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5 Interesting Stocks For Income Investors With a Long Investment Horizon

Whether it’s your first, second, or third year reading my annual dividend stock picks, I’m excited to share my top retirement income picks for 2017. My theme for the year is “Stay in your lane and go with what you know.” It serves as a reminder that despite all the hoopla going on in the markets since the presidential election, the key to investing success is staying disciplined.

However, staying disciplined isn’t as easy as many investors expect. Simply because, different styles and approaches can ebb and flow with the markets direction. 

This became evident late last year when interest rates shot through the roof. In less than three months, the 10-year US treasury jumped almost 1%, pushing down many of popular dividend paying stocks. For conservative investors who enjoy the income from stocks sectors like utilities, REITs, MLPs, and even boring consumer defensive stocks, 2017 couldn’t come fast enough.

As a result, many income oriented investors and retirees saw their portfolio’s flat-line despite the Dow and other major indices hitting new all-time highs. 

That being said, I don’t think investors should flee from these sectors. While a new administration and Republican Congress might signal changes ahead, the election results have not diminished their long-term brand positioning, cash flow, or ability to make good on their dividends payments.

Attached you will find a couple of stocks that might be interesting for income investors with a long investment horizon.

These are the results...

16 High-Yield Dividend Growth Stocks

More often than not, dividend stocks are what form the foundation of any great retirement portfolio. Not only have dividend stocks handily outperformed non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run, but they also offer a number of other advantages that income investors are bound to like.

To begin with, dividend-paying companies often have time-tested business models. A business is unlikely to pay a recurring dividend to investors if its management team didn't believe profits would grow in the future. Thus, dividend stocks are often a beacon of profitability and stability that attract income seekers.

Dividend stocks also help to hedge against inevitable stock market corrections -- there have been 35 stock market corrections of at least 10% since 1950 in the S&P 500 -- and payouts can be reinvested back into more shares of stock via a Dividend Reinvestment Plan, or DRIP. Purchasing more shares of dividend-paying stock with your payout in a repeating cycle can help your nest egg quickly compound in value over time.

Unfortunately, dividend stocks can also harbor a dark side. Income seekers would like the highest dividend yield possible, but they also have to ensure that a payout is sustainable. Dividend yields are a function of a stock's price, meaning a plunging stock price can dramatically lift dividend yields, making them seem attractive, at least on the surface. But, as we know, a plunging stock price could signify a business model that's in trouble. Thus, high-yield dividends, or those with yields of 4% or higher, should be heavily scrutinized by investors.

The yields on dividend stocks rise when their share prices become depressed. That’s an opportunity to chase extra yield. Besides, the best dividend-paying stocks do their most good when they are held for long periods of time. Ideally, the holding period includes many dividend hikes and market cycles.

In the beginning of this New Year, many investors review their portfolios. We all hope for a good year on the market and, most importantly, steady dividend growth increase among our portfolio. I selected some high yielding long term dividend growth stocks I think will perform well in 2017 and will increase their dividend payouts.

These are the results...

20 High-Yield Stocks With Low Beta Ratios

The market’s had its ups and downs this year, but there is sure to be more volatility ahead of us in 2017. There is a lot of speculation over the health of the global economy. Will China keep falling behind growth expectations? Will the high market valuation cause a short-term sell off?

As long as the market has big questions with no concrete answers, there is sure to be more volatility ahead of us. When the global environment is uncertain, it is wise to reduce your market exposure by picking up some low beta stocks. Stocks with a low beta tend to see a lower magnitude of price changes compared to the broader market.

The secret sauce behind high performance is low volatility. Stock portfolios built with low beta stocks tend to outperform high-beta growth stocks. And you sleep at night without having to worry about big swings in the market.

It is foolish to assume that taking on more risk will produce higher returns. We all want the sure thing in business with no risk, but this is nearly impossible to find. But it possible to find low-beta stocks with steadily rising dividends or high dividends. I've done some research in order to find the best high-yield dividend stocks with low beta ratios.

These 20 stocks have high yields at low beta ratios...

These Companies Announced Dividend Increases In The Past Week

One way to identify dividend growth stocks for further analysis is to monitor dividend increases. 

Companies that regularly increase dividends show confidence in future earnings growth potential.

In the past weeks, 18 companies announced dividend increases. The table below presents a summary of these increases. 

Here are the results...