Investing in Dividends for Dummies:
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| 505 | 8 | |a Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go From Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Dividends -- Chapter 1 Beginning with the Basics of Dividend Investing -- Coming to Terms with Dividend Stocks -- Why companies pay dividends -- The advantages of dividend investing -- The risks of dividend investing -- Prepping Yourself for the Journey Ahead -- Gauging your risk tolerance -- Choosing the right approach -- Value -- Growth -- Income -- Working with a seasoned pro -- Selecting First-Rate Dividend Stocks -- Distinguishing dividend stocks from the rest of the pack -- Exploring sectors where dividend stocks hang out -- Crunching the numbers -- Performing additional research and analysis -- Building and Managing Your Portfolio -- Settling on a stock-picking strategy -- Limiting your exposure to risk -- Buying and selling shares -- Reviewing your portfolio regularly -- Staying on top of possible tax code changes -- Checking Out Various Investment Vehicles -- Chapter 2 Digging into Dividend Details -- Investigating the Major Stock-Market Indexes -- Dow Jones Industrial Average -- Standard & -- Poor's 500 -- Distinguishing Common and Preferred Stock -- Common stock -- Preferred stock -- Checking Out Company Fundamentals -- Paying Tribute to Yields -- Looking at the Role Dividends Play in the Market -- Dividends' contributions to returns -- The positive effects of dividends on stock prices -- Noting Important Dates in the Life of a Dividend -- Date of declaration -- Trade date -- Settlement date -- Date of record -- Ex-dividend date -- Payment date -- Chapter 3 Grasping the Good and the Bad of Dividends -- Checking Out the Pros and Cons of Investing in Dividend Stocks -- Exploring the pros -- Gaining two ways to win | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Securing a steady stream of income -- Achieving profits and ownership -- Compounding returns via reinvesting -- Hedging against inflation: Another way to WIN -- Banking on the buy-and-hold advantage -- Riding the possible baby boomer retirement surge -- Investigating the cons -- Investing in Solid Companies -- Maturity: Boring, but stable -- Good management -- Stability -- Strong earnings growth -- Early warning signs -- Watching the Rise and Fall of Dividend Stocks' Popularity -- Dividends fall out of favor -- Dividend stocks stage a comeback -- Part 2 Exploring the Wide World of Dividends -- Chapter 4 Investigating Income-Generating Industries -- Lighting Up Your Portfolio with Utilities -- Which companies qualify -- Utilities' income-generating capabilities -- Potential pitfalls of utilities -- What to look for in utility companies -- Dividend performance -- A focused business -- Regulatory environment -- Debt load -- Very high yields -- Pumping Up Your Portfolio with Energy Partnerships -- The benefits of energy company investing -- Energy companies' negatives -- Exploring Master Limited Partnerships -- MLP advantages -- MLP disadvantages -- Qualifying companies -- Pipelines -- Terminal and storage facilities -- Energy producers -- MLP stocks -- Exploring Telecommunications Stocks -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Sector risks -- What to look for in telecom stocks -- Subscriber growth -- Customer base and churn rate -- Average revenue per user -- Consolidation -- Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization -- Debt versus equity -- Free cash flow -- Discovering the Consumer Goods Sector -- What is a consumer goods company? -- Consumer cyclicals -- Consumer staples -- What influences a consumer staple's income? -- Brand strength -- Cost cutting -- Price reductions | |
| 505 | 8 | |a How do you identify a good consumer staples stock? -- Chapter 5 Focusing on REITs and Financials -- Understanding REIT Basics -- The pros and cons -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Evaluating REITs -- Assessing REITs -- Calculating funds from operations -- Calculating adjusted funds from operations -- Accounting for debt -- Valuing a REIT -- Looking for growth among REITs -- Digging into Dividends from Banks -- Checking out the pros and cons -- The pros -- The cons -- Knowing which companies qualify -- Evaluating banks' income-generating capabilities -- Assessing banks -- Eliminating the riskiest candidates -- Focusing on banks that make the cut -- Checking the return on equity -- Calculating the net interest income -- Assessing the equity-to-assets ratio -- Evaluating the charge-off ratio -- Investigating nonperforming assets -- Looking into the efficiency ratio -- Checking out the payout ratio -- Chapter 6 Taking a Tour