buyupside.com Dividend Book

The buyupside Dividend Book is an eBook that is a compilation of original articles written by Richard Howard) of buyupside.com. The eBook is updated each time that I write a new article about dividends or dividend reinvestment.

The eBook includes eight chapters:

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Dividends discusses the how dividends work and why they are beneficial to investors.
Chapter 2: More About Dividends gives additional fundamental information about dividends.
Chapter 3: Dividend-Paying Individual Stocks presents articles about dividend-paying stocks from many sectors of the stock market.
Chapter 4: Getting Stated With Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios includes sample portfolios of dividend-paying stocks designed by buyupside.com. They are intended to show how easy it is to construct a diversified portfolio.
Chapter 5: More Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios includes more examples of portfolios of dividend-paying stocks designed by buyupside.com.
Chapter 6: Dividend-Paying ETFs, Mutual Funds and Energy Trusts and Partnerships presents many examples of dividend-oriented ETFs, managed funds, trusts and partnerships. These securities were designed by professional managers.
Chapter 7: Dividend Reinvestment discusses why dividend reinvestment is desirable and how to do it.
Chapter 8: More About Dividends lists Web sites that contain useful information for the dividend investor.

Chapters 1 - 8

Chapter 1: Getting Started With Dividends

Dividends are real money that you can spend or use to buy additional shares of stock through a stock's dividend reinvestment plan. This group or articles discusses how dividends work. The articles are listed in logical order and best read read in sequence.

What Is a Dividend?
Why Dividends Matter
Important Dates for Dividends
Dividends Magnify Your Total Return - Popular
Dividends Will Reward the Patient Investor
Small Dividend Increases Add Up
These Dividend Yields Will Amaze You - Popular
Payback Period - Buy Stocks with Increasing Dividends
Special Dividends Pack a Punch
Look for Special Dividends

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Chapter 2: More About Dividends

Learn more how dividends work. The articles are listed in logical order to be read in sequence.

Falling Prices Push Up Dividend Yields
Falling Stock Prices Benefit Long-term Dividend Reinvestment Portfolios
Do Not Be Tempted by Extra High Dividend Yields
Avoid Downside Stocks with Large Dividend Yields
High Dividend Yields May Signal Trouble Ahead
Avoid Closed-End Income Funds That Cut Dividends
Looking for Income? What's Best - Stocks or Bonds?
Living off Dividends - Popular
Over 200 Investments That Pay Dividends Monthly
Preferred Stocks Deliver High Yields
Direct Stock Purchase Plans are Convenient But Watch the Fees
Low-Fee Stock Purchase Plans and DRIPs Add to Your Profits
Which Is Best - Dividend Yield or Dividend Growth?

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Chapter 3: Dividend-Paying Individual Stocks

Many companies pay regular safe dividends. These articles are about individual dividend-paying stocks and can be read in any order.

Abbott Has a Long Record of Paying Increasing Dividends
Acadian Timber Income Fund Pays a Steady Monthly Distribution
Add High-Yield DJIA Stocks to Your Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Aflac, a Dividend Aristocrat, Delivers Great Long-term Returns
Aflac Rewards Shareholders With Price Appreciation and Rising Dividends
Alpine Dynamic Dividend Fund Offers a Very High Dividend Yield
Alpine Dynamic Dividend Maintains High Dividend Yield
Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Seeks High Dividend Yield
AmSouth Bank is a Dividend Play
AT&T Pays a Rich Dividend
Banks Increase Dividends Despite Falling Stock Prices
Barclays Is Down But Not Out
Big Five United Kingdom Banks Pay Rich Dividends
Buy Union Pacific on Price Dips
Cadbury Schweppes Rivals Coca-Cola and Pepsico
Cement Maker Lafarge Is On a Long-term Upside
CNOOC Gives Investors Good Growth and Dividend Yield
Colgate-Palmolive Is One Great Stock
Colgate-Palmolive Rewards Patient Investors
Coca-Cola Is a Solid Dividend-Paying Stock
Coca-Cola Is a Winner
Consider General Electric for a Dividend-Reinvestment Portfolio
C.R. Bard, a Dividend Aristocrat, Is a Great Long-term Investment
Cullen/Frost Bankers Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock
Dividend Aristocrats Pay Increasing Dividends - Popular
Dividend Aristocrats - Top 10 by Dividend Yield
Dividend-Paying Gas Utilities Can Enhance Your Portfolio
Dividend Yields of Bank Stocks Are Up
Dividend Yields of Bank Stocks Move Up With Falling Stock Prices
Duke Energy Pays Its Dividend
Eight Electric and Natural Gas Utilities With High Dividend Yields
Emerson Electric Is a Winning Stock
Enbridge Energy LP Pays a Rich Dividend
Energy East is on the Upside
First Horizon National Pays a Healthy Dividend
Five Bank Stocks Worth Watching
Five Great Dividend Reinvestment Stocks
Five High-Yield Stocks
Five Large Bank Stocks With Dividend Yields Over Six Percent
Five Large Pharmaceuticals Stocks With High Dividend Yields
Five Reliable Dividend-Paying Stocks for a Shaky Market
General Electric Keeps Increasing Dividends
General Electric Pays a Healthy Dividend
General Mills Pays a Solid Dividend
IBM Increases Its Dividend by 33 Percent
Illinois Tool Works Keeps Increasing Its Dividend
ING Groep Pays Increasing Dividends
Johnson & Johnson Is a Great Long-term Holding
Large Utility Exelon Qualifies As a Great Dividend-Reinvestment Stock
Look Here For Rising Dividends - Popular
Looking For the Next Wrigley
Kellogg's Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock
McDonald's Increases Its Dividend to $1
Merck Is a Candidate For a Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Mergent's Dividend Achievers Pay Increasing Dividends - Popular
Mergent's Dividend Achievers: Five High-Yield Utility Stocks
National City Pays an Increasing Dividend
Natural Gas and Oil Producer EnCana Doubles Dividend
NSTAR Pays a Healthy Dividend
Penn West Energy Trust Becomes a Giant and Pays A Rich Cash Distribution
Pfizer's Dividend Yield Is Appealing
Pfizer Is a Great Dividend-Reinvestment Stock
Pfizer Pays Strong Dividends While On the Downside
Princeton National Bancorp Is a Jewel Amid Regional Bank Wreckage
Proctor & Gamble Is Likely to Remain On Its Long-Term Upside
Regions Financial Is Down But Increased Its Dividend
Savings and Loans Banks Astoria Financial and Washington Federal Are Good Bets
Southern Company Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock
Stora Enso and UPM-Kymmene Are Cyclical Dividend-Paying Stocks
Terra Nitrogen Pays Uneven Dividends
Top 10 High Yield Dividend Aristocrats by Yield
TransCanada Is an Upside Stock With Steady Dividends
U.S. Bancorp Is a Great Dividend Play
Valero LP Pays a Rich Dividend
Washington Mutual Keeps Increasing Its Dividend
Whirlpool Is a Cyclical Dividend Play
Whirlpool Is on the Downside But Has Support
Williams Companies Revives Its Dividend
Wrigley Boosts Dividend 16 Percent
Wrigley Is a Great Dividend-Paying Stock

