5 of My favorite Long Term Dividend Stocks

  I enjoy the art of Dividend Growth Investing.  I look for companies that have a competitive advantage in there field and are leaders in there industry. These companies are at the top for a reason and I look for companies that have been leaders over a long period of time. A company must have been paying dividend for 10 consecutive years and also been raising dividends for at least 10 years before they will meet my entry criteria. These are only a few criteria I use but these to me are the most important. I want to build a Dividend Growth portfolio that can hold up against the ups and downs of todays stock market and the market 30 years from now. I plan to use this Dividend Income as part of my retirement income along with company matched 401k programs among other small investments.

   Below I have listed some of my top picks for Long Term Dividend Growth Stocks.

1. Medtronic, Inc (MDT). Medtronic operates through its six business segments that revolve around Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management, Spinal & Biologics, CardioVascular, Neuromodulation, Diabetes, and Surgical Technologies. The company both manufactures and sells medical therapies that function around specific devices. Medtronic currently supports a market capitalization of $43 billion and a reasonable forward price-to-earnings ratio of 10.88. Trading with similar volatility as the market, it currently maintains a beta of 1.03. The company offers a forward annual dividend of 2.5% with a quarterly rate of $0.26. The company maintains a comfortable payout ratio of 30% and has been raising its dividend since 1978.
2. Walgreen Co. (WAG). As the operator of nearly 8,000 drugstores in the United States, Walgreen operates as a local provider of prescription and non-prescription drugs. The company was founded in 1901 and now maintains a presence throughout all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico. Walgreen currently supports a market capitalization of $33 billion and a below average forward price-to-earnings ratio of 9.47. Trading alongside the market when it comes to volatility, it currently maintains a beta of 1.17. The company offers a forward annual dividend of 3.1% with a quarterly rate of $0.275. The company maintains a comfortable payout ratio of 39% and has been raising its dividend since 1976.
3. Pepsico, Inc. (PEP). Pepsico was founded in 1898 and has since grown to be one of the largest providers of beverages and snack foods. The company has operations around the world and supports some of the more recognizable brands under its wings. Some of these names include Lays, Ruffles, Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos, Quaker, Rice-A-Roni, Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, 7Up, and Tropicana. PepsiCo currently supports a market capitalization of $107 billion and an above average forward price-to-earnings ratio of 15.62. Trading with significantly less volatility than the market, it currently maintains a beta of 0.33. The company offers a forward annual dividend of 3.1% with a quarterly rate of $0.538. The company maintains a feasible payout ratio of 56% and has been raising its dividend since 1973.
4. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT). Wal-Mart operates as a large discount department store chain through its various brand names and has operations around the world. The company is currently the biggest private employer in the world with over 2 million employees. The company currently maintains over 10,000 retail units in over 27 countries. Wal-Mart Stores currently supports a market capitalization of $253 billion and an above average forward price-to-earnings ratio of 13.95. Trading with lower volatility than the market, it currently maintains a beta of 0.42. The company offers a forward annual dividend of 2.1% with a quarterly rate of $0.398. The company maintains a comfortable payout ratio of 32% and has been raising its dividend since 1975.
5. Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB). As a manufacturer and marketer of healthcare products, Kimberly-Clark operates through its four business segments of Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional & Other, and Healthcare. The company primarily produces paper-based consumer products and sells its wares directly to supermarkets, retail outlets, drugstores, and other distributors. Kimberly-Clark currently supports a market capitalization of $33 billion and an above average forward price-to-earnings ratio of 14.87. Trading with volatility below the market, it currently maintains a beta of 0.32. The company offers a forward annual dividend of 3.4% with a quarterly rate of $0.74. The company maintains an above average payout ratio of 63% and has been raising its dividend since 1973.
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I have a 401k account with an old employer and I am in the process of moving it over to an IRA account.?

Is it true I can only transfer to a traditional IRA as oppose to a Roth IRA?
 I was told only taxed money can go into a Roth IRA.