of Dividend Investment Vehicles -- Understanding the Nature of DRIPs and DIPs -- The difference between DRIPs and DSPs -- How plans are administered -- The potential advantages of DRIPs -- Getting started on a shoestring budget -- Investing at your own pace -- Saving on broker commissions -- Taking the emotion out of stock investing -- Compounding growth one drip at a time -- Purchasing fractional ownership -- Dollar cost averaging without lifting a finger -- The downside of DRIPs -- Buying on the company's schedule -- Losing liquidity -- Looking out for fees -- Paying taxes in a DRIP -- Keeping detailed records -- The cost basis of shares acquired through DRIPs -- Diversifying Your Dividends through Mutual Funds -- The advantages of mutual funds -- Mutual funds' cons -- Diversification in mutual funds -- Dollar cost averaging -- How mutual funds pay dividends -- A necessary evil: Paying a fund manager | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Analyzing a fund's management style -- Accounting for expense ratios -- Paying for the privilege with loads -- Dividend-focused mutual funds -- Spotting dividend-focused mutual funds -- Understanding a fund's share price -- Reinvesting mutual-fund dividends -- Getting stuck paying taxes -- Spotting a good pick: A checklist -- Enjoying the Best of Both Worlds: Exchange-Traded Funds -- A comparison of ETFs and mutual funds -- A few drawbacks of ETFs -- Some unique ETF advantages -- Gaining flexibility -- Reducing your cost of ownership -- Investigating the expense ratio -- Examining transaction fees -- Achieving greater tax efficiency -- Increasing transparency -- Comparing loads against commissions -- Dividends from ETFs -- Reinvesting dividends -- Paying taxes on ETF dividends -- Going Global with Foreign Dividends -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Ways to go global -- Investing in American depositary receipts -- Investing through a mutual fund or ETF -- Buying directly on foreign exchanges -- Part 3 Choosing an Investment Approach -- Chapter 7 Determining Your Investing Style and Making Plans -- Considering Your Personality Profile -- What's your style? -- Savers -- Speculators -- Investors -- How aggressive are you? -- Conservative -- Aggressive -- Formulating an Investment Plan -- Defining your goals -- Putting a plan in place -- Budgeting to stay on course -- Planning Specifically for Retirement -- Social Security -- Pensions -- Defined contribution plans -- Accounts you create yourself -- Chapter 8 Assessing Risk and Your Risk Tolerance -- Weighing Risk and Reward -- Graphing risk versus reward -- Assigning a number to investment risk -- Assigning a number to rewards -- Recognizing the risk of no risk -- Gauging and Raising Your Risk Tolerance -- Measuring risk tolerance in sleepless nights | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Boosting your risk tolerance with the promise of rewards -- Recognizing Factors That Can Increase Risk -- Risk factors you can control -- Reducing human error -- Investing less emotionally -- Spreading your nest eggs among several baskets -- Factors outside your control -- Beating inflation -- Adjusting to interest rate hikes -- Steering clear of companies with fuzzy financials -- Monitoring market risk -- Riding out a slumping economy -- Reacting to changes in the tax code -- Adjusting to shifts in government policy -- Remaining aware of credit risk -- Mitigating Your Risks -- Matching your strategy to your time frame -- Performing your due diligence -- Diversifying your investments -- Employing dollar cost averaging -- Chapter 9 Choosing Your Dividend-Investing Approach -- Finding the Right Investing Approach for You -- The growth approach -- The income approach -- The value approach -- Dividend-paying growth stocks at bargain prices -- Sizing Up Potential Picks -- Key facts and figures -- Company fundamentals -- The balance sheet -- The income statement -- The cash flow statement -- Calculating a Dividend's Relative Strength -- Yield -- Calculating dividend per share -- Computing the indicated dividend -- Figuring out the yield -- Appreciating how pricing affects yield -- The price-to-earnings ratio -- First things first: Determining earnings per share -- Calculating the P/E ratio -- Comparing P/E ratios -- The price-to-sales ratio -- The payout ratio -- The return on equity -- The quick ratio -- The debt-covering ratio -- The debt-to-equity ratio -- The price-to-book ratio -- Recognizing a Potentially Good Dividend Stock -- Rising dividend payments -- Fiscal strength -- Good value -- Predictable, sustainable cash flow -- Positive shareholder orientation -- Good performance in battered industries -- Chapter 10 Finding a Broker and Placing Orders | |
