The Ultimate Dividend Playbook

Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Income? From Stocks? 1
Chapter 2 Dividends, Values, and Returns 25
Chapter 3 Corporations: Dividend Machines 49
Chapter 4 Dividend Insight 69
Chapter 5 Dividends Past, Present, and Projected 87
Chapter 6 Is It Safe? 101
Chapter 7 Will It Grow? 125
Chapter 8 What’s the Return? 149
Chapter 9 Independence 169
Chapter 10 Managing a Dividend Portfolio 183
Chapter 11 The Future of Dividends 205

Epilogue 221
Appendix 1 The Nuts and Bolts of Dividend Payments 225
Appendix 2 Dividends and Taxes 241
Appendix 3 Banks 257
Appendix 4 Utilities 277
Appendix 5 Real Estate Investment Trusts 295
Appendix 6 Energy Partnerships 313
Appendix 7 Other Dividend Opportunities 333
Index 337