All About Dividend Investing, Second Edition (all About Series)

ALL ABOUT DIVIDEND INVESTING OTHER TITLES IN THE “ALL ABOUT . . .” SERIES All About Asset Allocation All About Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs All About Commodities All About Derivatives All About Exchange-Traded Funds All About Futures All About Hedge Funds All About High-Frequency Trading All About Index Funds All About Investing All About Market Indicators All About Market Timing All About Options All About Short Selling All About Six Sigma All About Stock Market Strategies All About Stocks All About Technical Analysis ALL ABOUT DIVIDEND INVESTING The Easy Way to Get Started SECOND EDITION DON SCHREIBER, JR. GARY E. STROIK New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-175944-1 MHID: 0-07-175944-1 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: ISBN: 978-0-07-163713-8, MHID: 0-07-163713-3. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. To contact a representative please e-mail us at [email protected] This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. —From a declaration of principles jointly adopted by a committee of the American Bar Association and a committee of publishers TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“McGrawHill”) and its licensors reserve all rights in and to the work. Use of this work is subject to these terms. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the right to store and retrieve one copy of the work, you may not decompile, disassemble, reverse eng