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• Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ixChapter 1 Income? From Stocks? 1Chapter 2 Dividends, Values, and Returns 25Chapter 3 Corporations: Dividend Machines 49Chapter 4 Dividend Insight 69Chapter 5 Dividends Past, Present, and Projected 87Chapter 6 Is It Safe? 101Chapter 7 Will It Grow? 125Chapter 8 What’s the Return? 149Chapter 9 Independence 169Chapter 10 Managing a Dividend Portfolio 183Chapter 11 The Future of Dividends 205Epilogue 221Appendix 1 The Nuts and Bolts of Dividend Payments 225Appendix 2 Dividends and Taxes 241Appendix 3 Banks 257Appendix 4 Utilities 277Appendix 5 Real Estate Investment Trusts 295Appendix 6 Energy Partnerships 313Appendix 7 Other Dividend Opportunities 333Index 337