The Traderszone Network

In just over five weeks, open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is best known as Obamacare, will begin. The upcoming enrollment period could very well rival the first enrollment period (Oct. 2013 – March 2014) as the most challenging yet, given the uncertainties surrounding what might happen to now-former President Barack Obama’s hallmark healthcare legislation.

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Income investors aren’t suffering from a lack of stock choices right now. But while generous yields aren’t very hard to find today, the combination of steady income and solid growth is much more rare. Below, we’ll look at why McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) have what it takes to deliver on both of these requirements.

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They are three of the biggest names among dividend investors. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) , and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) have been offering investors dividend increases for a combined 162 consecutive years. That’s the key to building dynastic wealth: the compounding power of dividend increases.

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Top clicks this week

1. James O’Shaughnessy, “Over the 30 years since the crash, I have witnessed time and again some of the smartest people in the world undone by making emotional investment decisions based on very short-term events.” (jimoshaughnessy.tumblr.com)
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Over 60% of AbbVie Inc.’s (NYSE: ABBV) sales come from demand for Humira — an autoimmune-disease drug prescribed to patients with a variety of conditions — that racks up sales of $16 billion per year. Humira is also world’s top selling medicine.

AbbVie’s heavy reliance on Humira has investors nervous about what happens when Humira loses its patent protection, but perhaps, those worries are overblown based on what AbbVie’s management is telling investors.

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Even in a healthy job market, some people find themselves on the outside looking in. They may look good on paper, have good backgrounds, and seem very employable, but they fail over and over at getting interviews or landing a job.

Having been the person doing the hiring in a number of different industries — retail, media, manufacturing, and even high-end summer camps — I’ve noticed that many people who keep not getting hired make the same mistakes over and over. Some make errors that keep them from getting an interview, while others get that far, but botch the interview.

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Catch up on last week’s executive moves.