High Dividend Stock ETFs for Income Producing Portfolios

We are initiating coverage on dividend producing ETFs in a number of different asset classes and styles. ETFs for high dividend stocks can be used to represent their corresponding equity classes in asset allocation. It is thus important to monitor these trends to gain insights into the funds to build a high performamce portfolio with the goal of providing income as well as growth. The fixed income (bond) trend is covered in a separate weekly report. More details are available on the MyPlanIQ website. Description... more

Love or Hate Intel, These Dividends Rock

Chip giant Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) just pumped up its quarterly dividend by 15%, resulting in an annual payout of $0.72 per share and a dividend yield just over 3.4%. If you never thought of Intel as an income stock before, maybe it's time that you did. The company has paid steadily increasing dividends every year since 1992, occasionally skipping an increase but never shrinking or stopping the payouts. At the current yield, Intel is more generous than 22 of the 60 recommendations on our Income Investor newsletter service's scorecard, and it's comparable to such stodgy businesses as cereal mastodon Kellogg (NYSE: K) and energy trader UGI (NYSE: UGI).... more

Tidewater (TDW) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield

Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, $1.00 annualized. The dividend is payable December 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on December 3, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 1, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2%.... more

10 Dividend Stocks for the Next Decade and Beyond

Following two roller-coaster markets over the past decade, it's natural for investors to seek more stable and less stressful stock strategies. Dividend-paying stocks provide you with an opportunity to achieve both. Among other things, dividend-paying stocks:... more

The 10 Best Dividend Stocks of The Decade

When thinking of dividend stocks, we tend to think of large, boring companies like Wal-Mart or United Parcel Service. These stalwarts will most likely be around in 10 years, still paying you that quarterly dividend, but they will probably never be huge winners. For instance, in this decade, both Wal-Mart and UPS aren't among the top 10 or even the top 100 dividend stocks of the past decade, as measured by total return to shareholders. If we want to find the best stocks for the next 10 years, it helps to know who performed best for the last 10 years.... more

The Best of the High Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

With record low yields on Treasury securities and investment grade bonds, investors are looking for alternatives which earn high yields. The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats list provides attractive yields and expectations of growing dividends. Below is a list of the best Dividend Aristocrats yielding more than 3% (as of November 10, 2010). 1) Pitney Bowes (PBI) 6.2% 2) Leggett & Platt (LEG) 5.3% 3) Kimberley-Clark (KMB) 4.3% 4) RPM (RPM) 3.9% 5) Abbott (ABT) 3.5% 6) Clorox (CLX) 3.4% 7) Genuine Parts (GPC) 3.5% 8) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 3.4%... more

Harte-Hanks (HHS) Declares $0.075 Quarterly Dividend; 2.5% Yield

Harte-Hanks, Inc. (NYSE: HHS) today reported that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share, $0.30 annualized. The dividend is payable on December 14, 2010, to shareholders at close of business on December 3, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 1, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.5%.... more

Assurant (AIZ) Declares $0.16 Quarterly Dividend; 1.8% Yield

Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share, $0.64 annualized. The dividend will be payable on December 13, 2010 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 29, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 25, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.8%.... more

Precision Castparts (PCP) Declares $0.03 Quarterly Dividend; 0.1% Yield

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCP) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share, $0.12 annualized.
The dividend is payable on January 3, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 3, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 1, 2010.
Yield on the dividend is 0.1%.... more

Chemed Corp. (CHE) Declares $0.14 Quarterly Dividend; 0.9% Yield

Chemed Corporation (NYSE: CHE) announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 cents per common share, $0.56 annualized. The dividend is payable on December 13, 2010, to shareholders of record as of November 22, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 18, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.9%.... more