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Learn how to evaluate track record claims for dividend newsletters, including yield, total return, and downside risk.

The most common are high-yield dividend ETFs that require an above-average dividend yield for inclusion and Dividend Aristocrat™ ETFs that only include S&P 500 companies with at least a $3 billion ...

Five thousand dollars a month in dividend income is the number where a paycheck stops being mandatory. $60,000 a year happens to sit right around the median earnings for full-time, year-round workers ...

Some time ago, I had a prospective client meeting with a gentleman whose daughter had special needs. The goal of his investment strategy was to leave enough money for her. That makes sense, but what ...