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All About Dividends - Dozens of Articles From buyupside.com

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. Dividend Resources on buyupside.com for a short list of dividend investing tools.


Popular Articles

Here are ten popular articles about dividends and dividend reinvesting:

50 Highest Yielding Dividend Achievers - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
All Weather Stocks Have Long-term Price Upsides and Rising Dividends
Canadian Royalty Trusts Pay High Dividends
Dividend Aristocrats Pay Increasing Dividends
Dividend-Paying Stocks
Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Electric Utilities Pay Steady Dividends
Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Increasing Dividends and Price Appreciation Make for Profitable Investments
Introduction to Dividend Reinvestment
Mergent's Dividend Achievers Pay Increasing Dividends
Natural Gas Stocks Pays High Dividends
Why Dividends Matter


All Articles (0-9, A through Z)

The following alphabetized list includes links to all buyupside.com articles about dividends and dividend reinvesting.

3M Increases Dividend for 52nd Consecutive Year
10 Dividend-Paying Dutch Stocks
10 Dividend-Paying German Stocks
20 Core Dividend-Paying Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio
20 Highest Yielding Dividend Achievers - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
50 Highest Yielding Dividend Achievers - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
2010 Dividend Aristocrats Down to 43 Stocks
ABM Holdings Raises Dividend 3.85 Percent
Accumulate Shares With Dividend Reinvestment
Abbott Has a Long Record of Paying Increasing Dividends
Abbott Increases Dividend 10 Percent
Abbott Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Abbott Laboratories, a Dividend Aristocrat, Is a Great Long-term Investment
Acadian Timber Income Fund Pays a Steady Monthly Distribution
Add High-Yield DJIA Stocks to Your Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
ADP Raises Annual Dividend For 35th Consecutive Year
Aflac, a Dividend Aristocrat, Delivers Great Long-term Returns
Aflac Increases Dividend for 28th Consecutive Year
Aflac Rewards Shareholders With Price Appreciation and Rising Dividends
Airgas Raises Dividend 12.5 Percent
Air Products, a Dividend Aristocrat, Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Air Products Increases Dividend for 28th Consecutive Year
All Weather Stocks Have Long-term Price Upsides and Rising Dividends
All Weather Stocks - Clorox Trades Above Its 10-Year Moving Average
All Weather Stocks - C. R. Bard Trades Well Above Its 10-Year Moving Average
All Weather Stocks - Ecolab Suits Growth and Income Investors
All Weather Stocks - General Mills Pays Steady Dividends
All Weather Stocks - Grainger Grows Its Dividend
All Weather Stocks - Heinz Is Committed to Increasing Dividends
All Weather Stocks - Kellogg Is a Steady Money Making Stock
All Weather Stocks - Kimberly-Clark Is a Long-term Buy-and-Hold Stock
All Weather Stocks - NSTAR Belongs in a Utility Stock Portfolio
All Weather Stocks - Piedmont Natural Gas Trades Above Its Long-term Moving Average
All Weather Stocks - Proctor & Gamble Belongs In a Long-term Stock Portfolio
Alpine Dynamic Dividend Fund Offers a Very High Dividend Yield
Alpine Dynamic Dividend Maintains High Dividend Yield
Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Offers Very High Yield
Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Seeks High Dividend Yield
Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund Offers Very High Yield
American International Group Increases Dividend Despite Financial Woes
AmSouth Bank is a Dividend Play
A. O. Smith Raises Dividend 2.6 Percent
Aqua America Increases Dividend
Aqua America Raises Dividend Seven Percent
Arrow Financial Pays Increasing Dividends
Atlantic Tele-Network Increases Dividend 11.11 Percent
Atrion Corporation Increases Dividend 20 Percent
AT&T and Verizon Pay Rich Dividends
AT&T Pays a Rich Dividend
Australian Bank Stocks Take Hits from Bad Debt - Dividend Yields Up
Australian Listed Properties Trusts Offer Diversified Real Estate Portfolios
Australian Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Avoid Closed-End Income Funds That Cut Dividends
Avoid Downside Stocks with Large Dividend Yields
Avon Products Pays an Increasing Dividend
Axis Capital Holdings Limited Raises Dividend Five Percent

