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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Expected Dividend Increases in June 2015
I alluded to this fact in my article last month, but I have now officially completed a 12 month cycle in my expected dividends increases article! This has been one of our more consistent articles in our one year of blogging and I have enjoyed summarizing Dividend Aristocrats that are expected to announce dividend increases in the upcoming month. Why? Because it has introduced me to many new dividend paying stocks that I never considered before because either the yield is too low or they do not receive the same coverage as your Walmarts, PGs, JNJs, etc. So now that we completed one 12-month cycle, let’s begin a new chapter and review Dividend Aristocrats that are expected to announce a dividend increase in June 2015!
Dividend Diplomats May Watch List
Okay everyone, we are almost 5 months into the year and how are we doing with our goals? Any stocks on the radar? Well, us Dividend Diplomats have a few stocks on our watch list and we are ready to dive into what we are seeing in the market, what undervalued dividend investing stocks are worth taking a peak at. Maybe some we already own or some we don’t even have a position yet. OR maybe a stock or two the other diplomat owns and we jealous and want a piece of the action! Whatever it may be – lets go take a look at what is on our May Dividend Stock Watch List!
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Crossing $55,000 in Market Value & $2,000 in Dividend Income
As we mentioned in our blog’s one year anniversary post a few days ago, my portfolio has crossed a couple of major milestones recently and I am very excited to finally share them with the community. Over the couple of months, I have crossed both $55,000 in Market Value and $2,000 in Projected Dividend Income. I still can’t believe it, as it seems like just yesterday I was crossed $40,000 in market value (last June) and $1,750 in projected dividend income (last August). Two round, iconic numbers in my eyes. It has been a fun journey between milestones, so lets take a look at how I got there.
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Expected Dividend Increases in May
All, I am very proud to say this, but this article series has come around full circle. One of the very first articles we wrote on this blog was about Dividend Aristocrats that were expected to announce a dividend increase during June, 2014. This article will represent our 12th summary and you know what that means, our website is getting ready to celebrate its one year anniversary! As a refresher, this monthly article series stemmed out of a love that me, Lanny, and many other dividend growth investors share….increasing dividends! So much so that it turned into a game as we would try our best to predict the increase that would be announced. While the game was fun, it was centered around the central idea that dividend growth is crucial for any DGI portfolio so that we can build a steady, growing income stream. Without the growth, our income stream would begin to lose its purchasing power annually as the growth in inflation would slowly erode the value of the income stream. With that being said, lets take a look at the first article in Year 2 and see which dividend Aristocrats are expected to announce a dividend increase in May.
Top 5 Low Dividend Yield, High Dividend Growth Stocks
I’m very excited to dive into this research and find what we think are the best 5 low yield, high dividend growth stocks. We are only going to focus on the dividend aristocrats, who have increased dividends for 25+ years consecutively, as a baseline/filter out of stocks. This will then keep us focused on a good barrel fool instead of a whole potential market full of stocks. As the dividend world goes – typically if you invest into a lower yielding stock, it is compensated by a high dividend growth percentage, at least one would hope. The case would be vice versa – a high dividend yield stock, would typically have a low dividend growth percentage. Who is on our list for the top 5 spots? Let’s find out!
Defining Yield on Cost (The YOC!)
This post will be an investing lesson regarding a certain investing topic that dividend investors will occasionally use when they discuss performance and metrics. It is similar to your yield and is a huge proponent for how long you hold onto an investment, the activities that happen within that investment, as well as the pros and cons of measuring such a metric. The topic that I’d like to discuss today is the Yield on Cost or, as I like to call it – The YOC! And no… this is not the same thing as in the NFL or YAC (Yards after catch), close though! Let’s talk about The YOC! Continue reading