Defensive Investors are defined as investors who are not able or willing to do substantial research into individual investments, and therefore need to select only the companies that present the least amount of risk.

With the stock market on a tear, closing up five straight weeks in a row, many dividend bloggers have begun to echo the sentiment about finding relative bargains again.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.08%) this morning are down -0.16% ahead of the FOMC decision later today, and European stocks are up +0.16% on better-than-expected earnings results from Total SA and Schneider Electric SE.

In the wake of the company's solid quarter, I wanted to not only highlight its recent dividend hike but also note why I think its trend behavior will improve over the next several months.

The start of every month is exciting as we look back at the previous month and see how much passive dividend income our portfolios generated. This update brings me to a happy milestone.

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