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<blockquote data-quote="Easy_C" data-source="post: 954541" data-attributes="member: 8290">A &quot;dividend stock&quot; refers to common stocks that are known for issuing large, reliable dividends.&nbsp; It's not a hard and fast definition but the characteristics are low price volatility (&quot;beta&quot;, or volatility relative to an index), high dividend payouts, and relatively steady earnings.&nbsp; Most commonly these equities are found in utility, power, pure play savings and deposit banks, and other such companies that are low risk cash cows.Keep in mind that this is all based on historical information.&nbsp; Dividends are almost always OPTIONAL for common stock.&nbsp; In some cases management will have made a formal agreement to pay out a certain amount of dividends or have announced that funds were set aside for dividends, but you aren't going to know that unless you follow the company's press releases or read their most recent annual/quarterly reports. What constitutes a high dividend payment is relative, but traditionally this means over 5%.&nbsp; If you want to understand the mechanics of different investment instruments I recommend studying it along the same curriculum that investment advisors have to in order to get registered with a Series 7 license. Here's one of those videos that explains common stock(what most people think of then they hear &quot;shares&quot;)[MEDIA=youtube]0HC733vUXlk[/MEDIA]I also like Motley Fool.&nbsp; Their analysis is great for combining decent financial work with newbie friendly explanations to the point that they've given me ideas for professional investment pitches (one made my school a lot of cash by investing in a discount retailer).&nbsp; Example: <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/31/2-stocks-to-buy-with-dividends-yielding-more-than.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/31/2-stocks-to-buy-with-dividends-yielding-more-than.aspx</a>Also register on Seeking Alpha.&nbsp; There's a lot of people on there who post freelance investment analysis articles, but again many of them are inexperienced/freelance so make sure you read the comments in case anyone is calling them out for being retarded.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Easy_C, post: 954541, member: 8290"] A "dividend stock" refers to common stocks that are known for issuing large, reliable dividends. It's not a hard and fast definition but the characteristics are low price volatility ("beta", or volatility relative to an index), high dividend payouts, and relatively steady earnings. Most commonly these equities are found in utility, power, pure play savings and deposit banks, and other such companies that are low risk cash cows. Keep in mind that this is all based on historical information. Dividends are almost always OPTIONAL for common stock. In some cases management will have made a formal agreement to pay out a certain amount of dividends or have announced that funds were set aside for dividends, but you aren't going to know that unless you follow the company's press releases or read their most recent annual/quarterly reports. What constitutes a high dividend payment is relative, but traditionally this means over 5%. If you want to understand the mechanics of different investment instruments I recommend studying it along the same curriculum that investment advisors have to in order to get registered with a Series 7 license. Here's one of those videos that explains common stock(what most people think of then they hear "shares") [MEDIA=youtube]0HC733vUXlk[/MEDIA] I also like Motley Fool. Their analysis is great for combining decent financial work with newbie friendly explanations to the point that they've given me ideas for professional investment pitches (one made my school a lot of cash by investing in a discount retailer). Example: [URL]https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/31/2-stocks-to-buy-with-dividends-yielding-more-than.aspx[/URL] Also register on Seeking Alpha. There's a lot of people on there who post freelance investment analysis articles, but again many of them are inexperienced/freelance so make sure you read the comments in case anyone is calling them out for being retarded. [/QUOTE]

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