Dividend Investing: The Stock Picker's Guide
How to pick dividend stocks that keep paying: yield vs growth, payout ratios, traps, Aristocrats, and US taxes, with the numbers that matter at each step.
Dividends
Yield, growth, payout ratios and the traps between them.
Are Dividend Aristocrats Worth It? What the Data Shows
What Dividend Aristocrats are, what the 25-year rule really filters for, and the math that decides when dividend growth beats high yield.
High Yield Traps: How to Spot a Dividend About to Be Cut
A high yield can signal a dividend about to be cut. Six warning signs, the payout math behind them, and a checklist to run before buying any high yielder.
Payout Ratio: The Number That Predicts Dividend Cuts
The payout ratio is the share of earnings paid out as dividends. Read it against cash flow and most dividend cuts announce themselves years in advance.
Dividend Yield vs Dividend Growth: The 20-Year Math
A 20-year projection pits a 6% yielder growing 2% against a 2% yielder growing 10%. The grower wins the annual race in year 16 but not the total.