He said he also liked Equity Residential, citing what he called its "strong balance sheet, secure dividend, minimal development relative to its size and share buyback program".
With improving cash generation, better focus on returns and a secure dividend, we believe Tesco is attractively valued at these levels.
We think it will continue to benefit from 1) UK operational leverage, 2) growth potential in Standard Life Investments (SLI) and 3) a secure dividend.
The bank put an overweight rating on the insurer's shares, forecasting a possible £300m special dividend to shareholders later this year: We think it will continue to benefit from 1) UK operational leverage, 2) growth potential in Standard Life Investments SLII) and 3) a secure dividend.
The stock yield is a healthy 7.3% on a fairly secure dividend.
The price decline has made McDonald's shares very attractive in the eyes of certain value buyers and those equity investors looking to hide out in a secure dividend.
There are also listed utilities in the water and energy sectors that offer funds the kind of secure dividend-payers they seek.
But most governments like preference stock because it does not carry votes, and thus avoids nationalisation, and because the more secure dividends protect taxpayers, providing the bank does not go bust.Markets, however, have not been playing ball.
Such hybrid capital suffers losses only once the common equity has been wiped out and typically offers more secure dividends.Over time the rules have been bent by banks and national regulators.
A far-eastern investor is happy to put up the cash for properties that might not be completed for a couple of years, in the confident expectation that the investment will deliver huge and secure dividends, given London house-price inflation.
Because her time horizon is much shorter, she should look at secure, dividend-paying stocks, like a Verizon or a small company that is a combination of debt and stock.