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Chapter 4: Getting Started With Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios

Read about combining dividend-paying stocks to construct a diverse portfolio that will grow in dollar value with time. The articles are listed in logical order and are best read in sequence.

20 All-Weather Dividend-Paying Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio
Starter Portfolio
Consumer Staples Stocks Pay Steady Dividends
Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio - Popular
Dividend-Paying Stocks - Popular
Electric Utilities Pay Steady Dividends - Popular
Food and Beverage Stocks
Portfolio of 30 South African Stocks Offers Dividends
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Stocks Pay High Dividends
Utility Stocks Pay Reliable Dividends

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Chapter 5: More Dividend-Paying Stock Portfolios

Here are sample portfolios of dividend-paying stocks from many market sectors. The articles are arranged in alphabetical order, but can be read in any order.

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Chapter 6: Dividend-Paying ETFs, Closed-End Funds, Mutual Funds and Energy Trusts and Partnerships

Exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds, trusts and partnerships enable you to own a diversified basket of dividend-paying stocks.

BlackRock Diversified Income Strategies Fund Pays Steady Income
BlackRock Offers Four Dividend Achievers Funds
Closed-End Dividend Stock Funds Offer Good Income At a Discount
Dividend Oriented Exchange-Traded Funds Offer Good Yields
Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund
Domestic Dividend-Paying ETFs Pay Steady Dividends
Dow Jones Utility Average is a Conservative Play for Income and Growth
DNP Select Income Fund Pays Steady High Dividends
Earn Dividends From World-Wide ETF
Financial Exchange-Traded Funds Pay Good Yielding Income Distributions
Gabelli Utility Trust is a Solid Income Investment
Global Dividend-Paying ETFs Pay Steady Dividends
High-Yield Exchange-Traded Funds Are Attractive Additions to an Income Portfolio
iShares S&P Value Index Fund Includes Dividend-Paying Stocks
Nuveen Growth and Income Funds Offer Very High Yields
Nuveen Offers a Variety of Closed-End Income Funds
Option Income Funds - Big Returns but Big Risks
PowerShares Offers Four Dividend Achievers ETFs - Popular
Six Large High-Yield Closed-End Funds
SPDR Dividend ETF Includes High-Yield Stocks
streetTRACKS KBW Regional Bank ETF Pays a Stout Dividend
Two ETFs That are Good Choices for a Dividend Reinvestment Portfolio
Vanguard Equity-Income Likes Dividends
WisdomTree Offers Twenty ETFs for Dividend Investors

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Chapter 7: Dividend Reinvestment

With a dividend reinvest plan you can buy additional shares of a stock each time is pays a dividend. Over time you can accumulate many shares without paying out any new money.

Accumulate Shares With Dividend Reinvestment
Introduction to Dividend Reinvestment - Popular
Dividend Reinvestment: Do It - Popular

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Chapter 8: More About Dividends

You can find information about dividends on many Web sites. Here are a few useful sites.

Ex-Dividend.com Gives You the Latest Dividend News
Find Dividend Yields for Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Stocks at indexARb
QuantumOnline.com Is a Find for Income Investors
The Moneypaper Lets You Buy Dividend-Paying Stocks
Yahoo Finance Has a Comprehensive List of Dividend Yields for Stocks

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More Dividend Information

See All About Dividends, an alphabetized list of all articles on buyupside.com about dividends and dividend reinvestment and buyupside.com miniDividend Book, an abbreviated version the the buyupside Dividend Book.

Read about high-yield investments in the buyupside.com Guide to High-Yield Investments.

Updated May 15, 2008.