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You may have heard of the Dividend Aristocrats. They are members of the S&P 500 Index, meeting certain minimum size and liquidity requirements, and have raised their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. You can find the official list is put out by S&P Global here.

Dividend Kings are stocks with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases. However, they are not just a subset of the Aristocrats as one might assume. While each King easily satisfies the consecutive dividend increase streak (twice over!), they aren’t required to be members of the S&P 500 Index. Now, because this collection of stocks isn’t an official index, there isn’t universal agreement on the exact number of stocks that qualify for this distinction.

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Welcome to Royal Dividends.  This site shows exactly how anyone can build a portfolio of stocks that grows and pays dividends for life.  I will show you which stocks I am buying, how much I am paying, and when I place the order.  All you need to do is follow along.

My secret weapon is simplicity.  There are thousands of books, articles, and websites on investing and trading, targeting every possible perspective, technique, and asset type.  Some of it is decent; a lot of it is useless.  However, it is this site that is going to show you how to successfully invest in stocks in the simplest and safest manner possible. How?  I boil everything down.

Out of the many hundreds of companies that pay dividends, there are less than 50 who have increased their dividend for at least 50 consecutive years!  They are called Dividend Kings.  Amazon, Netflix, Google haven’t even been around for 50 years and have never paid even one dividend. If you ever want any cash from these companies and so many others, you have to sell their shares (and hopefully for more than you paid for them).  Not the Kings. The Kings drop cash into your account every 90 days forever and you never have to sell them. This is the universe from which I will build a portfolio for the ages.  Stay tuned!