Dividend Stocks for the Week

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By Fred Fuld

SAN FRANCISCO (TheStreet) - Recently, Jim Cramer reminded "Mad Money" viewers of an often-overlooked perk of stocks that pay dividends: the tax advantage. Earnings from dividends are only taxed at 15%," he said, one of the reasons why dividends are his "secret weapon" in saving for retirement.

There are hundreds of portfolios at Stockpickr dedicated to dividend-paying stocks (to find them, just enter "dividend" in the search box). For example, there's the High Beta Dividends portfolio, the Large-Cap Gold Stocks with Dividends portfolio and the Microcaps with Dividends portfolio. (To create your own portfolio, just sign up at Stockpickr.)



David Peltier, portfolio manager of the Dividend Stock Advisor, says investors should "focus on companies that are raising their dividends." With that in mind, every week Stockpickr reviews the recent dividend declarations and compiles a portfolio of dividend-increasers for the week.

-- Written by Fred Fuld in San Francisco.

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