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| contents | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go From Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Dividends -- Chapter 1 Beginning with the Basics of Dividend Investing -- Coming to Terms with Dividend Stocks -- Why companies pay dividends -- The advantages of dividend investing -- The risks of dividend investing -- Prepping Yourself for the Journey Ahead -- Gauging your risk tolerance -- Choosing the right approach -- Value -- Growth -- Income -- Working with a seasoned pro -- Selecting First-Rate Dividend Stocks -- Distinguishing dividend stocks from the rest of the pack -- Exploring sectors where dividend stocks hang out -- Crunching the numbers -- Performing additional research and analysis -- Building and Managing Your Portfolio -- Settling on a stock-picking strategy -- Limiting your exposure to risk -- Buying and selling shares -- Reviewing your portfolio regularly -- Staying on top of possible tax code changes -- Checking Out Various Investment Vehicles -- Chapter 2 Digging into Dividend Details -- Investigating the Major Stock-Market Indexes -- Dow Jones Industrial Average -- Standard & -- Poor's 500 -- Distinguishing Common and Preferred Stock -- Common stock -- Preferred stock -- Checking Out Company Fundamentals -- Paying Tribute to Yields -- Looking at the Role Dividends Play in the Market -- Dividends' contributions to returns -- The positive effects of dividends on stock prices -- Noting Important Dates in the Life of a Dividend -- Date of declaration -- Trade date -- Settlement date -- Date of record -- Ex-dividend date -- Payment date -- Chapter 3 Grasping the Good and the Bad of Dividends -- Checking Out the Pros and Cons of Investing in Dividend Stocks -- Exploring the pros -- Gaining two ways to win Securing a steady stream of income -- Achieving profits and ownership -- Compounding returns via reinvesting -- Hedging against inflation: Another way to WIN -- Banking on the buy-and-hold advantage -- Riding the possible baby boomer retirement surge -- Investigating the cons -- Investing in Solid Companies -- Maturity: Boring, but stable -- Good management -- Stability -- Strong earnings growth -- Early warning signs -- Watching the Rise and Fall of Dividend Stocks' Popularity -- Dividends fall out of favor -- Dividend stocks stage a comeback -- Part 2 Exploring the Wide World of Dividends -- Chapter 4 Investigating Income-Generating Industries -- Lighting Up Your Portfolio with Utilities -- Which companies qualify -- Utilities' income-generating capabilities -- Potential pitfalls of utilities -- What to look for in utility companies -- Dividend performance -- A focused business -- Regulatory environment -- Debt load -- Very high yields -- Pumping Up Your Portfolio with Energy Partnerships -- The benefits of energy company investing -- Energy companies' negatives -- Exploring Master Limited Partnerships -- MLP advantages -- MLP disadvantages -- Qualifying companies -- Pipelines -- Terminal and storage facilities -- Energy producers -- MLP stocks -- Exploring Telecommunications Stocks -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Sector risks -- What to look for in telecom stocks -- Subscriber growth -- Customer base and churn rate -- Average revenue per user -- Consolidation -- Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization -- Debt versus equity -- Free cash flow -- Discovering the Consumer Goods Sector -- What is a consumer goods company? -- Consumer cyclicals -- Consumer staples -- What influences a consumer staple's income? -- Brand strength -- Cost cutting -- Price reductions How do you identify a good consumer staples stock? -- Chapter 5 Focusing on REITs and Financials -- Understanding REIT Basics -- The pros and cons -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Evaluating REITs -- Assessing REITs -- Calculating funds from operations -- Calculating adjusted funds from operations -- Accounting for debt -- Valuing a REIT -- Looking for growth among REITs -- Digging into Dividends from Banks -- Checking out the pros and cons -- The pros -- The cons -- Knowing which companies qualify -- Evaluating banks' income-generating capabilities -- Assessing banks -- Eliminating the riskiest candidates -- Focusing on banks that make the cut -- Checking the return on equity -- Calculating the net interest income -- Assessing the equity-to-assets ratio -- Evaluating the charge-off ratio -- Investigating nonperforming assets -- Looking into the efficiency ratio -- Checking out the payout ratio -- Chapter 6 Taking a Tour of Dividend Investment Vehicles -- Understanding the Nature of DRIPs and DIPs -- The