Blue Chip Dividend Stock Picks for 2022 Here are my Blue Chip stock picks for 2022, each of them pay a dividend of 1.5% or more. Rather than pick only high yielding stocks, I chose those with relatively low payout ratios and somewhat reasonable valuations. Lower payout ratios ensure that the companies will continue to …
Eligibility requirements for Qualified Dividend status? 1)Fulfill the holding period. You have to hold the stock for over sixty days during a 121 day period that starts 60 days before ex-dividend. One small technical here is that the day you buy the stock is not included in this calculation; however, the day you sell the …
Here are my DIVIDENDS for the month of May. If you’d like to compare to last month, here you go: First up is my BROKERAGE account, here they are: Putnam Municipal Income Closed End Fund paid me 0.13 cents. Ha, if you haven’t seen my post before, I bought into this over a year ago …
Here are my DIVIDENDS for the month of April: 1)Macy’s-I sold out of Macy’s a while back but for some reason I’m still getting dividends. Hey no arguments. Macy’s paid me $4.53 2)Eastman Chemicals paid me $33.00 3)Schneider Trucking paid me .91 cents 4)QQQ $1.45 So as you can see not a WHOLE LOT in …
I will preface this article by stating I do a good bit of “Dividend Investing.” At the same time, it is not all I do. One common argument by dividend investors is that by focusing on Dividends, you are more protected during a market correction, recession or bear market. How has that technique faired in …
While I said I was working on REDUCING positions, I managed to INCREASE positions. I guess the deals got too good. I started a small position in HOME DEPOT. I do feel it can go a little lower here but Home Depot will be fine long-term and I thought it was a good chance to …
Ok, it is that time again. Time to look at my dividend returns for the month. Let me start off by saying I got 33.9% more dividend income this quarter than I did 3 quarters ago (same companies reporting). I went from $76. 32 to $102.19; I’m certainly pleased. Here are the six sources of …
I recently began supercharging my portfolio with more growth and tech stocks. Fortinet had an earnings report today. How did it do? Fortinet beat earnings and revenue. A 21% increase in revenue year over year here. Earnings of .76 vs. .59 from this quarter a year ago. So, that is looking pretty awesome here. Gross …
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Okay, it’s that time again. My January Dividend Report along with some notes on Dividends: Brokerage Account AEO $22.96 PMM (Putnam Municipal CEF) $7.36 SNDR $3.30 Macy’s $4.53 Eastman Chemicals $33 Quest Diagnostics $4.08 Leggett and Platt $14 Total = $89.23. If we look at three months back ago (same companies last report) we see …
As you can see above, the price has run away from the earnings. Oddly enough, back in Q1 of 2019 we saw the opposite, EPS ran away from the share price. It’s like Apple stock is lagging it’s earnings a couple of quarters. Q1 it was undervalued and now overvalued on an earnings perspective. 4.14% …
Lately, I’ve been discussing TOTAL RETURN a lot. Many young dividend investors chase high yielding investments without considering TOTAL RETURN. However, your goal is to have a larger and larger number in your account at the end of this game for retirement, so you not only want dividends, you want growth and large price appreciation …
I started the first week of 2020 by buying more Netflix and Akamai. I want to increase tech/growth exposure in my portfolio going forward. What have I sold? I sold all of my Kroger in my IRA for around 17-18% profit, I sold all of my shares of 3M for about a 5% gain, Verizon …
It is that time again, time for another DIVIDEND STOCK REPORT. Putnam $7.36 General Mills $10.29 Darden Restaurants $7.04 Ennis $28.13 Kaiser Aluminum $3.00 Eaton Vance $18.75 Cash Interest $0.75 TOTAL $75.32 Now, let’s compare where this particular quarter’s income was previously. Three quarters ago, I was sitting at a total DIVIDEND INCOME of $56.06 …
Dividend increases coming from multiple companies I own. Here are just a few of them: Eaton Vance gave me a very nice pay raise of 8.57%. The annual dividend per share went from 1.4 to 1.52. Westrock- 1.82 to 1.86 for an increase of 2.2% Six Flags-3.28 to 3.32 annual per share owned. This is …
Six Flags I began purchasing Six Flags on October 24th. I purchased three times and now I am up a total of 3.10%. Volumes have been increasing but there have also been some VERY obvious manipulation attempts to the stock. So, we will see what the larger institutions do with this one. It is still …
