Monthly Archives: June 2015

Genuine Parts Company Stock Analysis

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Pullbacks in the stock market present some great opportunities in the stock market.  Thanks Captain Obvious.  When I see the whole market stumble substantially for a series of days, I begin looking to purchase stocks that typically trade at a premium that may now become discounted.  To me, that’s how you get the most bang for your buck in this kind of market environment.  While I was very close to following Lanny’s lead and purchasing JNJ, one of my favorite dividend stocks, there is still one stock I wanted to analyze to see if it would be a better fit for my portfolio.  So now, it is time to dive in and perform a stock analysis of Genuine Parts Company.

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3 Reasons I Would Sell a Stock

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As a dividend investor, I carry a buy and hold mentality with each stock purchase.  Once a stock enters my portfolio, it rarely leaves.  At least, that is the plan.  However, as we all know, whether it is investing or life, circumstances change over time and we have to adapt to the constantly changing environment.  For our investments, not all changes are positive and the changes may force us into a corner.  Do we continue to hold the stock?  Or do we sell?  Man does it suck typing that word out.   In this article, I am going to discuss 3 scenarios that would cause me to consider selling an investment and review my portfolio to see if any of my holdings fit 1 of the 3 descriptions.

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Power of the 401K Match for a Dividend Income Investor

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Ah, the beauty of being a dividend growth investor.  There are many, er, most of us that still work for an employer that isn’t our own self.  Most of us still work for a firm, a company, a business that pay us on a periodic basis throughout the year, whether that be hourly or salary.  As a benefit of working for such an organization – they may offer a matching policy for 401K contributions.  Today… yes Today, I want to go through the power of the 401K match has on our dividend portfolios!

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Bert’s May Dividend Income Summary

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What a month it has been.  The Cavs began their postseason push, the weather was beautiful, I had a nice vacation to New England, and I received some nice dividend checks this month!  What could be better.  Over the weekend, Lanny put together a rock solid list highlighting the dividend income received by some of you in the dividend investing community.  And I must say, that was one impressive list and it was fun to see how well everyone else performed.  It helps me focus and continue to push myself to build income streams as large as all of yours.  Some great motivation!  Anyways, Lanny left one person off of the list…me.  What the heck Lanny?  So let’s fix that and see how well I stacked up against myself and others during the month of May.

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Dividend Income for May from YOU the bloggers

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This month I wanted to take a different approach and create a summary report from all of the blog posts I read this morning related to May’s Dividend Income.  I’ll list out the website name, the individual and their May dividend income with a link to their article.  I won’t be going in any order – so don’t be afraid if your name is at the top or bottom of the list – it really goes in order of when I stumbled into your blog in the past or follow clicks from others comments to read your blog – so no real order here.  I am pumped to review all of your performances and share them in a summarized format for the community.  How did YOU perform?  Let’s check it out.

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Recent Purchase – Consolidated Edison

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I recently reloaded my Sharebuilder (now Capital One Investing…I know, it will take some time getting used to) with some extra capital and was ready to make a purchase.  We recently built a small watch list that had me focused on buying two stocks I already own.  But man, what a difference a week can make and after some time, a new stock entered the picture for me.  This is a stock Lanny and I have been watching for a while and are huge fans of the stock.  Not only is it a Dividend Aristocrat, but it is one of the five stocks we consider a foundation stock for any dividend portfolio.  Unfortunately my title gave the purchase away, so let’s see why I initiated a position in Consolidated Edison this week.

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Lanny’s May Dividend Income

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As time passes, so does a month of collecting dividend income. Five wild months are already in the books and the sun is shining here in Cleveland.  Talk about a rarity these days.  As spring is upon us, I think, it’s time to see what the 5th month of dividend income was able to bring.  Now to the results

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