difference between DRIPs and DSPs -- How plans are administered -- The potential advantages of DRIPs -- Getting started on a shoestring budget -- Investing at your own pace -- Saving on broker commissions -- Taking the emotion out of stock investing -- Compounding growth one drip at a time -- Purchasing fractional ownership -- Dollar cost averaging without lifting a finger -- The downside of DRIPs -- Buying on the company's schedule -- Losing liquidity -- Looking out for fees -- Paying taxes in a DRIP -- Keeping detailed records -- The cost basis of shares acquired through DRIPs -- Diversifying Your Dividends through Mutual Funds -- The advantages of mutual funds -- Mutual funds' cons -- Diversification in mutual funds -- Dollar cost averaging -- How mutual funds pay dividends -- A necessary evil: Paying a fund manager Analyzing a fund's management style -- Accounting for expense ratios -- Paying for the privilege with loads -- Dividend-focused mutual funds -- Spotting dividend-focused mutual funds -- Understanding a fund's share price -- Reinvesting mutual-fund dividends -- Getting stuck paying taxes -- Spotting a good pick: A checklist -- Enjoying the Best of Both Worlds: Exchange-Traded Funds -- A comparison of ETFs and mutual funds -- A few drawbacks of ETFs -- Some unique ETF advantages -- Gaining flexibility -- Reducing your cost of ownership -- Investigating the expense ratio -- Examining transaction fees -- Achieving greater tax efficiency -- Increasing transparency -- Comparing loads against commissions -- Dividends from ETFs -- Reinvesting dividends -- Paying taxes on ETF dividends -- Going Global with Foreign Dividends -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Ways to go global -- Investing in American depositary receipts -- Investing through a mutual fund or ETF -- Buying directly on foreign exchanges -- Part 3 Choosing an Investment Approach -- Chapter 7 Determining Your Investing Style and Making Plans -- Considering Your Personality Profile -- What's your style? -- Savers -- Speculators -- Investors -- How aggressive are you? -- Conservative -- Aggressive -- Formulating an Investment Plan -- Defining your goals -- Putting a plan in place -- Budgeting to stay on course -- Planning Specifically for Retirement -- Social Security -- Pensions -- Defined contribution plans -- Accounts you create yourself -- Chapter 8 Assessing Risk and Your Risk Tolerance -- Weighing Risk and Reward -- Graphing risk versus reward -- Assigning a number to investment risk -- Assigning a number to rewards -- Recognizing the risk of no risk -- Gauging and Raising Your Risk Tolerance -- Measuring risk tolerance in sleepless nights Boosting your risk tolerance with the promise of rewards -- Recognizing Factors That Can Increase Risk -- Risk factors you can control -- Reducing human error -- Investing less emotionally -- Spreading your nest eggs among several baskets -- Factors outside your control -- Beating inflation -- Adjusting to interest rate hikes -- Steering clear of companies with fuzzy financials -- Monitoring market risk -- Riding out a slumping economy -- Reacting to changes in the tax code -- Adjusting to shifts in government policy -- Remaining aware of credit risk -- Mitigating Your Risks -- Matching your strategy to your time frame -- Performing your due diligence -- Diversifying your investments -- Employing dollar cost averaging -- Chapter 9 Choosing Your Dividend-Investing Approach -- Finding the Right Investing Approach for You -- The growth approach -- The income approach -- The value approach -- Dividend-paying growth stocks at bargain prices -- Sizing Up Potential Picks -- Key facts and figures -- Company fundamentals -- The balance sheet -- The income statement -- The cash flow statement -- Calculating a Dividend's Relative Strength -- Yield -- Calculating dividend per share -- Computing the indicated dividend -- Figuring out the yield -- Appreciating how pricing affects yield -- The price-to-earnings ratio -- First things first: Determining earnings per share -- Calculating the P/E ratio -- Comparing P/E ratios -- The price-to-sales ratio -- The payout ratio -- The return on equity -- The quick ratio -- The debt-covering ratio -- The debt-to-equity ratio -- The price-to-book ratio -- Recognizing a Potentially Good Dividend Stock -- Rising dividend payments -- Fiscal strength -- Good value -- Predictable, sustainable cash flow -- Positive shareholder orientation -- Good performance in battered industries -- Chapter 10 Finding a Broker and Placing Orders Deciding Between a Full-Service and Discount Broker |
