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Picking Dividend Stocks: Payout Ratio Vs. Altman Z-Score
02:00pm, Monday, 09'th Nov 2020
The payout ratio is one of the most used factors in dividend analysis. The Altman Z-score is a bankruptcy risk metric.
4 Phases Of Retirement And Their Investment Implications
11:00am, Sunday, 08'th Nov 2020
Retirement of a large portion of the population as we have come to know it is really a product of the industrial age. In some cases, people may spend almost as many years in retirement as they do work
Dividend Safety: Watch The ROA Before The Payout Ratio
02:22pm, Thursday, 05'th Nov 2020
The payout ratio is one of the most used factors in dividend stock analysis. I compare it with the return on assets as a predictor of risks and returns in a dividend universe.
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF: A Defensive Dividend Aristocrat Option With Upside
11:50am, Thursday, 05'th Nov 2020
SDY screens companies in the S&P 1500 index for 20 years of dividend growth, creating a more cap-diversified dividend aristocrat index. SDY presents a solid history of safety and performance.
Retirement: Don't Let Emotions Drive You
08:35am, Thursday, 05'th Nov 2020
The Income Method: Facts vs. emotions. Retirees need to be aware of their emotional drivers.
SDY: I Will Continue To Bank On Dividends
04:10pm, Tuesday, 03'rd Nov 2020
Dividend aristocrats provide some stability in a market facing macro-headwinds and an uncertain economic rebound. The consumer exposure has been beneficial, given the resilience in consumer spending.
Picking Dividends With A Famous Professor Of Accounting
02:23pm, Wednesday, 28'th Oct 2020
This is the third article of a series on picking dividend stocks safely. I have discussed on a well-known ratio and a 52-year-old formula.
Retirement: New Normal Requires Flexibility
11:00am, Wednesday, 28'th Oct 2020
As we have pointed out in previous articles, interest rates are at unprecedented lows. This means that retirees cannot obtain decent yields from totally risk-free investments.
Founding A Retirement Legacy
08:35am, Tuesday, 27'th Oct 2020
What we leave behind does not impact us, but our lineage. The idea of "old money" or "old wealth" has largely faded.
Picking Dividends With A 52-Year-Old Formula
12:49am, Tuesday, 27'th Oct 2020
This article suggests a solution to pick dividend stocks in a safer way. First, it shows a subset of dividend stocks that beats the market.
