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Why the outlook is positive for dividend-centric strategies

With volatility making a return, many investors are taking a step back and reassessing their positions

What Will Win the Next 5 Years in Financial Services?

To keep up with potentially disruptive competitors, financial firms must embrace connected data and planning.

Finding Stable Dividends in a Rough Market

In a world of slowing dividend growth and potentially rising interest rates, your dividend investing strategy may need some tweaks.

Here's the best financial advice the country's top advisors ever got

Financial advisors need money tips, too. In fact, sometimes a salient piece of advice led them into the industry. We asked advisors from firms that made the FA 100 list for 2019 for the best money and investing advice tips they ever received.

How diversified should a mutual fund be?

The extent of diversification is driven by the mutual fund’s strategy and the market segment it invests in

Tips for a successful Youth Month Savings Challenge

There’s less than two months to go until National Credit Union Youth Month™, when credit unions from coast to coast will urge kids to “Give a Hoot About Savings” and discover the life-changing power of credit union membership. As your celebration planning gets underway, don’t forget about one of the most powerful business development opportunities …

Terrible Financial Advice: Top 10 Tips You Shouldn't Follow

It seems like everyone from bloggers to your next-door neighbor doles out financial advice these days. It can be difficult figuring out who to believe, and bad tips can pop up as frequently as thunderstorms in the summertime

How To Choose Stocks For Your Defensive Dividend Portfolio

We're pretty much in a 10-year bull market. Are you looking to be more defensive in your dividend portfolio? Companies with a track record of stable earnings an

Why Dividend Stocks & ETFs Belong in Your Portfolio

What Is A Good Payout Ratio For Dividend Stocks?

Is a 100%+ payout ratio sustainable? How should you even use payout ratio in your research?

10 Highest Dividend Yielding Stocks

Let's put these high-yielding stocks to the test to determine if any are actually worth owning.

3 Beaten-Up Dividend Stocks: Are They Bargains?

Investors who love dividends and value may want to put these three stocks on their radar.

Are Buybacks and Dividends Actually Propping Up Stocks?

The answer to why the market has been surging is clear – stock buybacks are propping up the market.

9 Stocks With Surprisingly Reliable Special Dividends

Special dividends typically are one-time windfalls for investors. But a few companies regularly weave these payouts into their broader dividend strategy.

Rotating Stocks To Grow Portfolio Earnings

My portfolio strategy is to grow the overall earnings per share of my portfolio holdings. It's lunacy to effortlessly rely on the stock market to provide reliab

How Dividend-Paying Stocks Can Energize Your Portfolio

They can help provide you a nice income stream, but be aware that they do carry some risks.

5 Forever Dividend Stocks To Build A Portfolio Around

All 5 of these stocks prioritize returning money to shareholders. These firms have each paid growing dividends between 10 years and 60 years. Click for my list.

9 Stocks With Upcoming Dividend Increases

All 9 stocks have at least five fiscal years of dividend growth history and have an average increase of 6.27%. See the stocks with upcoming dividend increases.

3 Industrial Stocks To Build Your Dividend Growth Portfolio

As many industries operate through unique economic cycles, there are always a few industrials for sale.

The Highest Quality Dividend Growth Stocks

Our scoring system assesses the quality of dividend growth stocks. Find out the 7 companies that passed our stringent quality screen and have perfect scores.