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Vanguard High Dividend Yield (VYM) – 18% More of a Reason to Invest!

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Vanguard, one of the world’s biggest investment management companies – at over $6 trillion of assets under management, just released their distributions for Quarter 1 2021.

The community should know this, but I’ve been heavily investing in Vanguard’s High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) for the better part of 7+ months.  The dividend increase news had a tremendous impact on not just my passive income source – in terms of dividend income – but solidifies my investment strategy going forward!  Let’s see why. Continue reading →

AT&T Earnings Preview: 3 Things I Want to See From AT&T This Week

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AT&T investors. Get ready. This is about to be a very exciting, news filled week. AT&T is set to release earnings on January 27th. We are expecting some MAJOR news when the company reports its results. Will they beat earnings? Will they announce a dividend increase?  There are a lot of questions to be answered. In this article, I share THREE things that I want to see, and learn more about, when AT&T releases earnings.

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Dividend Income Summary: Lanny’s December 2020 Summary

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Community, we did it!  We finished this INSANE year of 2020.  The year marked by the global pandemic of COVID-19 – but WE DID IT!  We persevered, fought, bought dividend stocks, saved money and we are doing everything we can to keep up with our GOALS!  We are defeating COVID-19, vaccines are rolling out, economic stimulus is hitting the stock market and record highs are being hit on the daily within the S&P 500!

December is always the BIG dividend income month for dividend investors.  Did we set a record for dividend income to cap off 2020?  Did the pandemic strike the portfolio and cause us to take a step back?  Time to read more to find out!

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Dividend Stock Purchase: Lanny’s November 2020 Summary

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Welcome back to another month of Dividend Stock Purchases! The last 4-5 months have been heavy on our investment front.  Now the question that the community is wondering – was I able to keep the dividend stock purchase pace up?  The journey to financial freedom does not take breaks and one must continue to persevere through uncertainty, put cash to work and push that forward dividend income forward.  What did November activity show?  You will have to dive in and see the dividend stock purchases!

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Dividend Stock Purchase: Lanny’s October 2020 Summary – Over $160+ Dividends Added!

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Welcome back to another month of Dividend Stock Purchases! The last 3 months have been heavy on our investment front.  Now the question that the community is wondering – was I able to keep the dividend stock purchase pace up?  The journey to financial freedom does not take breaks and one must continue to persevere through uncertainty, put cash to work and push that forward dividend income forward.  September was no different, time to dive in!

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Dividend Stocks are Back! | Reinstating & Rising from the Dividend Cuts!

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Dividend Stocks are Back baby!  Now that earning releases are coming into full swing and businesses had time to reach and adjust due to COVID-19, results are MUCH better than expected.  In fact, some companies are making even more money now vs. during the pandemic.

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As a dividend investor, I witnessed many dividend stocks cut their dividend.  I am not talking just dividend cuts, but also dividend removals.  We are now a surprising 8 months of battling COVID-19.  There are signs that dividend stocks are back, as dividend increases have resumed. Continue reading →

5 Best Stocks to Buy: Our Recent Dividend Stocks Purchases

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We have another fun filled article about dividend investing. More importantly, this article discusses the stocks (and ETFs) we have purchased lately. The last week has been insane in the market. Despite volatility, we continue to put our hard earned cash to work.  In total, we purchased 4 companies and one ETF over the last week. Let’s review our recent stocks to buy.

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