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…
Yes, it’s been awhile since I started a position in a new company. Today I put some money into Kaiser Aluminum, ticker symbol KALU which I’m excited about watching. Why am I investing in KALU? Here are some reasons: KALU Dividend: Yield = 2.53% 1 year dividend growth = 9.09% 5 year dividend growth =…
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…
Month of May Stock and Dividend Report In the month of May, I started adding more Bonds to my portfolio. You can’t see this here, but both of my retirement accounts already held a good bit of bond funds that are doing incredible; beating the market in some cases. The Putnam Managed Fund is a…
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…
My second stock purchase After General Mills, I purchased my second individual stock on Dec 11th, 2008. This time I chose AEO, aka American Eagle Outfitters. To this day, it remains one of my favorite stocks, even though I’m currently down. I’ve made six separate purchases of AEO in the last seven months. I realize…
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….