Dividend Growth: 63 Stocks and Funds Boosted Dividend Payments To The Next Level

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Last week was a great week with some attractive dividend hikes. In total, 63 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 41 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 32.31 percent. Below is a current list of all companies and funds with a dividend increase within the recent week.

On the list are some favorites of me. MMM is one of the companies. I owned some shares of the company a few years before but I sold the stake in expectation of a recession. MMM has some cyclic products and is a supplier for the industrial sector.

What I have learned from this asset sale was that it wasn’t necessary. I didn’t need the money and my view about the future perspectives was false. If you are a long-term investor, you shouldn’t be so anxious like I was. If the recession comes, you only need money to increase your stakes very wise and smart. Cash is king in the investment scene.

20 Highly Recommended Financial Dividend Shares | Stock Buy List

Financial dividend stocks with highest buy recommendation originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". One sector I’ve tried to avoid in the past was the financial sector. I have only stocks from financial services provider like Thomson Reuters or some Stock Exchange Operator like the NYX. Some major investors and hedge funds have started bets on the post financial recovery earlier with no greater success.

The whole financial industry is still in a crises and this should go on. I don’t know how long. Jobs in the industry are still degraded and as long as the interest rates are low and there will be more and more jobs degraded.

Despite the bad sector news, Last year, the financial sector was the top performing bet with a 27.5 percent gain. I missed this opportunity but as of today, I cannot evaluate all the risks within the sector. I have no idea what kind of risk assets banks have and how they manage them.

What do you think about the sector? Do you have some shares from banks or related industries? Let me know and leave a comment in the box below.

Today, I like to show you the 20 best recommended financial stocks with a higher capitalization (over USD 2 billion). Below the results are five with a high yield.

Next Week's Cheapest Ex-Dividend Stocks

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 cheap price ratios (P/E below 15, P/S and P/B under 2) that have their ex date on the next trading week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 03 - 09, 2012. In total, 135 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 61 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.14%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding and cheapest ex-dividend stocks for next week:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd.	BOX	372.73M	8.02	1.51	1.92	6.53%
PPL Corporation	PPL	17.02B	10.52	1.52	1.28	4.91%
Public Service Enterprise Group	PEG	15.22B	10.82	1.41	1.52	4.72%
Westar Energy, Inc.	WR	3.63B	14.72	1.26	1.63	4.60%
Gannett Co., Inc.	GCI	4.11B	9.73	1.69	0.79	4.47%
American National Insurance Co.	ANAT	1.85B	10.21	0.48	0.62	4.46%
Tower Group Inc.	TWGP	648.62M	12.25	0.61	0.34	4.44%
SCANA Corp.	SCG	6.04B	14.90	1.49	1.48	4.27%
Laclede Group Inc.	LG	918.01M	14.54	1.53	0.82	4.18%
Kronos Worldwide Inc.	KRO	1.87B	5.79	1.67	0.93	3.72%
Miller Industries Inc.	MLR	158.30M	13.12	1.02	0.43	3.64%
ManTech International	MANT	924.26M	8.76	0.81	0.35	3.36%
Principal Financial Group Inc.	PFG	7.97B	11.46	0.81	0.89	3.09%
SLM Corporation	SLM	7.65B	7.63	1.55	1.20	3.02%
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.	CVR	19.59M	11.95	0.85	0.59	2.97%
Kohl's Corp.	KSS	10.47B	10.26	1.72	0.55	2.87%
The Travelers Companies, Inc.	TRV	27.01B	10.12	1.04	1.05	2.60%
Acme United Corp.	ACU	34.27M	10.20	1.13	0.42	2.54%
The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.	MW	1.65B	13.75	1.56	0.69	2.22%
WellPoint Inc.	WLP	16.97B	7.37	0.74	0.28	2.06%

Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth February 2012

Shares With Highest Dividend Growth by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies with fastest dividend growth compared to the previous dividend declaration. The dividend growth is often a good indicator for the financial health of a stock. Companies with a strong increase in dividends judge the future of their company rosy. They give money back to shareholders that they don’t need for their business. In total, 77 stocks increased dividends of which 46 raised dividends by more than 10 percent.

The average dividend yield amounts to 3.05 percent and the dividend growth is 37.49.