Notable Dividend Increases during November

It has been some wild ride this month – no doubt.  Companies have begun/continued to release their ever so exciting dividend increases and I’m here smiling to receive them, that’s for sure.  Some have increased them at a not so high level, some right on where you’d expect and others have had surprisingly nice dividend increases.  I’m sadly going to be very conceited and focus on the dividend stocks in my portfolio that have made announcements mid-way through November.  I primarily will be focused on the companies, years they have increased, the impact to the portfolio and essentially, bringing it all together to show why we are dividend investors.  Okay, enough of this Italian typing away, let’s get to the article. 

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October Dividend Income from YOU the Bloggers

Another month down and we are quickly approaching 2016.  HOLY FREAKING SMOKES!   Guess it is time to start brainstorming some new, fresh goals for ourselves as we prepare for the calendar.  This year has been amazing for many of us, as we have pushed ourselves to invest as much as possible and set surpassed several investing milestones along the way.  Such as investing X amount of new capital during the calendar year or blowing past an insane dividend income milestone.    Now, let’s take some time to reflect on how well us and many others in the community have grown.  This is the October edition of our dividend income summary from others in the dividend growth investing community.  REIT-Investing-Up

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Lanny’s Recent Purchase – HCP

November is underway folks!  The market has had a blood bath out there and it was time for me to re-up in a position that I already had a stake in.  Let’s just say – it was about time to pump my retirement accounts back up, since I haven’t contributed to that bad boy in months.  Let’s see what purchase transaction I had!
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Why I’m Considering Cutting the Cord & Dropping Cable

Lanny inspired me this week to call my cable provider, AT&T, and see if I could reduce my current monthly bill of about $110/month.  I know this is extremely expensive and the bill is almost split evenly between internet and TV.   However, unlike his success story of helping his family reduce their bill, I left my phone conversation frustrated and craving some better alternatives.  Darn you AT&T, why must you pay me such a great dividend!   I figured I would document some of the research I have been performing all  morning as I search the internet for better solutions.

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Lanny’s Recent Purchase – KMI (Again…)

Well, well… the iron strikes again on the same pipeline stock.  One couldn’t resist the aftermath throughout last week and I had to end the month of October on a strong point.  Heck, even Bert purchased additional shares into Kinder Morgan (KMI) at the end of October.  Looks like I had to end the month of October with a bang, and with a bang I did.
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Lanny’s October Dividend Income

October is here!  World Series baseball is in full swing and we are counting down the months to the end of the year.  Holidays are amongst us with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.  Now is the time we really start to make the final push towards our final goals, investing metrics and dividend goals.  Now… to the numbers!

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Bert’s October Dividend Income Summary

Another month down.  Holy smokes, we are only two months away from 2016.  Man oh man does time fly by.  Kind of scary when you think about it.  Now that October has come to an end, it is time to put together my monthly dividend income summary and dissect one of the best feelings out there…receiving a dividend for doing absolutely nothing.  Without further ado, let’s review my October dividend income summary!

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