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| spelling | Carrel, Lawrence Verfasser aut Investing in Dividends for Dummies 2nd ed Newark John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2023 ©2023 1 Online-Ressource (275 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go From Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Dividends -- Chapter 1 Beginning with the Basics of Dividend Investing -- Coming to Terms with Dividend Stocks -- Why companies pay dividends -- The advantages of dividend investing -- The risks of dividend investing -- Prepping Yourself for the Journey Ahead -- Gauging your risk tolerance -- Choosing the right approach -- Value -- Growth -- Income -- Working with a seasoned pro -- Selecting First-Rate Dividend Stocks -- Distinguishing dividend stocks from the rest of the pack -- Exploring sectors where dividend stocks hang out -- Crunching the numbers -- Performing additional research and analysis -- Building and Managing Your Portfolio -- Settling on a stock-picking strategy -- Limiting your exposure to risk -- Buying and selling shares -- Reviewing your portfolio regularly -- Staying on top of possible tax code changes -- Checking Out Various Investment Vehicles -- Chapter 2 Digging into Dividend Details -- Investigating the Major Stock-Market Indexes -- Dow Jones Industrial Average -- Standard & -- Poor's 500 -- Distinguishing Common and Preferred Stock -- Common stock -- Preferred stock -- Checking Out Company Fundamentals -- Paying Tribute to Yields -- Looking at the Role Dividends Play in the Market -- Dividends' contributions to returns -- The positive effects of dividends on stock prices -- Noting Important Dates in the Life of a Dividend -- Date of declaration -- Trade date -- Settlement date -- Date of record -- Ex-dividend date -- Payment date -- Chapter 3 Grasping the Good and the Bad of Dividends -- Checking Out the Pros and Cons of Investing in Dividend Stocks -- Exploring the pros -- Gaining two ways to win Securing a steady stream of income -- Achieving profits and ownership -- Compounding returns via reinvesting -- Hedging against inflation: Another way to WIN -- Banking on the buy-and-hold advantage -- Riding the possible baby boomer retirement surge -- Investigating the cons -- Investing in Solid Companies -- Maturity: Boring, but stable -- Good management -- Stability -- Strong earnings growth -- Early warning signs -- Watching the Rise and Fall of Dividend Stocks' Popularity -- Dividends fall out of favor -- Dividend stocks stage a comeback -- Part 2 Exploring the Wide World of Dividends -- Chapter 4 Investigating Income-Generating Industries -- Lighting Up Your Portfolio with Utilities -- Which companies qualify -- Utilities' income-generating capabilities -- Potential pitfalls of utilities -- What to look for in utility companies -- Dividend performance -- A focused business -- Regulatory environment -- Debt load -- Very high yields -- Pumping Up Your Portfolio with Energy Partnerships -- The benefits of energy company investing -- Energy companies' negatives -- Exploring Master Limited Partnerships -- MLP advantages -- MLP disadvantages -- Qualifying companies -- Pipelines -- Terminal and storage facilities -- Energy producers -- MLP stocks -- Exploring Telecommunications Stocks -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Sector risks -- What to look for in telecom stocks -- Subscriber growth -- Customer base and churn rate -- Average revenue per user -- Consolidation -- Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization -- Debt versus equity -- Free cash flow -- Discovering the Consumer Goods Sector -- What is a consumer goods company? -- Consumer cyclicals -- Consumer staples -- What influences a consumer staple's income? -- Brand strength -- Cost cutting -- Price reductions How do you identify a good consumer staples stock? -- Chapter 5 Focusing on REITs and Financials -- Understanding REIT Basics -- The pros and cons -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Evaluating REITs -- Assessing REITs -- Calculating funds from operations -- Calculating adjusted funds from operations -- Accounting for debt -- Valuing a REIT -- Looking for growth among REITs -- Digging into Dividends from Banks -- Checking out the pros and cons -- The pros -- The cons -- Knowing which companies qualify -- Evaluating banks' income-generating capabilities -- Assessing banks -- Eliminating the riskiest candidates -- Focusing on banks that make the cut -- Checking the return on equity -- Calculating the net interest income -- Assessing the equity-to-assets ratio -- Evaluating the charge-off ratio -- Investigating nonperforming assets -- Looking into the efficiency ratio -- Checking out the payout ratio -- Chapter 6 Taking a Tour of Dividend Investment Vehicles -- Understanding the Nature