Badger Meter Increases Dividend Nine Percent
BancFirst Corporation, a Dividend Achiever, Increases Dividend for 16th Consecutive Year
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
BP Dividend Yield Increases on Stock Slide
Brady Corporation Raises Dividend for Twenty-fourth Consecutive Year
Broad Dividend Achievers™ Index - Dividend Information and Price Charts
Buckeye Partners, L.P. Increases Dividend, Yield Exceeds Five Percent
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
Cardinal Health Pays Increasing Dividends
Caterpillar Increases Dividend 4.76 Percent
Cement Maker Lafarge Is On a Long-term Upside
CenturyLink Offers an Eight Percent Dividend Yield
Chevron Raises Dividend Over Five Percent
Chubb Increases Dividend Over Five Percent
Cincinnati Financial, a Dividend Aristocrat, Increases Dividend for 49th Consecutive Year
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
Clorox Raises Dividend Ten Percent
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
Connecticut Water Service Increases Dividend for 41st Consecutive Year
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
Covered Call Closed-End Funds Offer High Yields
C.R. Bard, a Dividend Aristocrat, Is a Great Long-term Investment
C. R. Bard Increases Dividend for 39th Consecutive Year
C. R. Bard Increases Dividend Six Percent
Cullen/Frost Bankers Increases Its Dividend
Cullen/Frost Bankers Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock
Cullen/Frost Bankers Raises Dividend Almost Five Percent
Current S&P Dividend Aristocrats Components
Cypress Sharpridge Investments Offers Very High Yield

Deere & Company Boosts Dividend Seven Percent
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 Achievers Portfolio Builder
Dividend Achievers™ Select Index - Dividend Information and Price Charts
Dividend Aristocrats - A Few Truly Great Stocks
Dividend Aristocrats: Cintas Raises Dividend for 27th Consecutive Year
Dividend Aristocrats Includes 52 Stocks
Dividend Aristocrats Pay Increasing Dividends
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
Dividend Detective Includes Great Information About Dividend-Paying Stocks and Investments
Dividend Equity Closed-End Funds Offer Attractive Yields
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 Portfolio - Get Today's Dividend and Dividend Yield
Dividend-Paying Stocks
Dividend-Paying Telecommunications Stocks
Dividend Reinvestment: Do It
Dividend Resources on buyupside.com
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
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 Increases Dividend for 55th Consecutive Year
Dover Corporation Raises Dividend Four Percent
Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund
Dow Jones Industrial Average - All Dividend-Paying Stocks Sorted by Dividend Yield
Dow Jones Industrial Average - Top 10 Yielding Stocks
Dow Jones Utilities - Annual Dividends and Dividend Yields
Dow Jones Utility Average is a Conservative Play for Income and Growth
Duke Energy Increases Dividend
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
Eight Energy Limited Partnerships That Offer High Yields
Electric Utilities Offer High Dividend Yields During Market Slump
Electric Utilities Pay Steady Dividends
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
Entergy Increases Quarterly Dividend Almost 11 Percent
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
Exxon Mobil Raises Dividend for 28th Consecutive Year

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 Financial Corporation Raises Dividend for 22th Consecutive Year
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 Annualized Dividend Growth Rate
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
Growth & Income Closed-End Funds Offer Growth and Good Yields

Harsco Raises Annual Dividend For 16th Consecutive Year
H.B. Fuller Raises Dividend
Hershey Has a Long History of Raising Its Dividend
Hershey Raises Dividend Over Seven Percent
Health Care REIT Increases Quarterly Dividend, Yields Six Percent
Health Care REITs Pay Hefty Dividends
High Dividend Yields May Signal Trouble Ahead
High-Yield Blue Chip Stocks For Your Long-term Portfolio
High-Yield Diversified REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Diversified Utilities - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Offer Hefty Total Returns
High-Yield Dividend Stocks - Dividend Map Shows Patterns by Industry
High-Yield Electric Utilities - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Exchange-Traded Funds Are Attractive Additions to an Income Portfolio
High-Yield (Over Five Percent) Electric Utility Stocks
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High-Yield Financial Stocks - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Health Care REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Materials Stocks - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Natural Gas Utilities - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Office and Industrial REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Oil and Gas Drillers - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Oil and Gas Pipeline Partnerships - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Oil and Gas Stocks - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Residential REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Sectors
High-Yield Retail REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High-Yield Shipping Stocks - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
High Yield Stock: Buckeye Partners, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution
High Yield Stock: Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution
High-Yield Stock: HCP Increases Quarterly Dividend - Yield Exceeds Six Percent
High Yield Stock: Holly Energy Partners L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Over Seven Percent
High Yield Stock: Inergy, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Exceeds Seven Percent
High Yield Stock: Inergy Holdings, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Exceeds Six Percent
High Yield Stock: Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution
High Yield Stock: Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Over Six Percent
High Yield Stock: Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Over Six Percent
High Yield Stock: Western Gas Partners, LP Increases Quarterly Distribution
High Yield Stock: Western Gas Partners, LP Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Over Six Percent
High-Yield Telecommunications Stocks - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
Home Bancshares Pays a Steady Dividend
Hormel Foods Declares 326th Consecutive Dividend

