While U.S. companies have been raking in big profits since the end of the Great Recession, much of those profits are staying locked up on corporate balance sheets. And, in a recent column, The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig takes a look at why that’s happening, and what he thinks the great Benjamin Graham would [...]
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Tag Archives: Dividends
Reese: Five Dividend Plays — With or Without the Tax Break
December 17, 2010
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In his latest article for Forbes.com, Validea CEO John Reese takes a look at five high-dividend-paying stocks that could get a boost from the recent extension of the Bush-era tax credits. “By extending the 15% cap on qualified dividends for two more years, the proposal could mean a boost in some firms’ dividend payouts, and [...]
Read moreO’Shaughnessy: Want Income? Look at Stocks, Not Bonds
May 14, 2010
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Conventional wisdom is that investors looking for income (as opposed to capital gains) should focus on bonds. But in his latest market commentary on his firm’s web site, James O’Shaughnessy says history shows there is a far better way. O’Shaughnessy’s firm conducted a study that covered the period from Dec. 31, 1962 through the end [...]
Read more13 Stocks with Big Dividends — and the Fundamentals to Boot
July 20, 2009
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Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal had an interesting piece on the challenges — and opportunities — facing income investors. Dividend payouts have dropped dramatically since the market made its big declines last year, with second-quarter S&P 500 dividends coming in $14.3 billion lower than they were a year ago — the largest drop [...]
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