of DRIPs and DIPs -- The difference between DRIPs and DSPs -- How plans are administered -- The potential advantages of DRIPs -- Getting started on a shoestring budget -- Investing at your own pace -- Saving on broker commissions -- Taking the emotion out of stock investing -- Compounding growth one drip at a time -- Purchasing fractional ownership -- Dollar cost averaging without lifting a finger -- The downside of DRIPs -- Buying on the company's schedule -- Losing liquidity -- Looking out for fees -- Paying taxes in a DRIP -- Keeping detailed records -- The cost basis of shares acquired through DRIPs -- Diversifying Your Dividends through Mutual Funds -- The advantages of mutual funds -- Mutual funds' cons -- Diversification in mutual funds -- Dollar cost averaging -- How mutual funds pay dividends -- A necessary evil: Paying a fund manager Analyzing a fund's management style -- Accounting for expense ratios -- Paying for the privilege with loads -- Dividend-focused mutual funds -- Spotting dividend-focused mutual funds -- Understanding a fund's share price -- Reinvesting mutual-fund dividends -- Getting stuck paying taxes -- Spotting a good pick: A checklist -- Enjoying the Best of Both Worlds: Exchange-Traded Funds -- A comparison of ETFs and mutual funds -- A few drawbacks of ETFs -- Some unique ETF advantages -- Gaining flexibility -- Reducing your cost of ownership -- Investigating the expense ratio -- Examining transaction fees -- Achieving greater tax efficiency -- Increasing transparency -- Comparing loads against commissions -- Dividends from ETFs -- Reinvesting dividends -- Paying taxes on ETF dividends -- Going Global with Foreign Dividends -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Ways to go global -- Investing in American depositary receipts -- Investing through a mutual fund or ETF -- Buying directly on foreign exchanges -- Part 3 Choosing an Investment Approach -- Chapter 7 Determining Your Investing Style and Making Plans -- Considering Your Personality Profile -- What's your style? -- Savers -- Speculators -- Investors -- How aggressive are you? -- Conservative -- Aggressive -- Formulating an Investment Plan -- Defining your goals -- Putting a plan in place -- Budgeting to stay on course -- Planning Specifically for Retirement -- Social Security -- Pensions -- Defined contribution plans -- Accounts you create yourself -- Chapter 8 Assessing Risk and Your Risk Tolerance -- Weighing Risk and Reward -- Graphing risk versus reward -- Assigning a number to investment risk -- Assigning a number to rewards -- Recognizing the risk of no risk -- Gauging and Raising Your Risk Tolerance -- Measuring risk tolerance in sleepless nights Boosting your risk tolerance with the promise of rewards -- Recognizing Factors That Can Increase Risk -- Risk factors you can control -- Reducing human error -- Investing less emotionally -- Spreading your nest eggs among several baskets -- Factors outside your control -- Beating inflation -- Adjusting to interest rate hikes -- Steering clear of companies with fuzzy financials -- Monitoring market risk -- Riding out a slumping economy -- Reacting to changes in the tax code -- Adjusting to shifts in government policy -- Remaining aware of credit risk -- Mitigating Your Risks -- Matching your strategy to your time frame -- Performing your due diligence -- Diversifying your investments -- Employing dollar cost averaging -- Chapter 9 Choosing Your Dividend-Investing Approach -- Finding the Right Investing Approach for You -- The growth approach -- The income approach -- The value approach -- Dividend-paying growth stocks at bargain prices -- Sizing Up Potential Picks -- Key facts and figures -- Company fundamentals -- The balance sheet -- The income statement -- The cash flow statement -- Calculating a Dividend's Relative Strength -- Yield -- Calculating dividend per share -- Computing the indicated dividend -- Figuring out the yield -- Appreciating how pricing affects yield -- The price-to-earnings ratio -- First things first: Determining earnings per share -- Calculating the P/E ratio -- Comparing P/E ratios -- The price-to-sales ratio -- The payout ratio -- The return on equity -- The quick ratio -- The debt-covering ratio -- The debt-to-equity ratio -- The price-to-book ratio -- Recognizing a Potentially Good Dividend Stock -- Rising dividend payments -- Fiscal strength -- Good value -- Predictable, sustainable cash flow -- Positive shareholder orientation -- Good performance in battered industries -- Chapter 10 Finding a Broker and Placing Orders Deciding Between a Full-Service and Discount Broker Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Carrel, Lawrence Investing in Dividends for Dummies Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2023 9781394200597 |
