By Michael Aneiro
Not necessarily a new strategy to those versed in dividend stock investing, but the Wall Street Journal today prominently features a story saying investors are increasingly targeting companies that are likely to continue raising their dividends at a quick pace. Matt Jarzemsky reports: As yields on the 10-year Treasury wallow at near-record lows and “junk”-bond yields also are sinking, investors are seeking anything that offers some extra income. For months, that meant investors bought shares of nearly any high-dividend-paying company, be it telecommunications companies such as Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, AT&T Inc., T energy producers such as Sempra Energy SRE and tobacco company Altria Group Inc. MO. But now that has made many stocks too expensive, some investors said.
via Dividend Investors Target Growth, Not Just Yield – Income Investing – Barrons.com.