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A dividend is a cash payment usually made each quarter to shareholders. A company that has free cash after meeting its financial obligations can elect to give some of that cash to its shareholders in the form of dividends. High-yield sectors that pay a high proportion of their earnings as dividends include electric utilities and Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs). Also, many large blue-chip companies pay dividends.

Historically companies that pay regular increasing dividends have been great long-term investments. Dividend yield (dividend divided by price ) can top 20 percent after many years when you buy-and-hold a dividend-paying stock that regularly increases its dividend.

You may elect to receive your dividends in cash or you can reinvest the dividends and buy additional shares of stock. Dividend reinvestment is an easy way to increase the number of shares you own and is a profitable investing technique for the long-term investor.

You can capture dividends by owning a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks and mutual funds that concentrate on dividend-paying stocks. Such stocks give you income and may give you growth in the form increased share prices with time.

Two mutual funds with above average dividend yields and low expenses are the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund (DVY) and the Vanguard Equity Income Fund (VEIPX). Both funds hold stocks that pay safe dividends.

For a list of over 300 companies that have increased their dividends for at least 10 consecutive years read the Dividend Achievers. The Dividend Aristocrats have increased dividends for 25 consecutive years.

For the most recent articles about dividends and dividend-paying stocks, see Recent Dividend Articles on buyupside.com. And see Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Increasing Dividends and Price Appreciation Make for Profitable Investments for many premier dividend-paying stocks.

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Badger Meter Increases Dividend Nine Percent
BancorpSouth Pays Increasing Dividends
Banco Santander Rewards Dividend-Oriented Investors
Banks Cutting Dividends - Beware of High yields
Banks Increase Dividends Despite Falling Stock Prices
Barclays Is Down But Not Out
Bear Market 2009: Four Companies Increase Dividends
Beckman Coulter Raises Quarterly Dividend Over Five Percent
Becton Dickinson Raises Dividend 12.12 Percent
Big Five United Kingdom Banks Pay Rich Dividends
BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund Pays Steady Income
BlackRock Offers Four Dividend Achievers Funds
Brady Corporation Raises Dividend for Twenty-fourth Consecutive Year
Bunge Raises Dividend Ten Percent
Buy Union Pacific on Price Dips
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Cadbury Schweppes Rivals Coca-Cola and Pepsico
Calavo Growers Increases Annual Dividend 43 Percent
Campbell Soup Company Raises Dividend 10 Percent
Canadian Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Canadian Royalty Trusts Pay High Dividends - Popular
Cardinal Health Pays Increasing Dividends
Cement Maker Lafarge Is On a Long-term Upside
CenturyLink Offers an Eight Percent Dividend Yield
Chubb Increases Dividend Over Five Percent
Cincinnati Financial Continues to Increase Its Dividend
Citizens Holding Company Raises Dividend Five Percent
Closed-End Dividend Stock Funds Offer Good Income At a Discount
Chemical Stocks Portfolio Pay Hefty Dividends
Chevron Raises Dividend 4.62 Percent
Clorox Continues to Increase Its Dividend
Clorox Pays Increasing Dividends
CNOOC Gives Investors Good Growth and Dividend Yield
Coca-Cola Increases Dividend Seven Percent
Coca-Cola Is a Solid Dividend-Paying Stock
Coca-Cola Is a Winner
Coca-Cola Raises Its Annual Dividend For 47th Consecutive Year
Colgate-Palmolive Increases Dividend 10 Percent
Colgate-Palmolive Is One Great Stock
Colgate-Palmolive Raises Dividend 20 Percent
Colgate-Palmolive Rewards Patient Investors
Colgate-Palmolive Trades Above 10-Year Simple Moving Average
College Graduate Starter Portfolio Includes Dividend-Paying Stocks
ConAgra Foods Is a Dividend Play
ConAgra Foods Increases Dividend 5.26 Percent
ConocoPhillips Increases Dividend Over Six Percent
Consider Bank of New York Mellon for a Dividend-Oriented Portfolio
Consider General Electric for a Dividend-Reinvestment Portfolio
Consolidated Edison Raises Dividend for 36th Consecutive Year
Consumer Staples Stocks Pay Steady Dividends
C.R. Bard, a Dividend Aristocrat, Is a Great Long-term Investment
C. R. Bard Increases Dividend Six Percent
Cullen/Frost Bankers Increases Its Dividend
Cullen/Frost Bankers Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock
Current S&P Dividend Aristocrats Components

