buyupside.com Dividend eBook

The buyupside.com Dividend eBook is an eBook that is a compilation of original articles written by Richard Howard of buyupside.com. The eBook is updated each time that I write a new article about dividends or dividend reinvestment.

The eBook includes eight chapters:

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Dividends discusses the how dividends work and why they are beneficial to investors.
Chapter 2: More About Dividends gives additional fundamental information about dividends.
Chapter 3: Dividend-Paying Individual Stocks presents articles about dividend-paying stocks from many sectors of the stock market.
Chapter 4: Getting Stated With Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios includes sample portfolios of dividend-paying stocks designed by buyupside.com. They are intended to show how easy it is to construct a diversified portfolio.
Chapter 5: More Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios includes more examples of portfolios of dividend-paying stocks designed by buyupside.com.
Chapter 6: Dividend-Paying ETFs, Mutual Funds and Energy Trusts and Partnerships presents many examples of dividend-oriented ETFs, managed funds, trusts and partnerships. These securities were designed by professional managers.
Chapter 7: Dividend Reinvestment discusses why dividend reinvestment is desirable and how to do it.
Chapter 8: Information Sources About Dividends lists Web sites that contain useful information for the dividend investor.

Chapters 1 - 8

Chapter 1: Getting Started With Dividends

Dividends are real money that you can spend or use to buy additional shares of stock through a stock's dividend reinvestment plan. This group or articles discusses how dividends work. The articles are listed in logical order and best read read in sequence.

What Is a Dividend?
Why Dividends Matter
Important Dates for Dividends
Dividends Magnify Your Total Return - Popular
Dividends Will Reward the Patient Investor
Small Dividend Increases Add Up
These Dividend Yields Will Amaze You - Popular
Payback Period - Buy Stocks with Increasing Dividends
Special Dividends Pack a Punch
Look for Special Dividends
buyupside.com Dividend Chart Maker

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Chapter 2: More About Dividends

Learn more how dividends work. The articles are listed in logical order to be read in sequence.

Banks Cutting Dividends - Beware of High yields
Current S&P Dividend Aristocrats Components
Don't Give Up on Dividend-Paying Stocks
Falling Prices Push Up Dividend Yields
Falling Stock Prices Benefit Long-term Dividend Reinvestment Portfolios
Do Not Be Tempted by Extra High Dividend Yields
Don't Give Up on Dividend-Paying Stocks - Part II
Avoid Downside Stocks with Large Dividend Yields
High Dividend Yields May Signal Trouble Ahead
Avoid Closed-End Income Funds That Cut Dividends
Looking for Income? What's Best - Stocks or Bonds?
Living off Dividends - Popular
Over 200 Investments That Pay Dividends Monthly
Direct Stock Purchase Plans are Convenient But Watch the Fees
Low-Fee Stock Purchase Plans and DRIPs Add to Your Profits
Own Stocks With Good Dividend Growth to Keep Up With Inflation
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
Which Is Best - Dividend Yield or Dividend Growth?

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Chapter 3: Dividend-Paying Individual Stocks

Many companies pay regular safe dividends. These articles are about individual dividend-paying stocks and can be read in any order.

