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2 Monthly Dividend Stocks To Buy And 3 To Avoid
Published Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:51:38 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Monthly dividend stocks are popular with many dividend income investors. I personally prefer monthly dividend stocks to match my monthly bills. My cable, car loan, mortgage, health insurance, and Apple 4S iPhone all require monthly payments. I do try to reinvest the dividends to increase my monthly stream through the power of compounding. In this article I will address Atlantic Power (AT) and 4 other stocks with yields ranging between 4.8% and 10.4%.
Overview
Atlantic Power is a power generation and energy services company with operations in the U.S. and Canada. Atlantic Power directly or indirectly manages and operates 31 power generation facilities in multiple states for a total production of 2,140 MW ranging from its 400 MW Gregory facility in Texas, to a small 6 MW facility in British Columbia. Its energy operations primarily use natural gas for power generation but also include biomass, coal, hydro and wind. 95%... Read more
| Stock name | Last trade | P/E | Earnings/Share | Dividend/Share | Dividend yield | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYTEX ENERGY TRUST | 1.44 | 0.0 | -0.14 | 0.00 | 65.28 | |||||||
| GABELLI GLOBAL GOLD NAT RES & INC TRUST | 4.44 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.48 | |||||||
| WHITESTONE REIT | 13.84 | 25.2 | 0.55 | 1.14 | 8.62 | |||||||
| ATLANTIC POWER | 2.43 | 10.6 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 3.66 | |||||||
| ENERPLUS RESOURCES FUND | 7.31 | 5.3 | 1.37 | 0.09 | 1.26 |