

Using this select stock picking approach Investment Quality Trends has been able to consistently produce outstanding returns while also minimizing risk. Investment Quality Trends focuses on the serious investor who is interested in a long-term portfolio return made up not only of increases in capital but also stable dividend income. Since its founding in 1966, Investment Quality Trends has been providing timely insightful investment information to some of the nation's leading banks, insurance companies, mutual funds and brokerage houses.

Merck and Co.: UP 23% since being featured in First-March 2006 issueĭid you have any low-risk dividend-paying stocks that did this well in your portfolio last year?.Ruddick Corp.: UP 14% since being featured in First-December 2005 issue.Philip Morris: UP 29% from our 2005 Lucky 13.Teleflex Inc.: UP 20% from our 2007 Lucky 13.Just look at these gains ( not including dividend income): In fact, right after the new tax law came into effect, 29 blue-chip companies immediately raised their dividends an average of 12.1%. Plus, many of the companies followed by Investment Quality Trends, such as Citigroup and Bank of America, have returned to the dividend as an increasingly efficient way to deliver value back to their investors. Those dividends are juicier and more profitable than ever! That's lower than your income tax rate! That means potential tax savings for our readers could be as high as 23.6%. Thanks to recent changes in the tax law, investors' tax rate on dividends has been dramatically lowered from a burdensome rate as high as 38.6% to either 5% or 15%, depending on your income. And now more than ever dividend stocks are a great value. What's Investment Quality Trends editor Kelley Wright's secret? He uses Investment Quality Trends' tried and tested proprietary strategy of selecting high-yielding dividend stocks developed by its legendary founder, Geraldine Weiss. Since 1987 its total return has exceeded 13% on average per year and its "Lucky 13" portfolio has returned an average gain of 20% over the past 5 years. According to independent Hulbert Financial Digest, Investment Quality Trends is among the top performing newsletters on a risk-adjusted basis over the last 20 years.
