6 High Yield Pharmaceutical Companies: Do they Justify the Risk?

By Todd Johnson:I believe blue chip dividend stocks form an income investor's portfolio foundation. Blue chip stocks ideally have the wind at their back and a catalyst for increasing dividend payouts. I prefer a focused business model where management can excel in their specialty. These 4 blue chips offer a proven dividend track record or catalysts to increase shareholder income. Conoco (COP)

By Chuck Carnevale:In part one of this two-part series (Found Here) I laid the groundwork for why I believe that blue-chip dividend paying US equities represent not only a viable, but also a safer investment choice than many give them credit for.

Chuck Carnevale submits:Yesterday the following PRNewswire press release reported that S&P indices announced a powerful uptrend in dividend increases for calendar year 2011. This provides continued validation of the unique opportunity that blue-chip dividend paying stocks offer investors today. (Click to enlarge)

NakedValue submits:Even after a historic stock market rally from the March 2009 lows, blue chip technology companies continue to trade at reasonable prices.

Chuck Carnevale submits:Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) is widely recognized as one of the most conservatively and best managed financial institutions in the country. Thanks to their conservative lending practices and prudent fiscal management, Hudson City Bancorp prospered through the great recession while other financial institutions faltered and even collapsed.

Chuck Carnevale submits:This article is about a group of dividend growth stocks that I have admired over most of the 40-plus years I've been in the investment business. But even though I have always admired these great companies, which I now dub the “Magnificent Seven,” I have rarely owned them because the markets have normally overpriced them. However, as you will soon see, the great recession of 2008 changed all that.

Jim Trippon submits:Dividends. Yield. Two big buzz words that have been ushered to the forefront of the investment lexicon in 2010 and rightfully so. By now, most investors know about the paltry yields offered by U.S. Treasuries and they also know this low interest rate environment has encouraged plenty of blue-chip companies to issue bonds at less-than-inspiring yields.