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Help for a novice: is percent dividend payout a helpful factor?
Posted on 2/15/15 at 11:48 am
Posted on 2/15/15 at 11:48 am
My wife and I are finding that we are sitting on a good bit of cash since some high-performing bonds have been called. We will use some to catch-up our IRA contributions (generally market-tracking mutual funds), but are thinking of purchasing individual, large cap stocks that pay dependable dividends. As I am doing research, I am thinking that low payout rates (below 50%) might be some indication of future dividend growth. Should that be a factor in my decisions?
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Posted on 2/15/15 at 2:52 pm to islandtiger
I normally steamroll high yield dividend stock threads, but since you seem to be doing good homework, I'll play nice.
You are correct and that should definitely come into play.
With that said, please be aware that investing as a novice is a very dangerous activity.
You are correct and that should definitely come into play.
With that said, please be aware that investing as a novice is a very dangerous activity.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 4:56 pm to islandtiger
Posted on 2/15/15 at 5:50 pm to FT
Her are some large cap dividend stock cefs you may want to research. All are currently at a discount, some over 10%. BDJ and CII have 0% leverage. These are modestly imo leveraged-GPM,LCM, and GAM. I just thought these may interest you fwiw.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 8:14 pm to bovine1
Thanks to all for the advice/warnings. We are not going to jump into anything but when we are losing 5-6% return on tax-free TX school bonds as they are being called, we are looking for a reasonable alternative. I have started to pull together a list to winnow down to 5-10: IBM,CSCO, PEP, PG, AAPL, MSFT, JPM, BA, GE, HON, HD, VFC, KMI, AXP, KO, XOM, OKE, HCP, T, MAT, ABT, ANTM, STX, LYB, ITW, CVX, COP
Posted on 2/15/15 at 9:16 pm to islandtiger
XOM, jnj, v, mo, KO
Posted on 2/15/15 at 10:26 pm to white perch
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Posted on 2/15/15 at 10:31 pm to matthew25
I'll add that The average idiot here are terrible sources of advice for high yielders.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 3:17 pm to islandtiger
For long term holding of large cap stocks look for dividend growth, not current yield. You want a company that has a history of increasing their dividend(5-10%)every year.
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