Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Why Dividend Stocks?

“Y’all Must’ve Forgot”

Marc Lichtenfeld’s Authentic Italian Trattoria

The Numbers

Keeping Up with Inflation

The 10-11-12 System

Summary

Notes

Chapter 2: What is a Perpetual Dividend Raiser?

Dividend Aristocrats

The Index

The Champions

Junior Aristocrats

Survivorship

Summary

Chapter 3: Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results, but It’s Pretty Darn Close

Performance of Perpetual Dividend Raisers

How Do Bonds Compare?

Are You an Investor from Lake Wobegon?

Summary

Notes

Chapter 4: Why Companies Raise Dividends

Buybacks versus Dividends

Management Speaks

Know Your Identity

Attracting the Right Shareholders

Signals to the Market

Summary

Notes

Chapter 5: Get Rich with Boring Dividend Stocks (Snooze Your Way to Millions)

How Much Do You Want to Make?

Summary

Chapter 6: Get Higher Yields (and Maybe Some Tax Benefits)

Buying $1 in Assets for $0.90

Avoid the Tax Man

MLPs

REITs

BDCs

You Don’t Have to Play Mahjong with Mrs. Zuckerberg

Preferred Stocks

Summary

Chapter 7: What You Need to Know to Set Up a Portfolio

The Perpetual Income Portfolio—An Example

Special Dividends

Summary

Chapter 8: The 10-11-12 System

Yield

Dividend Growth

Payout Ratio

Formula

Summary

Chapter 9: DRIPs and Direct Purchase Plans

Summary

Chapter 10: Using Options to Turbocharge Your Returns

Covered Calls: The Espresso of Income Investing

Selling Puts

Summary

Chapter 11: Foreign Stocks

One Lump or Two?

Lumpy Perpetual Dividend Raisers?

Other Risks

Summary ...

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