50 Highest Yielding Dividend Achievers - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields
Abbott Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Acadian Timber Income Fund Pays a Steady Monthly Distribution
Add High-Yield DJIA Stocks to Your Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Air Products, a Dividend Aristocrat, Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Alpine Dynamic Dividend Fund Offers a Very High Dividend Yield
Alpine Dynamic Dividend Maintains High Dividend Yield
Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Seeks High Dividend Yield
AT&T Pays a Rich Dividend
Avon Products Pays an Increasing Dividend
Buy Union Pacific on Price Dips
Cadbury Schweppes Rivals Coca-Cola and Pepsico
Cement Maker Lafarge Is On a Long-term Upside
Clorox Continues to Increase Its Dividend
CNOOC Gives Investors Good Growth and Dividend Yield
Colgate-Palmolive Increases Dividend 10 Percent
Colgate-Palmolive Is One Great Stock
Colgate-Palmolive Rewards Patient Investors
Coca-Cola Is a Solid Dividend-Paying Stock
Coca-Cola Is a Winner
Coca-Cola Raises Its Annual Dividend For 47th Consecutive Year
ConAgra Foods Is a Dividend Play
Consider Bank of New York Mellon for a Dividend-Oriented Portfolio
Consider General Electric for a Dividend-Reinvestment Portfolio
C.R. Bard, a Dividend Aristocrat, Is a Great Long-term Investment
Cullen/Frost Bankers Increases Its Dividend
Cullen/Frost Bankers Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock
Diebold Keeps Increasing Its Dividend
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-Paying Gas Utilities Can Enhance Your Portfolio
Dividend-Paying Gold Stocks
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
Dover Corporation Has a Long History of Increasing Its Dividend
Duke Energy Pays Its Dividend
Eight Electric and Natural Gas Utilities With High Dividend Yields
Emerson Electric Is a Winning Stock
Enbridge Energy LP Pays a Rich Dividend
Energy East is on the Upside
Five Great Dividend Reinvestment Stocks
Five High-Yield Stocks
Five Large Bank Stocks With Dividend Yields Over Six Percent
Five Large Pharmaceuticals Stocks With High Dividend Yields
Five Reliable Dividend-Paying Stocks for a Shaky Market
Four Good Banks Pay Reliable Dividends
FPL Group Pays Increasing Dividends
General Electric Keeps Increasing Dividends
General Electric Pays a Healthy Dividend
General Mills Pays a Solid Dividend
General Motors Pays a Hefty Dividend
Genuine Parts Company Keeps Increasing Its Dividend
Great Northern Iron Ore Properties Pays a Great Cash Distribution (Dividend), But Use Caution
Hershey Has a Long History of Raising Its Dividend
Home Bancshares Pays a Steady Dividend
IBM Increases Its Dividend by 33 Percent
Illinois Tool Works Keeps Increasing Its Dividend
Johnson & Johnson Is a Great Long-term Holding
Johnson & Johnson Keeps Raising Its Dividend
Kraft Foods Increases Its Dividend
Large Utility Exelon Qualifies As a Great Dividend-Reinvestment Stock
Look Here For Rising Dividends - Popular
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 the Next Wrigley
Kellogg's Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock
Kimberly Clark Increases Dividend to 60 Cents
McDonald's Increases Its Dividend to $1
Merck Is a Candidate For a Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Mergent's Dividend Achievers Pay Increasing Dividends - Popular
Mergent's Dividend Achievers: Five High-Yield Utility Stocks
National City Pays an Increasing Dividend
Natural Fuel Gas Pays Increasing Dividends
Natural Gas and Oil Producer EnCana Doubles Dividend
NSTAR Pays a Healthy Dividend
Penn West Energy Trust Becomes a Giant and Pays A Rich Cash Distribution
Piedmont Natural Gas Increases Dividend for 31st Consecutive Year
Princeton National Bancorp Is a Jewel Amid Regional Bank Wreckage
Procter & Gamble Raises Dividend 10 Percent
Southern Company Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Southern Company Raises Dividend
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Includes 52 Stocks
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats: Updated Dividends and Dividend Yields - Popular
Stora Enso and UPM-Kymmene Are Cyclical Dividend-Paying Stocks
Looking For a Few Good Banks - TD Bank Financial Group Increases Its Dividend
Target Pays Increasing Dividends
Terra Nitrogen Pays Hefty Dividends
Terra Nitrogen Pays Uneven Dividends
Timber REIT Rayonier Pays Steadily Increasing Dividends
Top 10 High Yield Dividend Aristocrats by Yield
TransCanada Is an Upside Stock With Steady Dividends
Valero LP Pays a Rich Dividend
Wal-Mart Continues Long History of Dividend Increases
Waste Management Is a Dividend Play
Watch Xcel Energy As a Dividend-Reinvestment Stock
Whirlpool Is a Cyclical Dividend Play
Whirlpool Is on the Downside But Has Support
Williams Companies Revives Its Dividend

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Chapter 4: Getting Started With Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios

Read about combining dividend-paying stocks to construct a diverse portfolio that will grow in dollar value with time. The articles are listed in logical order and are best read in sequence.

10 Dividend-Paying Dutch Stocks
10 Dividend-Paying German Stocks
20 All-Weather Dividend-Paying Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio
Starter Portfolio
Consumer Staples Stocks Pay Steady Dividends
Dividend Paying Portfolio - Get Today's Dividend and Dividend Yield - Popular
Dividend-Paying Stocks - Popular
Electric Utilities Pay Steady Dividends - Popular
Food and Beverage Stocks
Portfolio of 30 South African Stocks Offers Dividends
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Stocks Pay High Dividends
Utility Stocks Pay Reliable Dividends

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Chapter 5: More Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios

Here are sample portfolios of dividend-paying stocks from many market sectors. The articles are arranged in alphabetical order, but can be read in any order.

