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This Aristocrat’s free cash flow is falling. Will its dividend remain safe?

This real estate investment trust’s responsible recovery and impressive track record ensure that its dividend is secure.

Investors in this oil and gas MLP can feel secure in the safety of their distributions.

This REIT’s dividend safety depends entirely on who you ask.

Selective reporting on the part of this company gives its shareholders a false sense of security in its dividend.

This entertainment industry stock’s metrics are discouraging – and deceptive.

Many analysts have written off IBM as a dinosaur, but a new acquisition could make it the cloud computing market leader of the future.

Preferred stocks offer some of the benefits of both stocks and bonds, but investors should also be wary of their risks.

This REIT faced a dividend cutback in 2009 – but can its repeated dividend raises since then redeem its safety rating?

This telecommunications company’s dip in free cash flow and 2013 dividend cut raise questions, but a smart acquisition gives its dividend new hope.