Despite Downturn Companies Still Raising Dividends
Diebold Increases Dividend for 57th Consecutive Year
Direct Stock Purchase Plans are Convenient But Watch the Fees
Diversified (Electric and Natural Gas) Utility Stocks Pay Steady Dividends
Diversified Utilities' Dividend Yields Up On Lower Stock Prices
Dividend Accumulation Calculator - See How Rapidly Dividends Add Up
Dividend Aristocrats - A Few Truly Great Stocks - Popular
Dividend Aristocrats: Cintas Raises Dividend for 27th Consecutive Year
Dividend Aristocrats Includes 52 Stocks
Dividend Aristocrats Pay Increasing Dividends - Popular
Dividend Aristocrats: Suffolk Bancorp - The Way a Bank Should be Run
Dividend Aristocrats - Top 10 by Dividend Yield
Dividend Aristocrats: Updated Dividends and Dividend Yields - Popular
Dividend Detective Includes Great Information About Dividend-Paying Stocks and Investments
Dividend Investors - Stay the Course
Dividend Oriented Exchange-Traded Funds Offer Good Yields
Dividend-Paying Gas Utilities Can Enhance Your Portfolio
Dividend-Paying Gold Stocks
Dividend-Paying Japanese Drug Stocks
Dividend-Paying Stocks - Popular
Dividend Reinvestment: Do It - Popular
Dividend Paying Portfolio - Get Today's Dividend and Dividend Yield - Popular
Dividend Stocks for the Long Run: Colgate-Palmolive
Dividend Yields of Bank Stocks Are Up
Dividend Yields of Bank Stocks Move Up With Falling Stock Prices
Dividends Magnify Your Total Return - Popular
Dividends Will Reward the Patient Investor
DNP Select Income Fund Pays Steady High Dividends
Domestic Dividend-Paying ETFs Pay Steady Dividends
Do Not Be Tempted by Extra High Dividend Yields
Don't Give Up on Dividend-Paying Stocks
Don't Give Up on Dividend-Paying Stocks - Part II
Dover Corporation Has a Long History of Increasing Its Dividend
Dover Corporation Raises Dividend Four Percent
Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund
Dow Jones Utilities - Annual Dividends and Dividend Yields
Dow Jones Utility Average is a Conservative Play for Income and Growth
Duke Energy Pays Its Dividend
Duncan Energy Partners Increases Quarterly Distribution 4.76 Percent

Earn Dividends From World-Wide ETF
Ecolab Declares 18th Consecutive Annual Dividend Increase
Eight Electric and Natural Gas Utilities With High Dividend Yields
Electric Utilities Offer High Dividend Yields During Market Slump
Electric Utilities Pay Steady Dividends - Popular
Electric Utilities With Nuclear Power Plants Pay Steady Dividends
Emerson Electric Is a Winning Stock
Emerson Raises Annual Dividend For 53rd Consecutive Year
Enbridge Energy LP Pays a Rich Dividend
Energy East is on the Upside
Enterprise Products Partners Pays High-Yield Cash Distribution
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution 1.38 Percent
Erie Indemnity Company, a Dividend Achiever, Raises Dividend 6.67 Percent
European Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Ex-Dividend.com Gives You the Latest Dividend News
ExxonMobil Raises Dividend Five Percent

