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Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JimisJim who wrote (5665)	9/1/2010 10:41:04 PM
From: chowder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

I like the looks of DSM. I can't get it at a discount at this time, but I do like the +18 cents on UNII. I prefer CEF's with a positive UNII. And it's mostly high grade stuff too. I like that. With regard to REIT's. I'm focusing on those who continued to increase their dividends during the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis, where most REIT's had to lower or discontinue payments, a few didn't. They kept going on, business as usual. In my opinion, that's a criteria I would prefer to meet to insure a steady, reliable and increasing source of income. I'd prefer those with a minimum yield of 5%. Those who meet the criteria are: O - which we both own already. HCP - yield 5.3% - 5 yr CAGR 3.75% - 19 years raised dividends. NNN - yield 6.2% - 5 yr CAGR 3.00% - 19 years raised dividends. WRE - yield 5.6% - 5 yr CAGR 1.84% - 40 years raised dividends. UBA - yield 5.3% - 5 yr CAGR 2.03% - 11 years raised dividends. So, HCP and NNN appear to meet my initial criteria. I'm not finished looking into them. Financial stability is going to be important as well. I prefer a B+ rating or higher with S&P.