CA Inc: Utility Level Yield, Better Growth Prospects

By Gino Verza:This article discusses the investment opportunity in American Software (AMSWA), despite persistent problems in the Enterprise Resource Planning segment. Background

By Bill Maurer: Over the last couple of years, we've seen a fair share of large cap technology companies start to pay dividends as their growth has slowed down.

The extremely low interest rate environment created by the too big to fail financial institution bailouts has severely harmed savers. Most severely harmed those in retirement that didn’t count on irresponsibly regulators and bankers creating a situation where to avoid a depression they had to punish savers to favor large banks (and others).

By Selling Theta:The dividend growth investor's pursuit of yield within the financial sector is typically fraught with risk with many scouring for the best banks to own with the lowest risk of experiencing a dividend cut. A somewhat overlooked sub-segment within the financial sector is asset managers that carry similar yields and have a lower exposure to dividend cuts. One of the best in the sub-segment is BlackRock. I. COMPANY OVERVIEW Per Google Finance:

By John Mylant: American Software Inc. (AMSWA) develops, markets, and supports an array of software designed to address: enterprise management and collaborating supply chain solutions around the world. It has three segments: Supply Chain Management; Enterprise Resource Planning; and Information Technology Consulting.

By Kraken:The companies that tend to pay dividends are in industries that are mature. A dividend payment is a sign that a company is no longer better off investing the cash into its own business.

David Van Knapp submits:In a recent article, “Comparing Dividend Aristocrats to Dividend Champions,” I discussed two lists of US-based stocks that have raised their dividends for 25 years or more. Because of methodology differences, it turns out that the two lists, which sound like they should be identical, actually differ significantly.