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    How to Pick the Best Dividend Paying Stocks
    How to Pick the Best Dividend Paying Stocks
    How to Pick the Best Dividend Paying Stocks
    Ebook24 pages21 minutes

    How to Pick the Best Dividend Paying Stocks

    By Kerry Prazak, CFP®

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    Dividend Paying Stocks help grow your money by paying out dividends AND capital appreciation potential. There are over 3000 stocks that pay dividends, which ones do you choose? This book walks you through not only where and how to screen for these stocks, but specifically what metrics to use when looking for dividend stocks.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMay 20, 2014
    ISBN9781312207042
    How to Pick the Best Dividend Paying Stocks

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      How to Pick the Best Dividend Paying Stocks - Kerry Prazak, CFP®

      How to Pick the Best Dividend Paying Stocks

      Chapter 1:

      Why Dividend Paying Stocks?

      What would you rather own?

      A stock that pays a 2% dividend or one that pays 8%?

      It would be easy to pick the 8% one, and that is exactly what many investors do. It isn’t a trick question. The answer is, it depends. Both may be perfectly fine, but we need more information. The goal of this book is to create a process that is able to quickly identify the cream of the crop stocks, and eliminate the ones we DON’T want to own.

      But first, what are dividend paying stocks and why should they be part of an investment portfolio?

      Dividend paying stocks have long been considered a staple in any portfolio where an investor is looking for growth potential, income, and more stability than typical growth stocks. Especially now, where investors are starved for yield, dividend paying stocks have become an even more important piece of an investment portfolio. Would you rather own a 10 year treasury bond at 2.5% or a large

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