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Target Corp. operates nearly 1,800 Target, SuperTarget and CityTarget general merchandise stores across the U.S. and expects to open about 125 stores in Canada in 2013. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary...

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In this space we normally look at companies that have recently raised their dividends. However, as the year draws to a close there were very few companies of note increasing their dividends this week. With that, I thought it would be interesting to see who were the big dividend raisers in 2012 and what we might see in 2013. Here are six companies for your consideration...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the largest retailer in the world,Wal-Mart operates a chain of over 10,000 discount department stores, wholesale clubs, supermarkets and supercenters. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary...

Target Corp. operates about 1,500 Target and 250 SuperTarget general merchandise stores across the U.S. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary...

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United Technologies Corporation (UTX) provides technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. June 13th the company increased its quarterly dividend 11.5% to $0.535 cents per share. The dividend is...

As the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart (WMT) is not used to being the one bullied. Its new competition is not coming from the retail side, but instead it is coming from the financial side. Specifically, Wal-Mart, who has led the way among major retailers in dividend yield, is starting to get some real competition from Target (TGT)...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the largest retailer in North America, Wal-Mart operates a chain of discount department stores, wholesale clubs, and combination discount stores and supermarkets. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

Target Corp. operates about 1,500 Target and 250 SuperTarget general merchandise stores across the U.S. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

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Fair value is really a simple concept. Given some select information such as dividends, dividend growth, holding period, discount rate and few other inputs, one can easily calculate the fair value of a stock. As with most simple things, the devil is in the details - the inputs must be correct to calculate a reasonable fair value, otherwise, garbage in, garbage out.

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Have you noticed that investing in dividend growth stocks has gone main stream? What a change from a couple of years ago when dividends were considered "stodgy, for old people, yawn, boring!" With its new found attention, dividend growth stocks aren't disappointing their newly acquired fans. When all is said and the last word is written, 2011 was a great year for dividends!

To make our world easier to understand and explain, we like to organize and categorize things into groups for ease of reference. Dividend Stocks are no different. They can be placed into a few categories based on their historic performance and expectations for the future. Here are three broad categories and some representative selections from each:

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Who wouldn't like to earn a safe 15% on their original investment? Normally double-digit returns are the fodder of con artists or associated with extraordinarily risky investments. In either of these cases, the person is usually left holding despair in one hand and an empty wallet in the other. However, I have discovered that you can actually enjoy high yields with minimal risk...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the largest retailer in North America. Wal-Mart operates a chain of discount department stores, wholesale clubs, and combination discount stores and supermarkets. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

This week week, I screened my dividend growth stocks database for stocks that will be yielding 10% in 10 years at current yield and dividend growth rate (based on Monday's close). The results are presented below:

Target Corp. operates operates about 1,500 Target and 250 SuperTarget general merchandise stores across the U.S. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.