Dividend Appreciation exist to provide our readers with a clear path to a financially secure income stream from dividend paying stocks. We strive to help you create a portfolio of stocks that pay out enough in dividends to cover all of your living expenses. We believe this to be the safest and most efficient way to creating passive income and financial freedom.
The idea is rather simple: to create a portfolio of safe, dividend paying stocks that reliably pay & increase their dividends every year.
To achieve this goal we look for stocks that meet the following 4 criteria:
- Have long histories of paying regular dividends.
- Companies who have increases the size of their dividend payments steadily over time – proving you a nice “raise” each year.
- Stable and safe capital structures paired with sound business management teams dedicated to protecting and growing their dividend payouts.
- Have strong competitive advantages and/or wide moats to protect their business model over the long term.
Pretty simple isn’t it?
Well yes, and no. The idea of creating a stock portfolio containing high quality and safe companies who regularly pay (and increase) dividend is simple. The key to any successful stock portfolio is stable growth.
The harder part is determining exactly which companies those are, and at what price point it makes sense to buy them. That is where Dividend Appreciation comes in.. Our team offers information on well known dividend payers, like Coca-Cola, and also dividend stocks with room to grow such as IBM or Apple. We are built to help answer the tough questions and give insights into all things dividend.