| spellingShingle | Carrel, Lawrence Investing in Dividends for Dummies Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go From Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Dividends -- Chapter 1 Beginning with the Basics of Dividend Investing -- Coming to Terms with Dividend Stocks -- Why companies pay dividends -- The advantages of dividend investing -- The risks of dividend investing -- Prepping Yourself for the Journey Ahead -- Gauging your risk tolerance -- Choosing the right approach -- Value -- Growth -- Income -- Working with a seasoned pro -- Selecting First-Rate Dividend Stocks -- Distinguishing dividend stocks from the rest of the pack -- Exploring sectors where dividend stocks hang out -- Crunching the numbers -- Performing additional research and analysis -- Building and Managing Your Portfolio -- Settling on a stock-picking strategy -- Limiting your exposure to risk -- Buying and selling shares -- Reviewing your portfolio regularly -- Staying on top of possible tax code changes -- Checking Out Various Investment Vehicles -- Chapter 2 Digging into Dividend Details -- Investigating the Major Stock-Market Indexes -- Dow Jones Industrial Average -- Standard & -- Poor's 500 -- Distinguishing Common and Preferred Stock -- Common stock -- Preferred stock -- Checking Out Company Fundamentals -- Paying Tribute to Yields -- Looking at the Role Dividends Play in the Market -- Dividends' contributions to returns -- The positive effects of dividends on stock prices -- Noting Important Dates in the Life of a Dividend -- Date of declaration -- Trade date -- Settlement date -- Date of record -- Ex-dividend date -- Payment date -- Chapter 3 Grasping the Good and the Bad of Dividends -- Checking Out the Pros and Cons of Investing in Dividend Stocks -- Exploring the pros -- Gaining two ways to win Securing a steady stream of income -- Achieving profits and ownership -- Compounding returns via reinvesting -- Hedging against inflation: Another way to WIN -- Banking on the buy-and-hold advantage -- Riding the possible baby boomer retirement surge -- Investigating the cons -- Investing in Solid Companies -- Maturity: Boring, but stable -- Good management -- Stability -- Strong earnings growth -- Early warning signs -- Watching the Rise and Fall of Dividend Stocks' Popularity -- Dividends fall out of favor -- Dividend stocks stage a comeback -- Part 2 Exploring the Wide World of Dividends -- Chapter 4 Investigating Income-Generating Industries -- Lighting Up Your Portfolio with Utilities -- Which companies qualify -- Utilities' income-generating capabilities -- Potential pitfalls of utilities -- What to look for in utility companies -- Dividend performance -- A focused business -- Regulatory environment -- Debt load -- Very high yields -- Pumping Up Your Portfolio with Energy Partnerships -- The benefits of energy company investing -- Energy companies' negatives -- Exploring Master Limited Partnerships -- MLP advantages -- MLP disadvantages -- Qualifying companies -- Pipelines -- Terminal and storage facilities -- Energy producers -- MLP stocks -- Exploring Telecommunications Stocks -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Sector risks -- What to look for in telecom stocks -- Subscriber growth -- Customer base and churn rate -- Average revenue per user -- Consolidation -- Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortization -- Debt versus equity -- Free cash flow -- Discovering the Consumer Goods Sector -- What is a consumer goods company? -- Consumer cyclicals -- Consumer staples -- What influences a consumer staple's income? -- Brand strength -- Cost cutting -- Price reductions How do you identify a good consumer staples stock? -- Chapter 5 Focusing on REITs and Financials -- Understanding REIT Basics -- The pros and cons -- Advantages -- Disadvantages -- Which companies qualify -- Evaluating REITs -- Assessing REITs -- Calculating funds from operations -- Calculating adjusted funds from operations -- Accounting for debt -- Valuing a REIT -- Looking for growth among REITs -- Digging into Dividends from Banks -- Checking out the pros and cons -- The pros -- The cons -- Knowing which companies qualify -- Evaluating banks' income-generating capabilities -- Assessing banks -- Eliminating the riskiest candidates -- Focusing on banks that make the cut -- Checking the return on equity -- Calculating the net interest income -- Assessing the equity-to-assets ratio -- Evaluating the charge-off ratio -- Investigating nonperforming assets -- Looking into the efficiency ratio -- Checking out the payout ratio -- Chapter 6 Taking a Tour of Dividend