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Kiplinger: The Right Dividend Stock Fund for You
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Published Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | Kiplinger.com
In the article titled, “The Right Dividend Stock Fund for You,” Dr. Lewis J. Altfest, Ph.D., CFA, CFP ®, CPA, PFS discusses strategies for researching and selecting dividend stocks. The article highlights dividend stock strategies that can increase total return on investment.
Find Stocks With Sustainable Dividend Growth
Zeroing in on dividend-paying companies with solid growth prospects is one way to ensure the payout you’re counting on is fundamentally sound and will increase over time.
To find such stocks, “compare funds not just on yield but on total return,” advises Lewis Altfest, CEO and chief investment officer at Altfest Personal Wealth Management.
Some dividend-growth ETFs track only companies that have increased their dividend for five, 10 or 25 consecutive years. Other indexes screen for financial traits that show a stock is well positioned to raise dividends consistently in the future.
Read the full article: The Right Dividend Stock Fund for You at Kiplinger.com
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Lewis J. Altfest, CFA, CFP, CPA, PFS, Ph.D
Lew directs the firm’s Investment and Leadership Committees and leads the Portfolio Action Group which sets investment strategy for client portfolios. Prior to founding the firm in 1983, he was a General Partner and Director of Research for Lord Abbett & Co., a large mutual fund and investment management company that manages more than $100 billion in assets. Lew has repeatedly been recognized for his sustained vision, outstanding leadership and client commitment.
Lew lectures frequently to investors, pre-retirees and retirees as well as to other financial professionals. Lew received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He has an MBA from New York University and a BBA from Baruch College. He also holds the CFA, CFP®, CPA and PFS designations.