Comments on Dividend Growth Investor: 16 Quality Dividend Stocks for the long run

Is stocks for the long run a safe strategy for ret...

2011-02-11T05:00:50.039-08:00

Is stocks for the long run a safe strategy for retirement savings?

With Walgreens now discontinuing Caremark (CVS) pr...

2010-06-09T09:25:15.980-07:00

With Walgreens now discontinuing Caremark (CVS) prescriptions I think that ESRX-Express Scripts is a great play right now. Since the announcement it has gone up almost every day for the last few weeks.

I've had my eyes on pepsi for a while now. Not...

2010-05-06T15:23:37.386-07:00

I've had my eyes on pepsi for a while now. Not only am I total soda fiend myself, but their stock looked incredibly conservative. Fantastic for a dividend growth approach.

This list is just for illustrative purposes only. ...

2010-04-18T10:44:18.665-07:00

This list is just for illustrative purposes only.

KO was not included because its payout ratio was a little bit above 60%. I guess using mechanical rules does have its short comings. Other than that I do find KO to be a great company.

LLY is a little bit questionable, as it failed to boost distributions in December. I am not comfortable holding on to pharmaceuticals right now, as most face steep patent expirations cliffs over the next 2-4 years. Most pharma companies are growing through acquisitions, not through R&D discoveries.

Excellent list. One cautionary note: it has been ...

2010-04-18T05:14:11.337-07:00

Excellent list. One cautionary note: it has been more than a year since last LLY increased their dividend.

Yes that`s true, Coke is one of my favorite divide...

2010-04-17T08:41:12.085-07:00

Yes that`s true, Coke is one of my favorite dividend-stock...

Look here:

Coca-Cola Is the Type of Stock Dividend Growth Investors Seek

http://seekingalpha.com/article/192463-coca-cola-is-the-type-of-stock-dividend-growth-investors-seek

I'm surprised Coca Cola (KO) is not on this li...

2010-04-16T00:50:35.188-07:00

I'm surprised Coca Cola (KO) is not on this list. What criteria did they fail?

Great list, thanks! Several of those were on my wa...

2010-04-14T19:52:53.342-07:00

Great list, thanks! Several of those were on my watch list... all of them now are.

It would of been nice to own these from the start of their dividend spree... That being said, have you ever given a thought to searching out companies who've recently (<5yrs) started paying dividends with a steady payout ratio? The future is impossible to predict but with a long term focus finding these needles in the haystack might payoff in spades. Thoughts? SBUX seems like a contender to me...

Good list. CINF is one in particular that I'...

2010-04-14T19:46:40.789-07:00

Good list.

CINF is one in particular that I've been looking at lately. I decided to go with HGIC instead (another insurer), as I liked their conservative collection of assets, but most importantly because while their dividend yield is lower than CINF, their recent increase was much larger. CINF still looks pretty good to me, though.