Goldman's 10 Stocks for Dividend Growth

Jim Trippon submits:

Mike Maher submits:Last Friday, bank investors were supposed to have gotten the news they had been anticipating for the past two years. After submitting capital plans to the Federal Reserve, the Fed gave several banks the green light to begin returning capital to shareholders. The resumption of dividends and share buybacks were supposed to launch bank shares higher, as

Jarred Cummans submits:As we enter year three of record low interest rates, many investors continue to face significant challenges in constructing a portfolio that delivers attractive current income without taking on considerable risks. With interest rates on investment grade fixed income securities pushed down, investors who require a constant stream of payments from their portfolios have been forced to get creative in their search for yield.

Dividend stocks aren't just for old people and conservative investors. They're for anyone interested in making money. Breaking down the returns of the S&P 500 by decade, Morgan Stanley's Adam Parker shows that dividends play a critical role in total returns:

By Market Blog: By David Berman

David Hunkar submits: MoneySense magazine of Canada recently published its Top 500 All-Star U.S. Stocks for next year. Last year this list gained 24% not including dividends, compared to the S&P 500 which grew by only 4.2% in the same period. The 500 stocks are graded for both Value and Growth. Listed below are few of the stocks we particularly like from that list:

By David Hunkar: The U.S. economy added no jobs in August according to the BLS report released on Friday. Based on official figures, currently 14.0 million Americans are unemployed and the unemployment rate stands at 9.1%. Unofficial figures are much higher since the BLS data does not include the unemployed that stopped looking for work.

David Hunkar submits: The Great Recession that started in December 2007 ended in June 2009, according to The National Bureau of Economic Research. While the recovery from June last year has been modest, the unemployment rate has worsened since then and now continues to hover around the 10% mark. According to official figures, in November the U.S. unemployment rate stood at 9.8% with 15.1 million people unemployed.