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Long-term investors may wish to consider dividend paying stocks as an alternative (or supplement) to fixed income investments. Dividend stocks can generate untold wealth for patient investors, and when reinvested, dividends offer investors a chance to exploit the miracle of compound interest. Unfortunately, the dividend yield of the S&P 500 is scraping along 120 year lows. More than ever, income investors must comb for opportunities in individual stocks, mutual funds, ETFs other investments with a margin of safety. We hope these articles and tools help you build a portfolio that provides sustainable income now, and into the future.

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Dividend-stock ETFs may not be as safe as many shareholders think. A good alternative right now is mega-cap funds.
5/22/13 9:41AM
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GE Capital will pay even more in dividends to General Electric than it did last year, feeding a huge capital return to shareholders.
5/20/13 11:23AM
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These dividend stocks look ready to boost their dividend payouts to shareholders this quarter.
5/17/13 10:53AM
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Jim Cramer and 'Mad Money' Research Director Nicole Urken look at companies with strong underlying fundamentals.
5/16/13 11:17AM
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HSBC is in the midst of a remarkable turnaround and on Wednesday announced plans to maintain a very strong efficiency ratio.
5/15/13 10:53AM
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The stock has the highest forward P/E among components of the KBW Bank Index, justified by strong long-term earnings and growth prospects.
5/14/13 10:23AM
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Decent economic reports on Monday fed a rise in trust bank stocks, while large mortgage REITS fared poorly.
5/13/13 4:41PM
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Oppenheimer analyst Christopher Glynn sees very strong industrial earnings trends for General Electric.
5/13/13 12:23PM
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The global banking giant posted some very impressive first-quarter earnings numbers and BernsteinResearch sees 17% upside for the stock.
5/8/13 11:31AM
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Most bank stocks headed higher on Tuesday, despite a report from the Federal Reserve of slowing consumer credit growth.
5/7/13 4:22PM
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Even after solid performance for the banking sector this year, on the heels of last year's strong recovery, there are plenty of bank stock bargains to be found.
5/6/13 4:25PM
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Retail Opportunity Investments shares have rallied since late last year. Expect them to continue to rise.
5/6/13 12:28PM
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Eric Winter details Warren Buffett's favorite dividend-paying stocks.
5/4/13 3:45AM
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Few investors expect Berkshire Hathaway to join Apple in paying a dividend.
5/3/13 2:29PM
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These stocks could be poised to announce a dividend increase in the coming quarter.
5/3/13 7:00AM

Ex-Dividend Date Announcements

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The ex-dividend date for Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) is tomorrow, May 24, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 40 cents per share. At a price of $67.09 as of 12:15 p.m., the dividend yield is 2.4%.
5/23/13 12:39PM
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The ex-dividend date for HollyFrontier (NYSE:HFC) is tomorrow, May 24, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 50 cents per share. At a price of $48.99 as of 10:06 a.m., the dividend yield is 2.5%.
5/23/13 10:29AM
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INTX PTR DNB MHFI HFC are going ex-dividend tomorrow, May 24, 2013
5/23/13 10:00AM
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SLF DST DB MHP PRU are going ex-dividend tomorrow, May 24, 2013
5/23/13 10:00AM
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The ex-dividend date for McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE:MHP) is tomorrow, May 24, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 28 cents per share. At a price of $54.50 as of 9:35 a.m., the dividend yield is 2%.
5/23/13 9:58AM
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The ex-dividend date for Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) is tomorrow, May 24, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 75 cents per share. At a price of $46 as of 9:30 a.m., the dividend yield is 1.9%.
5/23/13 9:55AM
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The ex-dividend date for Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) is tomorrow, May 23, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 25 cents per share. At a price of $50.95 as of 12:55 p.m., the dividend yield is 2%.
5/22/13 1:20PM
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 is the ex-dividend date for Dow component (NYSE:JNJ).
5/22/13 11:00AM
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NDSN VMC WYN RDN are going ex-dividend tomorrow, May 23, 2013
5/22/13 10:00AM
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HL DK DNKN NOC are going ex-dividend tomorrow, May 23, 2013
5/22/13 10:00AM

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