Falling Prices Push Up Dividend Yields
Falling Stock Prices Benefit Long-term Dividend Reinvestment Portfolios
Family Dollar Added to Great Dividend Stocks
Family Dollar Raises Dividend for 34th Consecutive Year
Financial Exchange-Traded Funds Offer Good Dividend Yields
Financial Exchange-Traded Funds Pay Good Yielding Income Distributions
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund Pays a Good Dividend Yield
Find Dividend Yields for Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Stocks at indexARb
Find Timely REIT Info at Real Estate Portfolio
First Financial Bankshares Pays Solid Dividends
First Horizon National Pays a Healthy Dividend
Five Bank Stocks Worth Watching
Five Great Dividend Reinvestment Stocks
Five High-Yield Stocks
Five Large Bank Stocks With Dividend Yields Over Six Percent
Five Large Canadian Dividend-Paying Bank Stocks
Five Large Pharmaceuticals Stocks With High Dividend Yields
Five Reliable Dividend-Paying Stocks for a Shaky Market
Follow iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund With the buyupside.com Price Direction Indicator
Food and Beverage Stocks
Four Good Banks Pay Reliable Dividends
FPL Group Increases Dividend Almost Six Percent
French Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields

Gabelli Utility Trust is a Solid Income Investment
Gas Utilities' Dividend Yields Up On Falling Stock Prices
General Dynamics Increases Dividend Over 10 Percent
General Electric Keeps Increasing Dividends
General Electric Pays a Healthy Dividend
General Mills Pays a Solid Dividend
General Mills Pays Dividend 111 Consecutive Years
General Mills Raises Dividend 9.30 Percent
General Mills Trades Above 10-Year Simple Moving Average
General Motors Pays a Hefty Dividend
Genesis Energy Increases Quarterly Distribution 2.17 Percent
Genuine Parts Company Increases Dividend for 54th Consecutive Year
Get Good Dividend Yields From Five Select Sector SPDRs
Global Bank Stocks With High-Yield Dividends
Global Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Great Dividend Stocks - Dividend History
Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - All Stocks (A-Z)
Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Stocks Grouped Into Nine Sectors
Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Stocks Sorted by Dividend Yield
Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Stocks Sorted by Duration of Dividend Increases
Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Top Performing Stocks Sorted by Annualized Return
Great Northern Iron Ore Properties Pays a Great Cash Distribution (Dividend), But Use Caution

IBM Raises Dividend Ten Percent
IBM Increases Its Dividend by 33 Percent
Illinois Tool Works Keeps Increasing Its Dividend
Important Dates for Dividends
Increase Your Returns With Dividend-Paying Stocks
ING Groep Pays Increasing Dividends
International Dividend-Paying ETFs Pay Steady Dividends
In Tough Times Own Dividend-Paying Stocks
Introduction to Dividend Reinvestment - Popular
iShares Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index Fund Pays Strong Dividends
iShares S&P Value Index Fund Includes Dividend-Paying Stocks
Italian Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
ITC Holdings Increases Dividend Almost Five Percent

Japanese Stocks Offer Steady Dividends
J. M. Smucker Raises Dividend Over Nine Percent
Johnson & Johnson Is a Great Long-term Holding
Johnson & Johnson Keeps Raising Its Dividend

Kellogg Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock
Kellogg Raises Dividend Ten Percent
Kimberly Clark Increases Dividend to 60 Cents
Kimberly-Clark Increases Dividend 10 Percent
Kraft Foods Increases Its Dividend

QuantumOnline.com Is a Find for Income Investors

Raytheon Increases Dividend
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Stocks Pay High Dividends
Realty Income Pays Increasing Monthly Dividends
Regions Financial's Dividend Yield Exceeds 11 Percent
Regions Financial Is Down But Increased Its Dividend
Regional Banks Offer High Dividends
Republic Bancorp Raises Dividend Nine Percent
RPM International Increases Quarterly Dividend 2.5 Percent

