Expected Dividend Increases in October 2018

Wow.  It is the fourth quarter already.  It is hard to believe that the calendar is about to turn and the leaves are about to change colors.  With a new month at hand, you know that means…another installment of our expected dividend increases series.  For those of you that are new to the blog, each month we summarize a listing of companies that are expected to announce dividend increases in the coming month.  The two of us LOVE dividend increases.  So we thought we would share some of the excitement with you.  Now, here are the companies expected to announce dividend increases in October!

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Bert’s Recent Stock Buys – KHC and NGG

Shortly after I purchased shares of KHC last week, I decided to jump back into the action.  Mr. Market presented two opportunities for investments that were on my watch list.  So I couldn’t resist the opportunity to add some nice dividend income, right?   Here is why I purchased additional shares of Kraft (again) and initiated a new position in National Grid (NGG)!

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Time to Pay off Your Loan Faster

The following post is a guest blog post from one of our good friends and he offers a unique-alternative to paying off your loans faster!   We don’t traditionally have these, but we always enjoy reading a different perspective and other avenues to take to become Financially Free!  Please see the post below and we thought it could be for something of consideration:

Time to Pay off Your Loan Faster

Borrowers are bound to feel relieved once they pay off their entire loan. By paying the loan amount back, you can enhance your savings. You’re bound to meet a higher rate of interest when you owe a higher amount of loan to your bank. For instance, the burden of your monthly loan may get lowered when you opt for a long-term agreement. Continue reading

Lanny’s Stock Purchases – September 10th through September 23rd

Can we get another article out about dividend stock purchases or what?  Yes, this is yet another dividend stock purchase article, covering my last two weeks of activity.  I am going to start doing this now, from an article standpoint, as my dividend stock purchases are becoming more frequent, due to certain life events and brokerage changes.  Though the stock market has continued to roar, set new highs and show the bullish signs, there are always dividend stocks being undervalued out there.  Therefore, I made a few purchases over the last two weeks and let’s find out what I bought!

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August Dividend Income From YOU the Bloggers!

The weather is starting to cool, the leaves are changing slightly and we wish everyone to be safe with the natural disasters occurring.  We are still on the dividend stock purchase spree, so the heat has still been up on that front!  Another month down, means another month where the community has crushed it for dividend income.  Our inspiration to push ourselves to invest every dollar we can comes from ALL OF YOU in the blogging community.  Each month, we read your income summaries to see how hard you are working to grow your income and relentlessly pursue financial freedom.   For those of you that are new followers, each month, we gather as many dividend income summaries from the community to share the results with all of you.  Here is the August installment of the Dividend Income from YOU the Bloggers series!

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Bert’s Recent Buy – Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)

After an inspirational discussion with Lanny over the weekend, I was looking to come out of the gates firing on Monday.   I was excited for the opportunity to add to my portfolio.  “firing out of the gates” may not be the best way to describe this purchase.  Overall, it wasn’t the largest.  But I was excited for the chance to add some nice income and continue to build a position in my portfolio .  Here is why I added to my position in Kraft Heinz (KHC)!

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Lanny’s Stock Purchases – August 13th through September 9th

I have been on quite the buying spree lately and have made 7 investment purchases within a 4 week window that I’m excited to share with everyone.  The stock purchases may be within a company that was already in my dividend portfolio or this could be an entire new position.  The one common trait that they all share is fairly simple – the stock purchases all produce growing dividends and pay on a quarterly basis!

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