6 Stocks Giving Investors Potential Dividend Hikes In December

Dividend growth stocks need to hike dividends each year in order to keep its status as dividend grower in the investor community.

Let us take a look ahead to companies that are expected to announce dividend increases in December 2014. 

There are only a few weeks to close the trading book for the full year. Maybe we can find there some great expectations.

20 Dividend Champs With Highest 10-Year Dividend Growth

If you are a real dividend growth investor, you look more at the pace of the dividend growth than on the yield of the stock.

A stock that is raising dividends very fast will hit the yield of a slow growing high yielder very soon.

I've also predicted in the past that it makes more sense to bet on fast growing stocks that are reasonable priced than on stocks with high yields and decreasing earnings growth.

Today I like to show you some of the 20 stocks from the Dividend Champions list with the fastest dividend growth over the recent decade.

These are the 5 Dividend Champions with fastest 10-Year dividend growth... 

8 Top Stocks With Recent Dividend Growth Or Stock Buyback Announcements

Below are the latest dividend growers and stocks with a fresh buyback announcement. I hope you have some fun by reading and discovering new stock ideas.

18 companies have raised their dividend payments during the past week. The biggest stocks are Merck, Aetna and Becton, Dickinson and Company. You can discover more results at the end of this post.

In addition, 13 companies announced a new or refreshed share buyback program. The biggest stocks are ACE Limited, Westlake Chemical and The Vasper Corporation as well. The full list of buyback companies is also attached.

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These are some of the biggest results from the past week:

13 Fastest Growing Restaurant Dividend Stocks By EPS

13 Fastest Growing Restaurant Dividend Stocks By EPS originally appeard on long-term-investments. American's restaurant operators are very competitive and offer real values for dividend investors.

Some stocks from the sector hit recently All-Time highs and they are steadily growing.

Today I would like to highlight some of the best dividend paying growth picks from the restaurant industry.

Below I've highlighted those stocks with the highest expected EPS growth for the next five years. 

Here are the 5 Top results in detail and eight summarized in a table below...

20 Of The Safest Dividend Champions

20 Of The Safest Dividend Champions originally appeard on long-term-investments. More and more people talk about an overvaluation of the market. Sure P/E ratios skyrocket within the past five years but earnings did also improve.

You might agree with me that the risk of a market correction is improving with rising stock prices. What investors like you and me need to do is to hedge their risks.

I personally look for low beta stocks. Those have a lower correlation to the overall market and should fall less. Below are 20 of the safest Dividend Champions by beta ratio.

I've created a detailed snapshot of my 4 favorites and attached the full list. Let's go forward...