Dividend Paying Tech Companies

The following is a guest post by Andrew Martin. If you’d like to guest post on the Dividend Ninja, be sure to check out our Guest Posting Guidelines. Technology stocks do not usually come to mind when investors think about dividends as they are more volatile than their peers in the banking or utilities sectors. That being said, a technology stock that pays a dividend should generally be less risky than those that don’t pay one. Instituting a dividend sends a signal to investors that management is confident in the business and committed to its shareholders. In my search for dividend …

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The Dividend Growth Index – Q2 2012

For those readers who are new to the Dividend Ninja, this is a regular series on the Dividend Growth Index (DGI). Rather than a stock picking contest, the DGI is a collaborative effort among eight dividend investors choosing three stocks each, and following these companies over the long term. For those who are already following, this is the third quarterly update for the 9 month period, since the project was launched last September. If you’re unfamiliar with the DGI, then these two introductory posts as well as my quarterly updates, will give you an excellent background to the project: Introducing …

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