50 Top Stocks With The Highest Dividend Growth In February 2013

Shares with highest dividend growth researched by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend growth is wonderful. It helps you to grow your own wealth and build up a passive income without hard work.

Growth is a must have for every investor who wants to increase their net worth. You also need growth in order to boost your passive income for an earlier retirement especially when you have not a high paid job or rich parents. This is how it works: If you purchase a stock today with 3 percent yield, growth can lift up your yield on cost to 30 percent in 20 years.

Today I like to show you the 50 fastest dividend growth stocks and funds from the last 30 days. There are some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates which indicate a strong business health. The average dividend growth of the 50 best stocks amounts to 72.68 percent. The average yield is still at 3.61 percent.

Best Dividend Paying Stocks | Ex-Dividend Shares November 29, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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 ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on November 29, 2012. In total, 67 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 23 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.34%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	30.13B	10.63	12.35	0.64	4.94%
Realty Income Corp.	O	5.26B	46.41	2.16	11.35	4.61%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.	AJG	4.52B	21.63	2.76	1.86	3.74%
McDonald's Corp.	MCD	86.26B	16.18	6.22	3.14	3.58%
Kellogg Company	K	19.87B	16.80	8.15	1.46	3.17%
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	33.03B	15.15	1.34	3.66	3.08%
M&T Bank Corporation	MTB	12.63B	15.39	1.26	4.34	2.84%
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	2.23B	13.41	0.76	3.11	2.46%
The Interpublic Group of Companies	IPG	4.43B	14.46	2.11	0.64	2.34%
City National Corp.	CYN	2.64B	12.96	1.12	2.99	2.04%
ITC Holdings Corp.	ITC	3.97B	21.99	2.94	4.89	1.96%
Hartford Financial Services Group	HIG	9.11B	21.76	0.39	0.37	1.91%
Hillshire Brands Company	HSH	3.35B	210.92	10.80	0.82	1.82%
Schlumberger Limited	SLB	92.76B	17.08	2.71	2.20	1.57%
Suncor Energy Inc.	SU	50.81B	10.81	1.26	1.29	1.57%
Expeditors International of Washington	EXPD	7.73B	23.11	3.70	1.30	1.51%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	AEM	9.51B	-	2.80	4.94	1.46%
Ashland Inc.	ASH	5.51B	179.13	1.37	0.67	1.29%
Fluor Corporation	FLR	8.84B	14.66	2.40	0.33	1.21%
Jack Henry & Associates Inc.	JKHY	3.32B	20.88	3.28	3.17	1.19%

14 Services Stocks With Strongest Earnings Growth And Best Dividends

The Best Yielding Service Stocks With Highest Expected Growth Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The service sector is, after agriculture and industrials, the tertiary production level of an industrialized economy. The sector has a total market capitalization of USD 34.86 trillion and includes 907 companies. The average stock from the sector pays 1.58 percent in dividends and is currently valuated with a P/E ratio of 20.64.

John W. Rogers - Ariel Appreciation Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

John W. Rogers - Ariel Appreciation Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of John W. Rogers - Ariel Appreciation - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 38 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 1,238,963,000.

John W. Rogers fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
CBS - CBS Corp.	4.5	Reduce 16.38%	$27.14
VIA.B - Viacom Inc.	4.45	0	$45.41
AFL - AFLAC Inc.	4.29	0	$43.26
IPG - Interpublic Group	4.21	0	$9.73
DELL - Dell Inc.	3.95	0	$14.63
NTRS - Northern Trust Corp.	3.86	0	$39.66
LAZ - Lazard Ltd.	3.73	Add 5.48%	$26.11
MHK - Mohawk Industries	3.45	Reduce 7.72%	$59.85
JLL - Jones Lang Lasalle Inc.	3.29	0	$61.26
CCL - Carnival Corp.	3.25	0	$32.64
OMC - Omnicom Group	3.25	Reduce 5.43%	$44.58
BEN - Franklin Resources	3.11	Add 9.55%	$96.06
CHK - Chesapeake Energy	2.84	Add 21.89%	$22.29
FAF - First Amer'n Corp.	2.8	Add 28.36%	$12.67
ZMH - Zimmer Holdings	2.79	Reduce 24.14%	$53.42
TMO - Thermo Fisher Scientific	2.79	0	$44.97
JNS - Janus Capital Group	2.78	Add 21.39%	$6.31
IGT - International Game Technology	2.72	Reduce 6.87%	$17.20
STJ - St Jude Medical	2.67	Add 22.50%	$34.30
GCI - Gannett Co.	2.54	Reduce 26.06%	$13.37
SJM - Smucker (J.M.)	2.43	Reduce 10.64%	$78.17
SWK - Stanley Black & Decker Inc.	2.4	0	$67.60
BX - The Blackstone Group	2.4	Add 60.47%	$14.01
KKR - KKR & Co. L.P.	2.33	Add 65.00%	$12.83
ACN - Accenture	2.32	Reduce 17.15%	$53.23
DV - DeVRY Inc.	2.19	Add 57.19%	$38.46
MSG - Madison Square Garden Inc.	2.18	0	$28.64
ITW - Illinois Tool Works	2.03	0	$46.71
CBG - CBRE Group	2.03	0	$15.22
CYN - City National Corp.	1.81	Reduce 7.61%	$44.18
TROW - T. Rowe Price Group	1.6	Reduce 23.90%	$56.95
BIO - Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.	1.56	0	$96.04
JWN - Nordstrom	1.5	Reduce 27.00%	$49.71
HSP - Hospira Inc.	1.44	Add 21.60%	$30.37
BID - Sotheby's	1.43	Add 50.33%	$28.53
NWL - Newell Rubbermaid Co.	1.41	0	$16.15
BAX - Baxter International Inc.	0.99	Reduce 58.18%	$49.48
MAT - Mattel Inc.	0.7	Reduce 45.23%	$27.76

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