Dividend Growth Investing
Why I Bought 1 Share of WestRock in my IRA Account
Because I could! That is without a commission cost for the first time. Yes the race to zero has finally arrived. After decades of “discounts” ranging from $19.95 to the more recent $4.95 standard commission cost. Monday Oct 7, 2019 marked the first day of 0$ commission trades at major online brokers Charles Schwab, TD […]
Two New Screeners: Dividend Contenders and Challengers
We have expanded our dividend growth stock coverage to include Dividend Contenders, companies that have increased their dividends 10-24 years, and Dividend Challengers which have increased dividends between 5-9 years. The naming convention and original dividend growth stock investing classification was designed by David Fish in his CCC “Dividend Champions” spreadsheet, which is currently maintained by […]
Your Investment Survival Tool
In the old west your daily survival literally depended on the reliability and power of your most closely held tool – your rifle. In 1873 a new popular rifle was produced. Buffalo Bill called it “The Boss” but Winchester called it, simply, the new model of 1873. The “Winchester 73” was born. Its lever action that […]
New Portfolios for Dividend Growth Investors!
If you do not have the time to screen stocks or are not sure how to build a diversified portfolio you can refer to our sample portfolios! Each portfolio consists of the strongest dividend growth companies from each sector to build a diversified portfolio. In general, stocks with lower dividend yields and faster dividend growth are […]
Win Shares of Realty Income in March Madness!
Get ready for March Madness! To celebrate my recent early retirement I’m hosting a March Madness Basketball Tournament Challenge – With PRIZES! You can win shares of my favorite dividend growth stock – Realty Income (O). March Madness and Realty Income – Woot! You gotta love it! What? Don’t follow college baskeball? No worries, trust […]
Step 2 – Use the Best Source of Passive Income
This post is the second of a four step ‘Financial Freedom Kick-Starter Tutorial’ that I am working on. The objective is to provide everything you need to know to start your journey to financial freedom. What is Passive Income? According to Wikipedia: “Passive income is income resulting from cash flow received on a regular basis, […]
What is the First Step to Financial Freedom?
This post is the first of a four step ‘Financial Freedom Kick-Starter Tutorial’ that I am working on. The objective is to provide everything you need to know to start your journey to financial freedom. It will be packed with thirty years of investing experience boiled down into a simple easy-to-follow program. Ready? Here we […]
Updated Fair Value Estimates and Home Depot’s Dividend Increase
The fair value estimates for all screeners have been updated (occurs weekly). Here are the major increases and decreases since they were last updated: Fair Value Increases AMT from $150 to $156 BA from $330 to $337 CORE from $34.18 to $39.80 ERIE from $138.10 to $152.79 HON from $150 to $160 MGRC from $54.91 […]
Adding Forums and Sector History
Forums The forums are back. I promise not to take them away like I did 5 years ago mainly due to time limitations. There is some good discussions and info in them. Funny in a strange and sad way that some topics are timely again (there was a government shutdown in 2013 too.) You can […]
Updated Dividend Growth Rates for 2018
All of the screeners have been updated with each companies 2018 dividend growth, which is shown in the ‘1 Yr DGR’ column. Likewise, the 3 year average dividend growth rate and 5 year average dividend growth rate columns include each companies 2018 dividend growth rate in their calculation. Also, the weekly fair value estimates have […]