A good article for 'Investing 102' this morning in Seeking Alpha.... I love having the internet in airplanes now! I can get all kinds of reading done!
This article - for me - is one of reinforcement about what happens when the SHARE PRICE rises over time -- and the stock pays a dividend.... and if that dividend rises over time and just stays at 3 or 4% of the CURRENT share price... you actual dividend yield could be far higher based on YOUR COST BASIS.
What a marvelous way to make money!
When I read articles like this -- I don't so much look at the stock it might be discussing..... but rather - look at the principles it might be discussing as they can apply to ANY stock.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/5013...g_income&ifp=0