Regional Banks Offer High Dividends
Slumping Stock Prices Push Up Blue Chip Dividend Yields
Some Companies Increase Dividends Despite Market Meltdown
S&P 500 Utilities Pay Hefty Dividends - Popular
Swedish Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Swiss Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
Ten Countries Offer Stocks With High Dividend Yields
Top 10 Global Wireless Growth Stocks Pay Dividends
Top 10 High Yield Dividend Aristocrats by Yield
Top 20 Dividend Aristocrats by Dividend Yield
Top Subscriber Global Wireless Stocks Pay Dividends
United Kingdom Stocks Offer High Dividend Yields
U.S. Dividend Champions Offer Multiyear Dividend Increases
Water Utilities Pay Good Dividends

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Chapter 6: Dividend-Paying ETFs, Closed-End Funds, Mutual Funds and Energy Trusts and Partnerships

Exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds, trusts and partnerships enable you to own a diversified basket of dividend-paying stocks.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund Pays Steady Income
BlackRock Offers Four Dividend Achievers Funds
Closed-End Dividend Stock Funds Offer Good Income At a Discount
Dividend Oriented Exchange-Traded Funds Offer Good Yields
Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund
Domestic Dividend-Paying ETFs Pay Steady Dividends
Dow Jones Utility Average is a Conservative Play for Income and Growth
DNP Select Income Fund Pays Steady High Dividends
Earn Dividends From World-Wide ETF
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
Gabelli Utility Trust is a Solid Income Investment
Get Good Dividend Yields From Five Select Sector SPDRs
Global Dividend-Paying ETFs Pay Steady Dividends
High-Yield Exchange-Traded Funds Are Attractive Additions to an Income Portfolio
iShares Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index Fund Pays Strong Dividends
iShares S&P Value Index Fund Includes Dividend-Paying Stocks
Nuveen Growth and Income Funds Offer Very High Yields
Nuveen Offers a Variety of Closed-End Income Funds
Option Income Funds - Big Returns but Big Risks
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio's Dividend Yield Exceeds Five Percent
PowerShares Offers Four Dividend Achievers ETFs - Popular
Six Large High-Yield Closed-End Funds
S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF Includes Dividend-Paying Forest and Paper Products Stocks
SPDR Dividend ETF Includes High-Yield Stocks
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF's Dividend Yield Exceeds Four Percent
streetTRACKS KBW Regional Bank ETF Pays a Stout Dividend
Two ETFs That are Good Choices for a Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Utilities Exchange-Trade Funds (ETFs) Offer Moderate Dividend Yields
Vanguard Equity-Income Likes Dividends
WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund Begins Trading
WisdomTree Offers Twenty ETFs for Dividend Investors

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Chapter 7: Dividend Reinvestment

With a dividend reinvest plan you can buy additional shares of a stock each time is pays a dividend. Over time you can accumulate many shares without paying out any new money.

Accumulate Shares With Dividend Reinvestment
Introduction to Dividend Reinvestment - Popular
Dividend Reinvestment: Do It - Popular

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Chapter 8: Information Sources About Dividends

You can find information about dividends on many Web sites. Here are a few useful sites.

Dividend Detective Includes Great Information About Dividend-Paying Stocks and Investments
Ex-Dividend.com Gives You the Latest Dividend News
Find Dividend Yields for Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Stocks at indexARb
Find Timely REIT Info at Real Estate Portfolio
QuantumOnline.com Is a Find for Income Investors
The Moneypaper Lets You Buy Dividend-Paying Stocks
Yahoo Finance Has a Comprehensive List of Dividend Yields for Stocks

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More Dividend Information

The buyupside.com Dividend Book (.pdf version) is approximately 50 pages of information about dividends and dividend reinvesting. The book is available on scribd.com for $2.00.

For a quicker read, see buyupside.com Dividend miniBook, an abbreviated version of the buyupside.com Dividend eBook.

Read about high-yield investments in the buyupside.com Guide to High-Yield Investments.

See All About Dividends, an alphabetized list of all articles on buyupside.com about dividends and dividend reinvestment.

Beginning investors should read buyupside.com Dividend Primer, a three-step approach to owning dividend-paying stocks.

Use the buyupside.com Dividend Chart Maker to display a bar chart of quarterly dividends for your favorite stocks.

See many dividend-paying portfolios at Daily Dividend-Paying Portfolio Updates On buyupside.com.

For the most recent articles about dividends and dividend-paying stocks, see Recent Dividend Articles on buyupside.com.

Updated July 21, 2009.