Thursday, October 29, 2015

101 Dividend Investing Tips from the Experts

Ever wondered how to get started in Dividend Investing. I recently was given the opportunity to contribute to this wonderful article on dividend investing alongside many experts. Although, between 49 of us we came up with over 300 different tips here were the top 101 chosen to be featured in this article. I hope many people are able to share and enjoy these. They have worked well for many of us!

http://dividendreference.com/guides/dividend-investing-tips/

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Recent Buy

On Wednesday October 14, 2015 I purchased 4 shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) for $60.20 a share. The company suffered the worst percentage decline since 1988 and followed up with another decline today. I think the selloff is overdone and happy I was able to add some more shares at a lower cost basis. The company announced a 2 year $20 Billion stock buyback plan. I would obviously like to see a bigger dividend take precedence over a sizable buyback, but at a current $0.49/quarterly dividend this should add $7.84+ to my annual dividend total.


Photo Source:http://www.abc10.com/story/news/local/sacramento/2015/08/26/sacramento-walmart-hiring/32411319/


Tuesday, October 6, 2015

September 2015 Dividend Update

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September has ended and brought with it another month of dividends reinvested into many companies in my portfolio. I am sad to see the warm weather and summer ending again. Work and school seem to be going along pretty well which is good, but I do not like the cold and long winters here very much. Maybe dividends can one day help give a more favorable spot for the winter one day.