Answer:

  1.Initiate a 401k transfer as you reach a benefit event during your professional life. The Internal Revenue Service defines a benefit event as retirement, new employment or achieving the age of 59 years and 6 months old. You must pass this threshold to consider transferring money to your IRA.

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Where to buy penny stocks?

I want to buy $100 bucks of penny stock (big spender LOL). where is the best place online to do this?


Answer: 
  You can use any online brokerage company. My favorite is Fidelity they have everything I need and have good customer service. Some penny stocks can turn out to be winners but it is mostly a gamble, many of them go bankrupt.

Mcdonald's Dividend Stock Analysis

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) is the largest fast-food restaurant company in the world, with about 33,500 restaurants in 119 countries. McDonald's is currently yielding 3.2%

  This top dividend growth stock  has paid dividends every quarter since 1976 and has increased distributions on its common stock for 35 years in a row.The company's last dividend increase was in September 2012 when McDonald's Board of Directors approved a quarterly increase to 77 cents/share.

  With McDonald's growing there dividend yearly at this rate, I am very interested in adding it to my dividend growth portfolio. I am long on McDonald's (MCD)

  

Why invest in dividend stocks?

It is well known that stock prices drop after the dividend date. So whatever you gain in dividend, which is also a taxable event, you lose in equity.


Answer:
   First off you invest in companies that have been paying dividends for a long time and ones that tend to raise dividends every year because the growing dividend income is much better than what they bank will give you on savings accounts or on cd rates so over time you are going to earn a good bit back on your original investment if you pick strong companies to invest in. Also there is nothing to say that your stock will drop after the dividend date, this may be true some of the time but again if you pick strong companies in the long run your stock will rise as will your dividend.

Is Coca-Cola a good investment right now? (KO)

  I saw a program about coke (KO) launching a new micro-business this throughout the developing world in the next couple years. I love the idea and I want to buy some stock in the company. Does anyone agree or disagree? Is now a good time to buy coke stock? someone with some analyst experience please. thank you.

Answer: I think Coke is a great long term stock, it just split not to long ago so people that had already invested in coke doubled there shares and have a great position in Coke. I also like the dividends that Coke gives off, this is one of the major things I look at when I pick a stock along with how much the dividends have grown over the years.

What is Dividend Growth Investing?

   I enjoy a long term investing source called Dividend Growth Investing. Dividend Growth Investing is when you invest in strong companies that have been paying and raising dividends for a long time. My entry point for a stock would be when they have been raising there dividend for at least 10 consecutive years. They key to success with a Dividend Growth strategy is researching the stocks you want to invest in as in depth as possible. It takes countless hours to research a stock you are going to add to your portfolio. I also want to stay diversified in my portfolio having at least 30 different stocks from as many different types of sectors as possible. This allows you to have some fluctuations in different markets and also if a company that you have a position in cuts there dividend then your over all portfolio is not going to take a big hit and you will have time to sell it and get into another dividend growth stock.

  The reason most investors prefer the dividend growth strategy is that you get payments all the time usually every quarter for most stocks and some pay in different months so you could be getting a dividend payout every month. So once you get to a point where you can live comfortably off of your dividends then you can go ahead and retire and start getting your payments right away instead of waiting until you are 59 and a 1/2 like most retirement plans and 401Ks.

    Below are a few Dividend Growth Stocks that I either have in my portfolio or that I am following with intentions on initiating a position in them in the near future.

   1. Walgreen's:(Wag) Walgreen's been up and down lately but is at a good price to buy. Walgreen's has paid dividends since 1933 has raised its distributions for 37 straight years. At this point I would consider a good addition to any Dividend Growth Investors portfolio.

2. Medtronic: (MDT) Medtronic is a medical device company that has had great success keeping up with today's medical technology needs. I feel like Medtronic will be arouund for the long haul. They have paid dividends since 1977 and have increased them every year for the last 35 years making them one of my favorite long term dividend stock picks.