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Subject Author Date find stocks with dividends M.Balarama 01-24-2008  Re: find stocks with dividends Elle 01-24-2008  Re: find stocks with dividends M.Balarama 01-24-2008
Posted by M.Balarama on January 24, 2008, 5:15 am How do you find stocks that give big dividends--Looking at utilities.. I want to know how much dividend and how long have been pay it out.. thanks Michael Posted by Elle on January 24, 2008, 10:29 am Start with a screener such as http://screen.finance.yahoo.com/stocks.html . It permits you to enter your "required" min and max dividend yield. You can google and find other screeners. Morningstar.com and fidelity.com both have screeners. One might have to be a Fidelity customer to use its screener. You can use http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=MO&a=11&b=17&c=1984&d=00&e=15&f=2008&g=v for historical dividends. Two caveats: Finance.yahoo.com is not always accurate with dividend yields or historical prices. Also, a higher than usual dividend yield for a company may in fact signal a company in distress. More research is always necessary once the initial screen for "high dividend yield" is done. The website fool.com has had an emphasis on large value (= one category of dividend payers) stocks for the last several years. I would read it regularly for ideas on good, dividend stock buys. One disadvantage of electric utility dividends: They do not grow as fast as those of large blue chip companies', on average. Two advantages: (1) Electric utilities' dividends are above average at any given time. (2) The share value (= your principal) does grow at a good clip with time, though not as good as the S&P 500. The fact that utilities do not, due to more government regulation than the typical blue chip, have the same amount of free rein might explain why returns on principal are not as good as the S&P 500. Many web sites are dedicated to dividend stock investing. Google. Many funds are also devoted to dividend stocks. Posted by M.Balarama on January 24, 2008, 5:19 pm Thanks-the CD's are so low I thought of putting some money in electric utilities as you mentioned--thanks for the advice Michael > Start with a screener such as http://screen.finance.yahoo.com/stocks.html > . It permits you to enter your "required" min and max dividend yield. You > can google and find other screeners. Morningstar.com and fidelity.com both > have screeners. One might have to be a Fidelity customer to use its > screener. > > You can use > http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=MO&a=11&b=17&c=1984&d=00&e=15&f=2008&g=v > for historical dividends. > > Two caveats: Finance.yahoo.com is not always accurate with dividend yields > or historical prices. Also, a higher than usual dividend yield for a > company may in fact signal a company in distress. More research is always > necessary once the initial screen for "high dividend yield" is done. > > The website fool.com has had an emphasis on large value (= one category of > dividend payers) stocks for the last several years. I would read it > regularly for ideas on good, dividend stock buys. > > One disadvantage of electric utility dividends: They do not grow as fast > as those of large blue chip companies', on average. > > Two advantages: (1) Electric utilities' dividends are above average at any > given time. (2) The share value (= your principal) does grow at a good > clip with time, though not as good as the S&P 500. The fact that utilities > do not, due to more government regulation than the typical blue chip, have > the same amount of free rein might explain why returns on principal are > not as good as the S&P 500. > > Many web sites are dedicated to dividend stock investing. Google. > > Many funds are also devoted to dividend stocks. ======================================= MODERATOR'S COMMENT: Please trim the post to which you are responding. "Trim" means that except for a FEW lines to add context, the previous post is deleted. Similar Threads Posted Where can I find the LIBOR rates for Aug (i.e. this month)? August 7, 2007, 10:27 am dividends vs. repurchases August 7, 2007, 4:49 pm What happens to paid dividends in Fidelity IRA account? September 2, 2007, 11:23 am 401k Skips Dividends and Capital Gains May 10, 2007, 12:30 pm Need Historical Stock Data going back 20 years and with dividends reinvested, for free March 8, 2008, 7:20 pm Microcap Value Stocks October 16, 2006, 5:19 pm Stocks for 2007 January 8, 2007, 5:47 pm oil stocks-recession January 14, 2008, 11:37 am divorce - stocks, funds, etc December 22, 2006, 9:42 am Stocks have worst day since 9/11 attacks February 27, 2007, 11:21 pm