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.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.08%) this morning are up +0.08% and European stocks are up +0.79% at a 2-month high.

Growing stock investors have been provided a great opportunity for buying stocks at a discount. The recent pull back in the overall market has created multiple discounted buying chances for a wide variety of stocks.

See if Hormel belongs in your dividend growth portfolio in part 8 of my 54 part series on Dividend Aristocrats.

Trust Across America-Trust Around the World has been tracking the performance of America’s most trustworthy public companies for over five years, and the results should warrant some serious attention.

I always believed that dividend investing and finding investment themes doesn’t have to be difficult if you just know where to look.