Recent Blog Posts
Fair Value Updates & Dividend Increases
The following nine companies that are followed on our watchlist had fair value increases this past week. Percentage wise CNI and MSFT were exceptional upgrades. You gotta love JNJ and KO they just keep plugging along. CNI from $50 to $58 HAS from $74 to $77 JNJ from $102 to $104 KO from $43 to […]
10 New Dividend Growth Stocks Worth Watching
After recently looking over the the list of 50 Dividend Aristocrats. I decided to look over all companies that have raised their dividends for 17 or more years in search for companies that I’m not already watching that would make good dividend growth stocks. Companies that I would be willing to purchase at the right […]
Dividend Aristocrats outperform S&P 500 by 8% annually over past 10 years
I recently read two articles about how the Dividend Aristocrats have outperformed the market. You may have heard of Dividend Champions which is a compilation that most dividend growth investor use, but not Divided Aristocrats. Both Dividend Champions and Dividend Aristocrats cover stocks with 25 or more consecutive years of dividend increases. So what’s the […]
Fair Value Update and 6 Dividend Growth Stocks added to the Watchlist
The following dividend growth stocks received fair value increases by Morningstar for the week ending 4/8/2016. APD from $140 to $146 CAH from $73 to $79 MCD from $122 to $128 There were several significant decreases in fair value as well mostly in the down beaten oil patch: CL from $73 to $71 CVX from […]
Oil, Oil, Swimming in Oil
I remember in high school when my track coach Mr. Barnes “Barney” asked me and my best friend Bobby (our teams most excellent pole vaulter) to go get gas for his Honda Civic. Huh? We said: “uh? sure thing coach!” Wait?… Was our hard-nosed disciplinarian coach letting us off the hook on our 100 yard wind […]
Watchlist Fixed, No buys last week
The Watchlist page has been fixed! It now displays all relevant data to find the best dividend growth stocks and when they are trading at a discount to fair value. With the market returning to November highs (DJIA above 17,500) I did not buy any stock this week or add to any positions. Personally I […]
Balancing my Portfolio Sector Weighting
This past winter the collapse of oil prices and the reduced forecasts in global growth (mainly China) have brought about some deep bargains in the Energy and Industrial sectors. During the sell off I purchased a little too much of a good thing. In doing so my portfolio became overweight in these sectors and too […]
Fair Value Increases
The following dividend growth stocks received fair value increases by Morningstar for the week ending 3/25/2016. ACN from $98 to $101 ADP from $77 to $79 KMB from $106 to $109 The new fair value prices have been updated on the ‘Check for Undervalued Stocks’ and ‘Watchlist’ pages. Naturally when the value of a company […]
New Tools and Cisco Systems
New Tools I have recently added two new tools that I use to help identify buying opportunities. The first is my Watchlist and the second is a 10×10 scoring chart developed by David Van Knapp. They are both listed on the main menu. Once you go to the page scroll down to the bottom to […]
101 Dividend Investing Tips from the experts
I was recently offered the opportunity to provide some investing tips for an article edited by Jimmy Atkinson of Dividend Reference entitled: “101 Dividend Investing Tips from the experts“. He surveyed 49 dividend investing experts and compiled the best 101 tips. Whether you are an experienced investor or just beginning you will find excellent advice […]