IBM Increases Its Dividend by 33 Percent
IBM Raises Dividend Ten Percent
IBM Raises Dividend 18 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
International Dividend Achievers™ Index - Dividend Information and Price Charts
In Tough Times Own Dividend-Paying Stocks
Introduction to Dividend Reinvestment
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
Johnson & Johnson Raises Dividend Over 10 Percent
Kellogg Company Increases Quarterly Dividend Eight Percent
Kellogg Company Plans to Raise Dividend Eight Percent
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
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Increases Distribution - Yield Exceeds Six Percent
Kraft Foods Increases Its Dividend

Large Utility Exelon Qualifies As a Great Dividend-Reinvestment Stock
Leggett & Platt Increases Dividend for 39th Consecutive Year
Leggett & Platt Increases Dividend Four Percent
Living off Dividends
Lockheed Martin Increases Dividend 10.53 Percent
Look Here For Rising Dividends
Look for Special Dividends
Looking For a Few Good Banks - Community Bank System Makes Money and Increases Its Dividend
Looking For a Few Good Banks - First Financial Bankshares Near All-time High
Looking For a Few Good Banks - Hudson City Bancorp Delivers Big Gains and Solid Dividends to Shareholders
Looking For a Few Good Banks - TD Bank Financial Group Increases Its Dividend
Looking For a Few Good Banks - UMB Financial Corporation Is On the Price Upside
Looking for Great Dividends? See the Ten Highest-Yielding S&P Utilities
Looking for Income? What's Best - Stocks or Bonds?
Looking For the Next Wrigley
Low-Fee Stock Purchase Plans and DRIPs Add to Your Profits

McCormick Raises Dividend 8.33 Percent
McDonald's Increases Its Dividend to $1
McDonald's Increases Dividend Ten Percent
MDU Resources Group Raises Dividend
Medtronic Pays Increasing Dividends
Merck Is a Candidate For a Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Mergent's Dividend Achievers Pay Increasing Dividends
Mergent's Dividend Achievers: Five High-Yield Utility Stocks
Money Center Banks Stocks Pay Good Dividends
Monthly Dividend-Paying Stocks
Mortgage Investment Stocks Offer High Yields
Multifamily REITs Offer High Dividend Yields

NASDAQ Dividend Achievers™ Index - Dividend Information and Price Charts
National City Pays an Increasing Dividend
Natural Fuel Gas Pays Increasing Dividends
Natural Gas and Oil Producer EnCana Doubles Dividend
Natural Gas Limited Partnerships Pay High Dividends
Natural Gas Stocks Pays High Dividends
National Health Investors Increases Dividend Over Five Percent
Nike Raises Dividend Eight Percent
Nordson Corporation Increases Dividend for 46th Consecutive Year
Northwest Natural Gas Company Increases Dividend Five Percent
NSTAR Pays a Healthy Dividend
Nucor Declares 37th Consecutive Annual Dividend Increase
Nuveen Growth and Income Funds Offer Very High Yields
Nuveen Offers a Variety of Closed-End Income Funds

Omega Healthcare Investors Increases Dividend 12.5 Percent
ONEOK Raises Dividend Five Percent
ONEOK Raises Dividend Over Four Percent
ONEOK Partners Increases Quarterly Distribution - Pays High Yield
Option Income Funds - Big Returns but Big Risks
Over 200 Investments That Pay Dividends Monthly
Own Dividend-Paying Stocks In Your Retirement Portfolio
Own Dividend-Paying Stocks With Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes
Own Stocks With Good Dividend Growth to Keep Up With Inflation