Dividend Report for September So, September represented a smaller portion of my dividend income for the year. I simply don’t have as many stocks that report in September, not yet anyways! I also sold off a good portion of TLT so those distributions are no longer there either. Here is my monthly dividend returns for …
I will start by saying this is one of the best books I’ve ever read on investing. It’s written by Bruce Miller, who is a Certified Financial Planner. Unlike many investment books, he never gets wordy or uses overly technical jargon. His manner of writing is extremely clear and the order of the layout is …
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I bought TLT multiple times throughout May and and starting selling in July. This was a swing trade I made. I missed the very top; however, I am happy with my trades. I try not to get greedy and simply desire to make over a 6% profit on these types of shorter-term trades. I am …
Here are my Dividends for September. You will notice a decrease in this months dividends compared to August and July. I own fewer companies that report in September. I did recently open up a position in Cummins to increase my September Dividends. Brokerage account Putnam Municipal Closed End Fund-$7.36 Cummins-$3.93 Current Total is $11.29 I …
When you get into DIVIDEND INVESTING, you’ll run across a term called PAYOUT RATIO. To properly evaluate a companies ability to continue paying its dividend, you must learn what this means. Essentially, payout ratio tells you how much of a companies earnings are paid out to its shareholders. Visualize a pie. If the company gives …
My August payout brought me one new dividend income stock. That stock is the DIVIDEND ARISTOCRAT, Eaton Vance. I currently have fewer stocks paying in August month than July so a slight decrease this month compared to last month. Dividend Breakdown Putnam Municipal Closed End Fund- $4.80 I purchased more PMM this month so this …
What does Eaton Vance do? Eaton Vance is an investment management company dating back to 1924. They serve high net worth individuals as well as institutions. Their products include Closed-End Funds, Equities Funds, and Fixed Income devices. Their offices are located in Boston, Atlanta, London, Singapore, Sydney, and more. Eaton Vance is made up of …
What does Ryman Hospitality do? They own four upscale resorts, entertainment venues such as the Grand Ole Opry, as well as media like AM 650 based out of Nashville The Hospitality sector includes the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tn; Gaylord Palms Resort in Florida, the Gaylord Texan Resort and Gaylord Rockies …
Looking for companies that have a track record of growing their dividend? Here you go! In this blog, I’m looking at Dividend Growers. These are companies who may not provide the absolute highest yield; however, they increase their dividends on a regular basis and reward shareholders. I chose a custom set of parameters to find …
Why I’m investing in LEG? Here are some reasons: What does LEG Do? Leggett & Platt is the company that literally invented the bed spring in 1883. They make springs for beds, its “innersprings system is the most used sleep system in the United States. They even have coils and springs that are easily rolled …
1)Dividend Announcement date: This is the date when the company declares how much dividend it’s going to pay, the record date and when the dividend gets deposited into your account (Pay date). 2)Ex-Dividend date: This is the most important date to understand. If you buy a stock on the ex-dividend date, it’s too late to …
Why would someone choose to use Dividend Investing? 1)More Predictable and Stable The market goes up and down; we have no way of knowing where it’ll be in the future. However, if you own shares in a company that has an annual dividend, then you can know what to expect with a good degree of …
June’s Dividend Income For the month of June, I chose not to buy any new stocks. It wasn’t for the lack of trying, I simply couldn’t find any new companies I thought were properly valued. Instead, I added to the positions I already had. I added to: Eastman Chemicals Kroger Medical Properties Trust Ennis TLT …
Dividend Report for Quarter Two At this point, I’m receiving dividends from Macy’s ($7.17), Schneider Trucking, American Eagle Outfitters ($16.23), General Mills ($10.29) and Ennis ($4.05). While this doesn’t seem like a whole lot, I have only been doing investing and dividend investing for five months. Recently I opened new stock positions in Quest Diagnostics …
General Mills was my first stock! On November 27th, 2018 I made my first step into buying individual stocks. Yes, the consumer staple stock General Mills was my opener. As of today, I’m up 33% in that stock; let’s call it beginner’s luck. At the time, I knew very little about how to value stocks. …