Savings and Loans Banks Astoria Financial and Washington Federal Are Good Bets
SCANA Corporation Increases Dividend - Dividend Yield Exceeds Five Percent
Sherman-Williams Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Simplify Your Investment Portfolio: Own Dividend-Paying Stocks and Hold Cash
Six Large High-Yield Closed-End Funds
SJW Corp. Raises Dividend for 43th Consecutive Year
Slumping Stock Prices Push Up Blue Chip Dividend Yields
Small Dividend Increases Add Up
Some Companies Increase Dividends Despite Market Meltdown
Southern Company Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Southern Company Raises Dividend
South Jersey Industries Raises Dividend 10.92 Percent
Special Dividends Pack a Punch
SPDR Dividend ETF Includes High-Yield Stocks
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF's Dividend Yield Exceeds Four Percent
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats - Sorted by Annualized Dividend Growth Rate
S&P 500 Utilities Pay Hefty Dividends - Popular
S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF Includes Dividend-Paying Forest and Paper Products Stocks
Starter Portfolio Includes Twelve Dividend-Paying Stocks
Stock Market Returns With Dividends Are Cyclical
Stock Market Visualizations With Google Motion Charts: Dividend-Paying U.S. Champions Hold Their Own During Market Meltdown
Stock Market Visualizations With Google Motion Charts: Dividend Yields Fluctuate With Falling Prices and Dividend Cuts
Stora Enso and UPM-Kymmene Are Cyclical Dividend-Paying Stocks
streetTRACKS KBW Regional Bank ETF Pays a Stout Dividend
Suburban Propane Partners Pays High-Yield Cash Distribution
Suburban Propane, L.P. Raises Distribution for 15th Consecutive Quarter
SunTrust Banks Maintains Quarterly Dividend
Swedish Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Swiss Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Sysco Raises Annual Dividend For 40th Consecutive Year

Target Pays Increasing Dividends
Target Raises Dividend 6.25 Percent
Terra Nitrogen Pays Hefty Dividends
Terra Nitrogen Pays Uneven Dividends
Ten Countries Offer Stocks With High Dividend Yields
Tennant Company Raises Annual Dividend For 38th Consecutive Year
Texas Instruments Increases Dividend Nine Percent
The Moneypaper Lets You Buy Dividend-Paying Stocks
These Dividend Yields Will Amaze You - Popular
The Stanley Works Raises Dividend Three Percent
Tiffany Increases Dividend Over 17 Percent
Timber REIT Rayonier Pays Steadily Increasing Dividends
Top 10 Great Dividend Stocks
Top 10 High-Yield Stocks
Top 10 S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats
Top 10 Global Wireless Growth Stocks Pay Dividends
Top Ten Holdings for iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund
Top 20 Dividend Aristocrats by Dividend Yield
Top Subscriber Global Wireless Stocks Pay Dividends
TransCanada Is an Upside Stock With Steady Dividends
Travelers Companies Ups Quarterly Dividend Ten Percent
Two ETFs That are Good Choices for a Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio

United Kingdom Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
U.S. Bancorp Is a Great Dividend Play
U.S. Bancorp Pays Steady Dividends
U.S. Dividend Champions Offer Multiyear Dividend Increases
Utilities Exchange-Trade Funds (ETFs) Offer Moderate Dividend Yields
Utility Stocks Pay Reliable Dividends

Valero LP Pays a Rich Dividend
Valspar, a Great Dividend Stock, Raises Dividend 6.67 Percent
Vanguard Equity-Income Likes Dividends
Vectren Corporation Ups Quarterly Dividend - 50 Consecutive Years of Dividend Increases
Verizon Increases Dividend Three Percent
VF Corporation Ups Quarterly Dividend - 37 Consecutive Years of Dividend Increases

Walgreen Raises Dividend 22 Percent
Walmart Increases Dividend Over 10 Percent
Wal-Mart Continues Long History of Dividend Increases
Wal-Mart Pays Increasing Dividends
Washington Mutual Keeps Increasing Its Dividend
Waste Management Is a Dividend Play
Watch Xcel Energy As a Dividend-Reinvestment Stock
Water Utilities Pay Good Dividends
Wells Fargo Raises Dividend
What Is a Dividend?
Which Is Best - Dividend Yield or Dividend Growth?
Whirlpool Is a Cyclical Dividend Play
Whirlpool Is on the Downside But Has Support
Williams Companies Revives Its Dividend
Wisconsin Energy Corporation Raises Quarterly Dividend 18 Percent
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund Begins Trading
WisdomTree Offers Twenty ETFs for Dividend Investors
Why Dividends Matter - Popular
World's Safest Banks Includes Five U.S. Dividend-Paying Banks
Wrigley Boosts Dividend 16 Percent
Wrigley Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock

Xilinx Increases Quarterly Dividend 14 Percent

Yahoo Finance Has a Comprehensive List of Dividend Yields for Stocks
York Water Company Declares 556th Consecutive Dividend

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