Retirees Count On These Solid Dividend Stocks For Greater Income And Long-Term Stability

Dividend stocks make for a great investment choice if you're looking to boost your income in retirement. 

But the key lies in selecting strong dividend-paying companies with solid growth avenues and financials to ensure they can sustain dividends during difficult times and offer a nice raise when things are smooth.

Finding such a company, however, isn't an easy job. Keeping that in mind, we asked our contributors to suggest dividend stock ideas that are perfect for retirees to own. Here are six names to consider.

Here are the results...

These High-Yield Stocks Go Ex-Dividend In The Upcoming Week

I love stocks that go ex-dividend soon, because of the fast dividend payment I receive. It doesn't really matter because the next payment will normally come within the next 3 months.

However, attached is a list of the highest yielding stocks that go ex-dividend within the upcoming week. The full list can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Next Week July 27 – Aug 02, 2015.

Below is a current stock list of dividend stocks (common shares, preferred shares and American Depositary Receipts – ADR’s), paying forthcoming dividends and having their ex-dividend within the week July 27 – Aug 02, 2015. The average dividend-yield amounts to 4.85 percent.

High-Yield Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Next Week July 27 – Aug 02, 2015

Realty Income, a monthly dividend paying stock is on the list. I personally like Ford. Many guru's bought General Motors. Beware the cyclical sector. The financial crisis 2007 hit both companies hard.

REITS, Pipeline stocks and Oil companies dominating the list. You must definitely a tough investor to put money into those stocks.

If I go down the list with lower yields and less risky business models, I love PAYX, AES, CALM, ADT, EV, ETN, CAG, AMTD, TAP, HAS and some more. Which stocks do you like?

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 28, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

In total, 16 stocks go ex dividend - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
VOC Energy Trust	VOC	291.89M	9.54	2.50	9.27	9.55%
Mesabi Trust	MSB	273.55M	10.43	69.50	10.06	8.82%
FLY Leasing Limited	FLY	409.86M	10.63	0.71	0.97	6.04%
Crosstex Energy LP	XTEX	2.18B	-	1.95	1.19	4.94%
The Clorox Company	CLX	11.62B	20.46	79.63	2.07	3.21%
The Female Health Company	FHCO	282.12M	17.75	10.57	7.71	2.82%
WSI Industries Inc.	WSCI	17.51M	14.78	1.45	0.50	2.64%
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers	SKT	3.27B	50.86	6.83	8.97	2.56%
Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.	SUSQ	2.33B	13.88	0.88	3.28	2.56%
Western Refining Inc.	WNR	2.77B	7.96	3.06	0.30	2.14%
Crosstex Energy Inc.	XTXI	1.52B	-	9.34	0.83	1.51%
The ADT Corporation	ADT	9.15B	23.70	2.05	2.79	1.19%
Brown & Brown Inc.	BRO	4.65B	22.59	2.37	3.52	1.09%
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.	CALM	1.25B	25.11	2.38	0.94	0.52%
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao	CBD	12.84B	26.81	3.34	0.55	0.47%
BankFinancial Corp.	BFIN	183.91M	-	1.06	3.45	0.43%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares Between April 22 - 26, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks Between April 22 - 26, 2013. In total, 48 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 24 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.73%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Telecom Italia SpA	TI-A	12.74B	-	0.51	0.33	13.33%
CPFL Energia S.A.	CPL	10.30B	16.60	2.97	1.35	6.03%
Enterprise Products Partners LP	EPD	55.38B	22.42	4.18	1.30	4.34%
Royal Bank of Canada	RY	86.55B	11.90	1.93	4.18	4.14%
Banco Santander-Chile	BSAC	12.71B	15.86	2.90	3.19	3.30%
Texas Instruments Inc.	TXN	37.84B	22.68	3.46	2.95	3.27%
The Clorox Company	CLX	11.72B	20.92	213.17	2.09	2.86%
ConAgra Foods, Inc.	CAG	15.03B	28.62	2.99	1.05	2.77%
Telecom Italia SpA	TI	14.84B	-	0.58	0.38	2.75%
The Bank of New York Mellon	BK	31.35B	13.23	0.86	8.94	2.22%
Tyco International Ltd.	TYC	14.60B	-	2.84	1.39	2.04%
Syngenta AG	SYT	38.70B	20.42	4.36	2.73	2.03%
Pentair, Inc.	PNR	10.36B	-	1.63	2.35	1.83%
Lowe's Companies Inc.	LOW	41.49B	22.69	3.05	0.82	1.68%
Anheuser-Busch InBev	BUD	159.44B	22.30	3.86	4.01	1.32%
The ADT Corporation	ADT	10.18B	25.64	1.94	3.14	1.14%
ASML Holding NV	ASML	29.54B	15.72	4.27	4.76	0.83%
BRF - Brasil Foods S.A.	BRFS	20.97B	51.15	2.83	1.45	0.77%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 22, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks April 19, 2013. In total, 11 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.54%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Telecom Italia SpA	TI-A	12.56B	-	0.50	0.33	13.52%
Costamare Inc.	CMRE	1.18B	13.09	2.07	3.07	6.82%
CPFL Energia S.A.	CPL	10.18B	16.40	2.93	1.33	6.10%
Banco Santander-Chile	BSAC	12.67B	15.82	2.89	3.18	3.31%
The Clorox Company	CLX	11.63B	20.76	211.52	2.08	2.88%
Telecom Italia SpA	TI	14.91B	-	0.58	0.38	2.74%
Lowe's Companies Inc.	LOW	40.62B	22.21	2.99	0.80	1.71%
The ADT Corporation	ADT	10.14B	25.53	1.93	3.13	1.15%
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.	PIR	2.35B	18.15	4.35	1.38	0.91%
BRF - Brasil Foods S.A.	BRFS	20.69B	50.45	2.80	1.43	0.78%
Lennar Corp.	LEN	7.16B	11.21	2.05	1.64	0.43%