I spend quite a bit of time extolling the virtues of Dividend Achievers, companies with a long history of raising their dividends.  I consider them the single best long-term investment you can make, and not purely because of the income.  In fact, the income is often secondary. That statement generally gets me a few raised [...] The post Why I Love Dividend Achievers appeared first on Sizemore Insights . Related posts: Make Dividend Achievers a Core Holding in 2013 Which Dividend Payer Would You Choose? Beware of Chasing High Dividend Yields