D4L-Investor

Great collection of dividend and value investing articles.

From the page: "I received a letter in the mail from one of my credit cards that told me I was eligible for few upgrades. I immediately called the number to see what they were offering."

From the page: "A long time ago I asked my dad if "The Great Depression" could happen again. He said no, that the government had a system in place now that would make it impossible. Well, now it seems that "system" is more like bailing out the banks when they've taken too much risk and screwed themselves over."

From the page: "Now, we are only 88 days away from Christmas. Have you started saving yet? Iâ€m already stressed out."

From the page: "ProLogis a real estate investment trust (formerly ProLogis Trust) is the largest publicly held, U.S.-based owner and operator of distribution facilities, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary."

Sometimes a cash rich company will declare a special one-time dividend to eliminate surplus cash. These special dividends are generally ignored when evaluating a company's dividend growth performance. The situation is more complicated when a company distributes the excess cash via its regular dividend. Often, this leads to a situation where a company appears to have a dramatic increase in its dividend, then followed by decrease in the following year. Consider the following two companies:

Great list of articles about people and money stories!