Recently I was approached by a family friend asking how his teenage daughter could get started investing in the stock market.  Without really getting into the discussion of whether stocks were a good investment for his daughter or what type of stocks she was interested in buying, I first had to admit that I didn’t [...]

Investors who follow a strategy of buying and holding stocks of companies who annually increase their dividend payments to shareholders are sometimes referred to as dividend growth investors.  They look for solid companies with a good history of paying out higher dividends year after year.  The dividend growth [...]