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Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Versus AT&T Inc. (T): Complete Comparison
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) are two classic dividend income plays. However, not all dividend yields are created equal – differences in growth rates, competitive...
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McDonald’s Corporation (MCD): The Realistic Outlook On Future Dividend Growth
Investors were excited by McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s recent announcement that it would start selling all-day breakfast beginning next month. The stock finished up nearly 3%, outpacing the...
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Top 5 Dividend Stocks Owned by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (BRK.A) Warren Buffett
At the end of June 2015, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)’s Warren Buffett owned nearly $120 billion worth of equities and more than 80 businesses. Buffett’s investment success is largely derived...
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Why Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) Has Underperformed and What It...
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) was spun off from MO in 2008, with MO serving the U.S. and PM retaining all international operations. With an industry as simplistic to understand as tobacco,...
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General Electric Company (GE): An Unloved Dividend Stock with Long-term...
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is one of the most unloved blue chip stocks. Almost anywhere you read a GE article on the internet, commentators are quick to rip into CEO Jeff Immelt, the company’s...
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Cyclical Fears Surrounding Cummins Inc. (CMI) Create Opportunity for Dividend...
Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI)’s stock has declined more than 20% over the past six months. Investors are concerned about the slowdown in China, softness in off-highway machinery markets caused by slumping...
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PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) Turns in Another Great Quarter
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) reported quarterly results last week, beating expectations and reinforcing the key reasons why we have like the stock. We continue to believe PEP has a clearer and, as of...
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s (WMT) Profits Collapse, What Now?
At Simply Safe Dividends, we love nothing more than to find an easy-to-understand, time-tested, high quality dividend grower trading at a reasonable valuation. Not surprisingly, we frequently review...
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): 4.3% Dividend Yield, But Where is the Bottom?
From 2012 to 2014, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)’s stock generated an annualized return of 2.8%, significantly trailing the market’s annualized return of 20%. Year-to-date, CAT is down 22% and lags the...
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Dividend Analysis: Chevron Corporation (CVX), Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)
With the price of oil dropping more than 20% during the third quarter, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) were both battered and more investors wondered if their...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) Warren Buffett’s Biggest Holding Pays High...
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) Warren Buffett’s largest holding, and he first bought into the company in 1989. Buffett owns businesses with lengthy operating histories,...
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO): Safe, Strong Dividend Growth Potential
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) has been nothing short of an impressive dividend growth stock since it began paying dividends in 2011. The company’s quarterly dividend payment has increased from 6...
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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN): A Free Cash Flow Machine With...
Without Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN), most of the world’s electronic equipment would not function. The company is an extremely important player in virtually every end market and...
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Walt Disney Co (DIS): 3 Risks to Consider Despite the Strong Dividend Growth
Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) is one of the most iconic companies in the world and has rewarded shareholders with 11.7% annual dividend growth over the last 20 years. However, that hasn’t stopped the stock...
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Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC) Reputation Takes a Hit: Now What?
If there is one thing I have learned about investing in stocks, it is to expect the unexpected. Life is filled with uncertainty and surprises, and companies in our investment portfolios are no...
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BP plc (ADR) (BP): A High-Yielding Dividend Oil Stock to Avoid
With the current oil crisis dragging on far longer than initially anticipated, many big oil dividend stocks such as BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), and Royal Dutch Shell...
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CVS Health Corp (CVS): A Quality Dividend Stock on Sale or Value Trap?
Despite the market’s recent pull back in recent weeks, the S&P 500 is still trading close its all-time high and at a historically elevated P/E multiple of 24.5. However, that doesn’t mean that...
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Bank of America Corp (BAC): A Dividend Growth Stock That Benefits from Rising...
Few investors will ever forget the terror of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, when the global financial system was on the verge of complete collapse and many people were convinced we were headed for...
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United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS): A Quality Dividend Growth Stock Held by...
History has taught us that often boring, yet steadily growing businesses can make the best long-term investments – especially if those companies have a strong commitment to rewarding investors with...
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Blackstone Group LP (BX): A 5.7% Dividend Yield, But is the Dividend Safe?
Over the past decade, alternative assets (private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and complex debt instruments) have become increasingly popular, with assets under management nearly quadrupling. The...
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Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF): Will Catastrophe Events Jeopardize...
Catastrophes such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods are never pleasant, and they can make or break insurance companies. The year 2016 saw its fair share of disasters, including record-breaking...
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Kimberly Clark Corp (KMB): A Quality Dividend Aristocrat for Long-term Income...
By Dividend Aristocrats Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) has provided investors with reliable income increases for decades. In fact, the company is one of the 51 dividend aristocrats. The consumer goods...
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO): Buying Opportunity for Dividend Investors or...
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced quarterly earnings results after the market closed on Wednesday, May 17, causing its stock price to drop by approximately 8% in after-hours trading. If...
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General Electric Company (GE) Steps Down – What Does It Mean for Dividend...
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced its CEO Jeff Immelt is stepping down on August 1 and will retire from his role as chairman of the board at the end of 2017. Immelt had served as GE’s CEO...
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General Electric Company (GE) Stock Is No Longer Appropriate for Portfolios...
Knowing how much patience to exercise with an underperforming holding is one of the hardest (and often most humbling) challenges in investing, in my opinion. As a long-term dividend growth investor,...
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