20 Highest Yielding NASDAQ And NYSE Dividend Achievers

There are numerous studies suggesting that dividend-paying stocks are effective tools for accumulating wealth over an extended time horizon.

Simply investing in dividend-paying stocks, however, hardly limits the investable universe or indicates a realistic strategy. 

More than two-thirds of the stocks in the S&P 500 pay dividends, including the majority of the larger companies in the benchmark. 

Globally, there are thousands of dividend-paying stocks. There are a number of strategies that further refine the idea of dividend investing, focusing only on dividend payers that meet certain yield, consistency, or balance sheet criteria. 

The good thing for us normal investors is that we can easily discover some the most popular indices with focus on long term dividend growth in order to select high-quality dividend stocks. 

Today I like to show you some of the 20 highest yielding stocks from the NASDAQ and NYSE Dividend Achievers Index. The strategy is ideal for high-income investors who don't want to invest into junk.

The NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index includes dividend-paying stocks that meet the following requirements:

- Be incorporated in the United States.
- Trade on the NYSE or NASDAQ.
- Have increased its annual dividend for the last ten or more consecutive years.
- Meet volume requirements.
- The NASDAQ OMX maintains the NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index.

These are 20 highest yielding, selected Dividend Achievers, sorted by Dividend Yield...

8 High Growth Dividend Aristocrats With Upside Potential

Investing in stocks involves risk -- there's no way around that fact. 

But you can lessen the amount of risk you take on by having a diversified portfolio, one that includes steady, high-probability growth in addition to those volatile equities that could soar or sputter.

With that in mind, below I'll highlight three stocks that have a lower risk profile than most. These aren't necessarily investments that you can buy and forget for the next decade, but they're also unlikely to plummet on account of some minor shift in their industry.

These companies are all leaders in their respective markets, have a record of market-thumping growth, and yet their valuations won't leave shareholders overly exposed to a large stock price decline.

Each of the results have a forward P/E under 20 while earnings are expected to grow by more than 10 percent for each of the next five years.

These are the results...

5 Basic Dividend Investments To Start Building The Ground Of Your Growth Portfolio

Are you just starting to build an all-important dividend portfolio and need some help separating the wheat from the chaff?

For beginner, it’s important to avoid big losses. A focus on high-quality dividend growth stocks is essential for building the ground of your portfolio.

Well, we think the following five dividend plays would form a solid basis for any income-generating portfolio.

Here is what I'm talking about...

Dividend Kings: An Update Stocks With The Longest Dividend Growth History

A dividend king is a company that has managed to increase dividends to shareholders for at least fifty years in a row.

There are only a handful of these companies worldwide, most of them being US based. 

A company that has managed to increase dividends each year for over half a century has a stable business model that has endured a lot over a long period of time.

As investors who want to live off dividends in retirement, we want to concentrate on quality businesses that operate in industries with significant competitive advantages.

This will allow those businesses to grow earnings and pay higher dividends over time. Raising dividends for over half a century is no small accomplishment and it is testament to the stability of the business model.

There are currently 18 Dividend Kings. Each Dividend King satisfies the primary requirement to be a Dividend Aristocrat (25 years of consecutive dividend increases) twice over.

The table of contents below lists out all 18 Dividend Kings so you can jump to analysis of each specific company:

50 Technology Dividend Dogs As Of June 2016

50 Technology Dividend Dogs As Of June 2016,
Source: Ycharts, Seeking Alpha