6 Bargain Dividend Champions

With the election in the rear-view—and Inauguration Day just a few weeks off—plenty of investors have asked me what they should do with their portfolios now.

I’ll name a few bargain dividend growers that should be on your buy list in a moment. Each of the stocks is a Dividend Champion who raised dividends for more than 25 consecutive years. In addition, the forward price multipes or forward P/E is under 15.

These are the results...

The Latest Dividend Growth Stocks

Invest in high quality dividend paying companies that can manage their cash flow and payout ratio and be rewarded with constant dividend increases. 

A dividend increase is something every dividend growth investor can get excited about. Who wouldn’t love earning a little more from an investment without having to add additional capital? I enjoy highlighting these dividend raises every now and then. 

Let’s run down the list and see if any of these recent dividend raisers are in your portfolio.

Here are the latest dividend growth stocks....

Dogs Of The Dow Jones December 2017

Dividend-paying stocks appeal to many investors, with low interest rates on bonds making them one of the sole remaining sources of plentiful portfolio income.

For income-hungry investors, the Dow Jones Industrials and its 30 constituents are an obvious place to look for high-quality dividend stocks.

One way that dividend investors use the Dow to come up with a simple-to-follow strategy is known as the Dogs of the Dow, which offer both above-average yields and often outperformance on a total return basis.

Let's look more closely at the current list of the Dow Jones and try to discover the best Dogs for Dezember 2017. It's now time to adjust your portfolio and discover the best picks for the new year.

These are the Dogs of the Dow by yield (the 10 highest yielding stocks from the list)...

Best Dividend Stocks To Buy For 2017

Dividends, the share of their revenues that companies pay to their shareholders, are a big deal: 

Over the past century, they’ve accounted for roughly half of total returns earned by stock investors. And if stock returns flatten out over the next few years, as many economists anticipate, dividends will matter even more in driving growth for investors.

But these days, it’s unusually difficult to find dividend-paying stocks that look like good buys. 

Stock valuations in the category are lofty after years of outperforming the broader market. The forward price/earnings ratio of the top 25% of S&P 500 stocks by dividend yield is 17, vs. a 36-year average of 12.

And the dividends themselves can seem relatively stingy: The number of companies increasing their dividend has been shrinking, and the number of decreases is accelerating. And there’s also the danger that if interest rates rise, as is expected, investors could flee the sector and send stocks careening downward.

With those in mind, we asked ourself what could be the best investment ideas for 2017. Here are 11 stocks where the experts see opportunity and safety.

These are the results...

9 Really Cheap Dividend Aristocrats

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett built his $60 billion-plus fortune by buying high-quality businesses at discounts. The Oracle of Omaha summed up his love for bargains with this quote: "Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down."

Focus on high quality and buy it at cheap prices, that's the key to get rich. One way to find cheap high-quality dividend paying stocks is to search the lists of long-term dividend growth stocks by market price multipes.

Today I will share a few of the longest dividend growers with really cheap price levels, measured by a low forward P/E.

Dividend Aristocrats are those unique kinds of stocks that rarely go on sale. For more than 25 years, these companies have been churning out ever-increasing dividend payments that show they are more than capable of handling the ups and downs of the economy -- or their respective industry cycles.

Every once in a while, though, the market forgets the long-term earnings power of these companies, and their stocks become good bargains.

Here are the cheapest Dividend Aristocrats now...