This site covers stocks that offer direct investment plans (also known as dividend reinvestment plans or DRIPs)--about 1,300 companies in all. You can use this site to open an account in virtually every DRIP plan available—and, once enrolled, you can invest directly without a broker. You will find capsule reviews and performance analysis for many companies that offer direct investing, as well as risk-reducing strategies that become possible when you invest directly without fees. You will also find comprehensive information about the company plans, which are gleaned from the DRIP prospectuses.
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DRIP Portfolio: Dynamic Dividend Dispensers (Moneypaper 9/08)
Any company that can increase its dividend payout annually for decades is demonstrating its ability to grow and prosper, and that its management knows what it is doing. Inspiration for this month’s portfolio came from our own Dave Fish, who has compiled and regularly updates a list of some 132 companies he calls “Dividend Champions.” His list included 18 companies that don’t offer DRIPs and over 70 whose dividend growth rates we felt ... Read More
Outlook: Making the Right Moves (Moneypaper 9/08)
In the last issue, I spoke a bit about legendary investor and fund pioneer John Templeton, who had recently passed away at age 95. Today’s Investors Business Daily had a very nice biography of another mutual fund legend, Jack Dreyfus, who is still with us at 94, but retired from Wall Street for medical reasons when he was in his late 50s. At that time, he was one of America’s richest men. We had noted that one of the reasons for Templeton’s success was ... Read More
Commentary: Change in the Air (Direct Investing 9/1/08)
About this time every four years, the airwaves break out in a plague of presidential politics, and the only known cure is to hold an election. (On rare occasion, the Supreme Court is asked to make one of them go away.) Arguably, the election process promises to bring change to Washington and to state capitols around the country, although skeptics among us believe that politics as usual will continue, with only a few new faces mixed in. Whatever the outcome ... Read More
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Become enrolled in Direct Investment Plans (also known as Dividend Reinvestment Plans or DRIPs) of any of the approximately 1000 companies currently available through the Temper Enrollment Service
Invest through the only DRIP Mutual Fund MP 63 Fund (DRIPX) is made up of 63 companies, all of which offer investor-friendly DRIPs Closing NAV | Latest Month-End Performance and Top 10 Holdings