Parker Hannifin Increases Dividend for 54th Consecutive Year
Payback Period - Buy Stocks with Increasing Dividends
Penn West Energy Trust Becomes a Giant and Pays A Rich Cash Distribution
Pentair Raises Dividend for 34th Consecutive Year
PepsiCo Raises Dividend Almost Six Percent
PepsiCo Increases Dividend Almost Seven Percent
PepsiCo Raises Dividend for 38th Consecutive Year
Pfizer's Dividend Yield Is Appealing
Pfizer Is a Great Dividend-Reinvestment Stock
Pfizer Pays a Six Percent Dividend Yield
Pfizer Pays Strong Dividends While On the Downside
Pfizer Raises Dividend 12.50 Percent
Piedmont Natural Gas Increases Dividend for 31st Consecutive Year
Piedmont Natural Gas Raises Dividend for 32nd Consecutive Year
Pipeline Master Limited Partnerships Pay Hefty Cash Distributions
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Yields Over Six Percent
PNC Maintains Its Dividend
Popular Depositary Receipts - Most Pay Dividends
Portfolio of 10 Best Banks According to Forbes
Portfolio of 15 Irish Stocks
Portfolio of 30 Global High-Yield Dividend-Paying Stocks
Portfolio of 30 South African Stocks Offers Dividends
Portfolio of Best Companies to Work For - Select Dividend-Paying Stocks
Portfolio of Dividend Achievers ETFs Offers Growth and Income
Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Brazilian Stocks
Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Gold and Silver Mining Stocks
Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Restaurant Stocks
Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Steel Stocks
Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Technology Stocks
Portfolio of Dividend-Paying Transnational Stocks
Portfolio of Integrated Oil and Gas Stocks
Portfolio of Large U.S. Dividend-Paying Conglomerates
Portfolio of Most Admired Companies - Select Dividend-Paying Stocks
Portfolio of Paper and Paper Products Stocks
Portfolio of Regional Mall and Shopping Center REITs
Portfolio of the World's Most Ethical Companies - Premier Dividend-Paying Stocks
Portland General Electric Offers Dividend Yield Over Five Percent
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio's Dividend Yield Exceeds Five Percent
PowerShares Offers Four Dividend Achievers ETFs
PPG Industries, a Dividend Aristocrat, Increases Quarterly Dividend
PPG Industries Increases Quarterly Dividend
Preferred Stock ETFs Deliver High Yields
Preferred Stocks and Preferred Income Funds Offer High Yields
Price to Dividend Ratio Says Stocks Are Expensive
Princeton National Bancorp Is a Jewel Amid Regional Bank Wreckage
Proctor & Gamble Increases Dividend for 54th Consecutive Year
Procter & Gamble Raises Dividend 10 Percent
Prospect Capital Corporation Increases Dividend for 22th Consecutive Quarter - Yield Over 12 Percent

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Raytheon Increases Dividend
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Stocks Pay High Dividends
Realty Income Increases Monthly Dividend for 50th Consecutive Quarter
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 8.33 Percent
Republic Bancorp Raises Dividend Nine Percent
Retirement Stock Portfolios - Dividend-Paying Blue Chip Stocks
Retirement Stock Portfolios - Dividend-Paying Utilities Stocks
Retirement Stock Portfolios - Top 10 U.S. Dividend Champions
Ride Out Tough Market with Dividend-Paying Stocks
RPM International Increases Quarterly Dividend 2.5 Percent
RPM International Is a Great Dividend Stock

Savings and Loans Banks Astoria Financial and Washington Federal Are Good Bets
SCANA Corporation Increases Dividend - Dividend Yield Exceeds Five Percent
Senior Housing Properties Trust Dividend Yield Above Seven 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 Pays 250th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend
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 - Annualized Returns
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats - Sorted by Annualized Dividend Growth Rate
S&P 500 Dividend-Paying Stocks
S&P 500 Dividend-Paying Stocks: Top 10 Stocks
S&P 500 Growth and Value Dividend-Paying Stocks
S&P 500 Pure Growth and Value Dividend-Paying Stocks
S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 Price and Dividend Information
S&P 500 Utilities Pay Hefty Dividends -
S&P ADR Dividend-Paying Stocks
S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats - 10 U.S. Traded Stocks
S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF Includes Dividend-Paying Forest and Paper Products Stocks
S&P MidCap 400 Dividend-Paying Stocks
S&P SmallCap 600 Dividend-Paying Stocks
S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats - 13 U.S. Traded 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 Partners, L.P. Increases Cash Distribution - Yield Exceeds Six Percent
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 Increases Dividend 47 Percent
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 J. M. Smucker Company Raises Dividend Over 14 Percent
The Moneypaper Lets You Buy Dividend-Paying Stocks
These Dividend Yields Will Amaze You -
The Stanley Works Raises Dividend Three Percent
Tiffany Increases Dividend Over 17 Percent
Timber REIT Rayonier Pays Steadily Increasing Dividends
TJX Companies Increases Quarterly Dividend 25 Percent
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
Universal Health Realty Income Dividend Yield Exceeds Seven Percent
U.S. Bancorp Is a Great Dividend Play
U.S. Bancorp Pays Steady Dividends
U.S. Dividend Champions Offer Multiyear Dividend Increases
U.S. Dividend Champions Offer Multiyear Dividend Increases - Sorted by Dividend Yield
Utilities Closed-End Funds Offer Attractive Yields
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
Vanguard Natural Resources Increases Cash Distribution - Yield Exceeds Eight Percent
Vectren Corporation Ups Quarterly Dividend - 50 Consecutive Years of Dividend Increases
Verizon Increases Dividend Three Percent
Verizon Communications Increases Dividend, Yield Over Six 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
Watsco Increases Quarterly Dividend Over Eight Percent
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
Williams Partners L.P. Increases Quarterly Cash Distribution, Yield Exceeds Five Percent
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 -
World's Safest Banks Includes Five U.S. Dividend-Paying Banks
Wrigley Boosts Dividend 16 Percent
Wrigley Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
W.W. Grainger Raises Dividend Over 17 Percent

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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