage and Insider Buying

Studies continue to show that the best way to mitigate against broad market losses is investing in dividend stocks. A University of Chicago study on the relationship between dividends and earnings found that the fraction of losses reported by non-dividend payers in the U.S. grew from 28% in 1974-1979 to 52% by 2000-2005. Dividend payers followed the same general trend of increasing fraction of losses reported, but in a far lower percentage than non-dividend payers, with losses compromising of 3.5% of dividend payers in 1974-1979 to 11% in 2000-2005 (but this percentage of losses has been more or less consistent since 1985-1989).... Read more