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Most casual income investors focus on current yield, which is important. However, if your objective as an income investor is to build a portfolio of securities with increasing income, then Yield on Cost is an excellent metric to measure your progress.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula Investing screens.

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Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula Investing screens.

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Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula Investing screens.

Using Magic Formula Investing is a great way to find undervalued stocks that are paying outsized dividends. Here is a look at 5 current ones where the yield is high and backed up by strong cash flows.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula Investing screens.

The latest 10-K filing by ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

The Piotroski score is a series of 9 tests invented by finance professor Joseph Piotroski, and found to be very accurate in identifying value stocks that beat the market over a year period. Which current Magic Formula stocks fit the bill?

Altria absolutely dominates the U.S. domestic cigarette and smokeless tobacco industry, and has been one of the best performing stocks of the last 60 years. Can it maintain growth and continue to pay its huge 6.4% dividend yield?

Every so often, MagicDiligence compiles a list of Magic Formula Investing stocks sorted by their dividend yield, price-to-sales ratio, and price-to-book ratio for investors that like to use those metrics. The result is a list of attractive value stocks for additional research.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula Investing screens.

Lorillard is the maker of Newport menthol cigarettes, the second most popular brand in the United States. The company is very profitable, produces a lot of cash, pays a good dividend, and buys back stock. But is it cheap enough given FDA scrutiny around menthol smokes?

The dividend achievers index consists of US stocks which have raised their dividends each year for at least a decade. Over the past 20 years, this index has managed to outperform the S&P 500 by half a percentage point annually. The dividend achievers index is a great list of dividend stocks as a start.

If your goal is to accumulate wealth for a comfortable retirement, then there is no risk-free path. Throughout time every angle has been tried and failed. What appears to be a safe investment

Every week I check the list of companies that raise dividends. There are several reasons for that. The most of important reasons include checking whether companies I own keep raising distributions, as well as to identify companies which could be a potential addition to my portfolio at some point in time. The companies which announced increases in their dividend payments include: