Never fight the tape and never fight interest rates are good advice but I cannot help being nervous about a market that goes up on low volume and not booming economic growth.     I remain positive about dividend stocks but sometimes I work them to boost my income.   Here is my move today.

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Dividends & Income Rayonier RYN another 2014 Dividend Machine

Rayonier symbol RYN is a timber company.   They have three areas of operations; forest resources, real estate, and performance fibers.    While I would like to buy this company because I believe in all three areas of business execution, I am sworn to pick stocks for the Dividend Machine portfolio that first meet all four of my Dividend Machine criteria for 2014.   Let’s take a look at Rayonier, RYN.

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