4 Dividend Stocks to Transform Your Portfolio

During the traditionally weak period that May through October brings to the markets, I like to look at dividend paying stocks to add to my portfolio. With so many companies out there today paying dividends, it is hard to sort through the countless numbers of research reports and choose just a few solid ones. Let’s look at just four dividend paying stocks this week that have attractive yields as well as healthy free cash flow. Altera Corp. (ALTR) is a leading supplier of programmable semiconductors and related products that mainly serve customers in the telecom and wireless, industrial automation, military, networking and computer storage sectors. First quarter sales were up 33 percent from the first quarter of 2010 at $535.8 million and new product sales increased 13 percent sequentially. First quarter net income was $224.1 million, $0.68 per diluted share, compared with net income of $231.6 million, $153.2 million, $0.50... Read more