The first person that comes to my mind when I think of investing lessons, especially coming from someone with over 80 years of life experience, would be Warren Buffett. However, this post is not about him. This is about Byron Wien. He is an American investor and vice chairman of...
April isn’t historically one of the higher paying months with only 5 companies paying. I did receive a $36.23 special dividend from TROW, which helped. You’ll note that this wasn’t automatically reinvested as my dividends usually are. I guess that is just a consequence of the special dividend. My quarterly...
Apple just released strong second quarter results. Included among the report was an expansion of the capital return program to $200 billion by March 2017. The Board also approved an 11% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend. Shareholders of record on 5/11/2015 will receive a dividend of $.52 per share,...
Thanks to a post at Write Your Own Reality (WYOR) entitled, Using P2P Lending to Protect Against Short-Term Cash Needs, I decided to look into it a little more thoroughly. I first heard about it from a friend at work who has invested about $15,000 over the last few years....
If you’ve been following my latest posts, I did go ahead and sell MCD. As a dividend growth investor, stagnant stocks aren’t usually what would cause me to sell. In fact, I might even buy more or at least hold, allowing the reinvested dividends to be even more effective. It...
I first bought McDonald’s (MCD) in July 2013. I purchased 30 shares at that time for 100.999/share. I have collected $175.69 in dividends, which I reinvested back into the company, purchasing an additional 1.8391 shares. Despite purchasing nearly all the reinvested shares at a lower price than my initial purchase,...
March has historically been one of the higher payout months. This March did not disappoint with contributions coming from 18 of my 30 stocks. Total dividend income for March 2015 was $617.32. In March 2014 I received $258.07; in March 2013, I received $103.64; and in March 2012, I received...
There was a ton of activity today. First, I sold 100 shares of AAPL for a total of $12,660. AAPL is still the largest portion of my portfolio by far and will continue to be that way for awhile. However, I did want to diversify into other investments. I was...
February has traditionally been not that big of a dividend payout month. However, mostly thanks to AAPL, February isn’t too shabby anymore. Also, compared to last February, I also own two additional stocks which pay in the February quarter, CAT and O. In total, I received $279.47 in dividends for...
For my dividend growth investing portfolio I try to buy stocks that have wide moats and that I feel will be around for years to come. I recently read an article on Seeking Alpha discussing Emerson Electric and feel that it fits the bill. Today I purchased 44 shares of...