Investment Vehicles -- Understanding the Nature of DRIPs and DIPs -- The difference between DRIPs and DSPs -- How plans are administered -- The potential advantages of DRIPs -- Getting started on a shoestring budget -- Investing at your own pace -- Saving on broker commissions -- Taking the emotion out of stock investing -- Compounding growth one drip at a time -- Purchasing fractional ownership -- Dollar cost averaging without lifting a finger -- The downside of DRIPs -- Buying on the company's schedule -- Losing liquidity -- Looking out for fees -- Paying taxes in a DRIP -- Keeping detailed records -- The cost basis of shares acquired through DRIPs -- Diversifying Your Dividends through Mutual Funds -- The advantages of mutual funds -- Mutual funds' cons -- Diversification in mutual funds -- Dollar cost averaging -- How mutual funds pay dividends -- A necessary evil: Paying a fund manager Analyzing a fund's management style -- Accounting for expense ratios -- Paying for the privilege with loads -- Dividend-focused mutual funds -- Spotting dividend-focused mutual funds -- Understanding a fund's share price -- Reinvesting mutual-fund dividends -- Getting stuck paying taxes -- Spotting a good pick: A checklist -- Enjoying the Best of Both Worlds: Exchange-Traded Funds -- A comparison of ETFs and mutual funds -- A few drawbacks of ETFs -- Some unique ETF advantages -- Gaining flexibility -- Reducing your cost of ownership -- Investigating the expense ratio -- Examining transaction fees -- Achieving greater tax efficiency -- Increasing transparency -- Comparing loads against commissions -- Dividends from ETFs -- Reinvesting dividends -- Paying taxes on ETF dividends -- Going Global with Foreign Dividends -- The advantages -- The disadvantages -- Ways to go global -- Investing in American depositary receipts -- Investing through a mutual fund or ETF -- Buying directly on foreign exchanges -- Part 3 Choosing an Investment Approach -- Chapter 7 Determining Your Investing Style and Making Plans -- Considering Your Personality Profile -- What's your style? -- Savers -- Speculators -- Investors -- How aggressive are you? -- Conservative -- Aggressive -- Formulating an Investment Plan -- Defining your goals -- Putting a plan in place -- Budgeting to stay on course -- Planning Specifically for Retirement -- Social Security -- Pensions -- Defined contribution plans -- Accounts you create yourself -- Chapter 8 Assessing Risk and Your Risk Tolerance -- Weighing Risk and Reward -- Graphing risk versus reward -- Assigning a number to investment risk -- Assigning a number to rewards -- Recognizing the risk of no risk -- Gauging and Raising Your Risk Tolerance -- Measuring risk tolerance in sleepless nights Boosting your risk tolerance with the promise of rewards -- Recognizing Factors That Can Increase Risk -- Risk factors you can control -- Reducing human error -- Investing less emotionally -- Spreading your nest eggs among several baskets -- Factors outside your control -- Beating inflation -- Adjusting to interest rate hikes -- Steering clear of companies with fuzzy financials -- Monitoring market risk -- Riding out a slumping economy -- Reacting to changes in the tax code -- Adjusting to shifts in government policy -- Remaining aware of credit risk -- Mitigating Your Risks -- Matching your strategy to your time frame -- Performing your due diligence -- Diversifying your investments -- Employing dollar cost averaging -- Chapter 9 Choosing Your Dividend-Investing Approach -- Finding the Right Investing Approach for You -- The growth approach -- The income approach -- The value approach -- Dividend-paying growth stocks at bargain prices -- Sizing Up Potential Picks -- Key facts and figures -- Company fundamentals -- The balance sheet -- The income statement -- The cash flow statement -- Calculating a Dividend's Relative Strength -- Yield -- Calculating dividend per share -- Computing the indicated dividend -- Figuring out the yield -- Appreciating how pricing affects yield -- The price-to-earnings ratio -- First things first: Determining earnings per share -- Calculating the P/E ratio -- Comparing P/E ratios -- The price-to-sales ratio -- The payout ratio -- The return on equity -- The quick ratio -- The debt-covering ratio -- The debt-to-equity ratio -- The price-to-book ratio -- Recognizing a Potentially Good Dividend Stock -- Rising dividend payments -- Fiscal strength -- Good value -- Predictable, sustainable cash flow -- Positive shareholder orientation -- Good performance in battered industries -- Chapter 10 Finding a Broker and Placing Orders Deciding Between a Full-Service and Discount Broker |
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