How do you choose your dividend stocks for your portfolio? It's different for everyone, everyone has different goals when it comes to their money. It would make sense that everyone has a different method in choosing stocks too. You could stick to just the Dividend Kings ,  Dividend Aristocrats or even the Dividend Champions... all of whom have increased their dividend payouts for at least 25 years in a row. every year giving out more money to their shareholders. Of course there are hundreds of more companies to choose from than just these guys. As for today for example there are 85 companies paying out dividends and choosing the right one can be a daunting task. There is the technical analysis approach where you stare at the computer screen looking for a signal from the charts. There is also statistical analysis by going through mountains of data and trying to find some common ground linking all the years together and then there is the fundamentals. looking into the companies quarterly reports and earnings and future projections. All three of these have their pros and cons. As for me I like to use computer software to help me pick. You can see some of my past results here. 

How do you pick your dividend stocks? This has been a question every investor comes across when stating out. What are your goals when it comes to investing? Why are you investing in the first place? What are your ultimate goals for all your efforts?

Picking your investments can be mind racking at times. How do you choose? In my experience, it always come back to ROI... "Return On Investment" with limited risk or how about no risk at all. I know there is no such thing as no risk at all... but in my experience. I have to say that if certain companies go under then it is going to be a bad situation no matter where your money is. What I mean t say is... if a 200 year old company that has billions of dollars of revenue and hundreds of house hold named products goes under then we are all up the creek. Ok with that said why not look at companies that have a track record of paying out dividends and increasing their payouts every year? Yes I'm talking about the Dividend Kings and the Dividend Aristocrats. These companies are top of the line when it comes to sharing parts of their profits and why shouldn't we all

Are you searching for great dividend stocks to invest in? What is the criteria you are looking for? As we here like to catalog our dividend stock investments into list's. The Dividend Kings are companies that have been paying out dividends and increasing their pay-outs for a minimum of 50 years. Most of these companies are over 100 years old and have a very good track record. The Dividend Aristocrats are companies that have increased their pay-outs to their investors for over 25 year, with some very stringent qualifications to make this this. The Dividend Champions are a list of over 100 companies that have increased their pay-outs to investors for a minimum of 25 years. The requirements to make this list is not as strict as the Aristocrats but still... 25 years is a great place to start looking for you investment needs.

Investing in dividend stocks for monthly cash is nothing new. Savvy investors and the super rich have been doing this for generations and passing down this trading strategy to their heirs to make life easier for themselves. There is a misconception that you need hundreds of thousands of dollars to even start thinking about doing this for yourself. Well I'm here to say that you don't need as much as you may think to get started. Granted the more you have to start with the more your monthly checks will be. But I don't want you to get scared off thinking you can start small and work your way up to something big enough to make a real difference in your life. There are over 3300 profitable companies this year paying dividends to their investors and believe it or not the price per share on these are as low as $.86 per share. Now share price has very little to do with how much money you can make. The yield that the stock gives you or the return on investment is what is going to make you your money. Remember to balance the potential profit along with the cost of doing business or better known as cost per trade or commission. The cheapest commissions out there so far that I have found is $2.50 per trade. So by the time you buy and the time you buy and sell your positions, you better make sure you made enough money to cover those cost and still made some profits.