Dividend Plays

According to Cramer, investing in bonds and certificates of deposit (COD), although low risk, will be an extremely bad decision, especially at a time when interest rates are at record lows. Jim prefers buying any of the following stocks to generate a good dividend income: General Mills (NYSE: GIS...

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) has recently hiked its quarterly dividend per share to $0.10. As a result, RL’s payout has effectively doubled from the previous quarter’s figure. Although RL operates in the industry that offers no fixed income, the company provides a 0.5% dividend yield....

According to an article in SmartMoney, dividend had lost flavor with investors in the 1980s, when they started favoring stocks that offered returns through share buybacks. The extent of the diminishing importance of dividend as the deciding factor for investors can be seen from the fact that...

With investors clamoring for yield in a very low interest rate environment high quality dividend payers (which largely lagged the general market for most of the year) have begun to outperform recently. High dividend telecoms, including AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are up close to 7%...