The first quarter has come and gone, just like that. It seems like yesterday we were lining up our 2017 goals articles with wide-eyed optimism about what 2017 is going to bring for each one of us. As with the end of each month, we each take our time summarizing our dividend income income from the month to check our progress and see the fruits of our labor/hard work. Time to check out how my results from March. Here is my March Dividend Income summary!
Idle Cash Sitting Under the Couch Cushion
The title alone to the article makes me mad! It has been over 2 straight months of no additional stock or investment purchase and it is very puzzling but easy to understand why at the same time. Each stock I analyze either has a just a tad high price to earnings ratio, or the debt I am considering to pay down just doesn’t make as much sense based on the pure numbers. What’s a guy to do? See why I am sitting on Idle Cash and it’s building under the cushion of my couch at this moment! Plus – see potential ideas/moves for the idle cash I have.
Expected Dividend Increases in April 2017
It has been a long, long time since we have published one of these articles on our website. For those of you who are not familiar, for the first year and a half of our website, every month we published a listing of Dividend Aristocrats that we are expecting to announce a dividend increase in the coming month. Why did we bring back the article this month? Well, because there are some epic names (both Aristocrats and non-Aristocrats) on April’s listing. Let’s dive in!
Bert’s March Dividend Stock Watch List
The first quarter is racing to a close here! It has been over a month since my last stock purchase, T.Rowe Price Group, and I am starting to get the itch to buy again! The market has presented a few opportunities that caught my eye over the last few weeks. Here are the three stocks on my March watch list and hopefully you will be writing about another purchase article soon!
5 Ways to Save on a Vacation – Diplomat Style
Okay, so now that busy season is over, my wonderful girlfriend is doing quite a bit of a “fun” full court press for a vacation or a trip of some sort. With the stress that’s occurred over the last few months – an all inclusive deal is being talked about. Now – I won’t go off and pay for or book any vacation on the spur of the dime, the first mention of doing one or the knee jerk reaction. The old-old Lanny would have done this maybe 10 years ago or so, but not Mr. “on the path to financial freedom” Lanny and how much further can we save for it and/or reduce the cost? However – I do agree a trip, new adventures and a break is WELL needed and definitely think it would be a perfect idea, right now, yesterday and tomorrow. So what did I/We do to analyze this?
My Annoying $100 Loss
Over the last few weeks, my wife and I have been dealing with a slightly annoying situation at our home that in total, has put us about $100 in the hole. Usually on this site, our non-stock annoyances are a result from the expenses of owning a car or some service provider unexpectedly increase their bill. Not this time though and unfortunately, my wife and I had to bite a $100 bullet and accept the loss.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Dividend Stock Analysis
Whoa! Shaking off the cobwebs on my full-on dividend stock analysis skills here. It’s been quite some time since I’ve independently wrote an article on one dividend stock out there. Given that my busy season has wound down, I though tit would be a great time to shake the rust and really dive into a company that I not only own, but is a highly visible company in the market place. With the tides in the market thus far this year, the increase of rates, the election, etc.. the stock market has never been so unpredictable. With that, we need to have a sense of security to the cash we have saved in order to deploy the appropriate capital to a company. In terms of security – here is dividend stock that is of high quality as it relates to network and data security… Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO).
