It’s one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. I added the shares to my High-Yield Investing portfolio in January 2009. Over the following two years, I received $2.54 a share in dividends thanks to a 5% yield. Meanwhile, the price rose steadily for a… Read More

Would you be interested in a simple investment strategy that allows you to capture more dividends? Savvy income investors can use a neat little trick that does just that. It’s not hard, but it will require a little research. The rewards can be great — you can easily earn yields… Read More

It was in an e-mail I received from one of my Daily Paycheck subscribers the other day. I thought it was a great suggestion. “Would you please consider displaying yield in the portfolios as both ‘current yield‘ and ‘… Read More

Last week, I mentioned the S&P Dividend Aristocrats list as one of my favorite starting points for researching income stocks. To make this list, companies must have increased dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. It is mostly U.S. companies that make up the… Read More

The acquisition of wealth is paramount to our financial futures. Most Americans have historically depended on home ownership for accumulation of wealth, the recent crisis notwithstanding. But most people don’t realize that there’s a better way. One of the greatest… Read More

I think it’s the most boring business I’ve ever researched. That’s what you want if you’re looking for a stock to hold no matter what. It pays dividends like clockwork. They’ve increased for 39 years straight — that goes back to when Nixon was in office. That… Read More

I’ve uncovered a small group of double-digit yielders that are so unusual nobody knows quite what to call them. I’ve heard them called perpetual cash machines (PCM), income deposit securities (IDS), enhanced income securities (… Read More

High yields are hard to find these days. A three-year CD is paying about 1.5% on average. A 10-year treasury bond is paying 3.5%. The dividend yield of the S&P 500 is just 2.1%. So, in the current environment, is… Read More

#-ad_banner-#It’s the most consistent way I know to beat the market. Even better, there is rarely a bad time to start investing in these securities. You could have put your money into these stocks at the peak of the tech bubble, or the October 2007 market peak for that matter. Dozens of them are showing a triple-digit profit since then. I don’t want to make it seem you can’t lose money with these unique investments. You certainly can, especially if you aren’t patient. But there’s no doubt the odds are in favor… Read More

#-ad_banner-#It’s the most consistent way I know to beat the market. Even better, there is rarely a bad time to start investing in these securities. You could have put your money into these stocks at the peak of the tech bubble, or the October 2007 market peak for that matter. Dozens of them are showing a triple-digit profit since then. I don’t want to make it seem you can’t lose money with these unique investments. You certainly can, especially if you aren’t patient. But there’s no doubt the odds are in favor of making money, not losing it. We’ve been advocating these types of ideas for years and it has made the subscribers of my newsletter pretty happy… So what are these “magic” investments that have worked so well over the years… despite some of the worst financial turmoil we’ve ever seen? They’re simple. They are “boring” dividend payers that are able to maintain — and raise — their dividends no matter what. They’re among the most lucrative ways I’ve found to make money. Take a look:… Read More

Stock prices have rallied more than 20% in the past 12 months, but it is still possible for investors to find bargains — if they are willing to do a little research. Investing in underpriced stocks often requires patience, since the expectation is generally for a gradual rise in value. But sometimes these stocks attract the attention of corporate raiders and shoot up overnight. This recently happened with Clorox Corp. (NYSE:CLX). An investor group led by Carl Icahn determined Clorox was undervalued and purchased 9% of the outstanding stock, which resulted in surge of about 9% in… Read More

Stock prices have rallied more than 20% in the past 12 months, but it is still possible for investors to find bargains — if they are willing to do a little research. Investing in underpriced stocks often requires patience, since the expectation is generally for a gradual rise in value. But sometimes these stocks attract the attention of corporate raiders and shoot up overnight. This recently happened with Clorox Corp. (NYSE:CLX). An investor group led by Carl Icahn determined Clorox was undervalued and purchased 9% of the outstanding stock, which resulted in surge of about 9% in Clorox’s share price within two trading days. Before Icahn’s investment, Clorox shares had been trading for 16 times trailing earnings and yielded more than 3%. [To find out what else Icahn has been buying, go here.] #-ad_banner-# I set out to find undervalued wallflowers that missed the market rally by running a screen for mid-cap and large cap stocks that trade at price-to-earnings (P/E) multiples well below the S&P 500. My screen looked at both trailing 12-month P/E and forward P/E multiples. Read More