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A long dividend streak is a business signal.

It takes durable cash flow + payout discipline to keep raising through multiple cycles.

#DividendGrowth #DividendInvesting

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Yield on cost is not a buy signal.

It is a picture of what years of dividend growth can do to the dollars you originally invested.

#YieldOnCost #DividendGrowth

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25+ straight years of dividend raises is a business-durability test disguised as a dividend statistic.

#DividendAristocrats #DividendGrowth

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$CSWC: monthly income + a big yield is the headline.

The lending book and payout structure are the analysis.

#BDC #IncomeInvesting

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50+ years of dividend raises is not a guarantee of a good buy today.

It is a remarkable record of business durability.

#DividendKings #DividendGrowth

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

Compounding looks boring right up until it does not.

A payout growing ~6% a year roughly doubles in about 12 years. Reinvesting stacks another layer on top.

#DividendGrowth #Compounding

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

Friday's income read:

• $SCHD at 15: 532% since launch, chipmakers on top
• $KBDC: ~12% yield, non-accruals creeping up
• $QQQI vs $GPIQ: not all Nasdaq income pays alike

https://t.co/nf1c0BEztA
#DividendInvesting

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Read the full story: https://t.co/O1alMoOUMC

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$SCHD trades at a steep valuation discount. But here's the catch:

Projected long-term earnings growth:
$SCHD: 7.7%
Broader market: 16.5%
That discount may be structural, not temporary.
SCHD isn't just cheap. It's built cheap.

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

Today's income map:

532% — $SCHD's return since its 2011 launch
~12% — the yield on Kayne Anderson BDC $KBDC
4 — Nasdaq covered-call ETFs, head to head

Same question underneath: what's really funding the payout?
https://t.co/nf1c0BEztA

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

Ask most dividend investors why they own $SCHD and you'll hear "no Big Tech."

True for the megacaps. But its top two holdings today? Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.

The value fund has a chip-shaped top. https://t.co/nf1c0BE1E2

$QCOM $TXN #ETFs

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

SCHD is the dividend ETF that skips tech. Right?

Its two largest holdings are now chipmakers: Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.

Value fund, semiconductor top. What's actually inside $SCHD: https://t.co/nf1c0BE1E2

$QCOM $TXN #DividendInvesting

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

GAAP loss ≠ no cash.

For dividends, follow the free cash flow and coverage.

#DividendInvesting #FreeCashFlow

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

Hypothetical, annual compounding, before taxes. More on costs over time: https://t.co/gg79VoDpk0

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$100K at 7% for 30 years: ~$761K
$100K at 6% for 30 years: ~$574K

One point a year costs ~$187K, about a quarter of the ending value.

A fee or a tax drag compounds the same way returns do. In reverse.

#IncomeInvesting

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

Today's theme is coverage.

$OTF: 86%
$WSO: payout ratio above 100%
$CVS vs $UNH: higher yield, heavier debt

A big yield says what's paid. Coverage says whether it's earned.

https://t.co/VIfroxALCp #IncomeInvesting

[Informed Investing @InformInvestCo]

$OTF trades at 56 cents on the dollar of NAV with a 15.1% yield.

The loan book looks clean: 0.1% non-accruals.

The dividend doesn't: $0.30 earned vs $0.35 paid.

Nov 4 is the tell.

https://t.co/VIfroxALCp #BDC #DividendInvesting