Bert’s Recent Buy – 3M Company (MMM)

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Well everyone, Lanny wasn’t the only one on this website to take advantage of the market downturn as he purchased JNJ earlier in the week.   After finishing my recent obsession of building up my stake in IBM a few weeks ago, I began hoarding cash with a new target in mind.  I have been monitoring this company on and off over the last year or so and the recent downturn in the market presented too good of an opportunity for me to continue sitting on the sideline.   Let’s see which stock I purchased this week!

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Lanny’s Recent Purchase – JNJ

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Mr. Market you can keep taking that downturn all you want.  As long as us Dividend Diplomats have capital and we feel there is an opportunity, we are going to try and strike, in the words of Austin Carr – throw the hammer down.  The market was on a nice decline today, came slightly back, but then took another slide in the park for us.  Let’s dive in about who, why and how much I bought of a certain stock!

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Bert’s August Income and Expense Summary

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Last month I ended my three-month hiatus of posting savings rates articles and afterwards, I vowed to publish my monthly summary in a timely fashion.   One of my goals for 2015 is to defeat the Dividend Diplomats’ Savings Challenge and save 60% of my monthly income 6 times in 2015.  Will I be able to recover from my just miss in July, where I saved 56.9% of my income?  Let’s find out!

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Lanny’s August Dividend Income

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August is already in the midst of wrapping up and I have tallied my dividend income total for the month.  Again, not a typically high month for me as a dividend income investor, but everything has been truly phenomenal and I am grateful for any dollar that I receive for efforts that I had placed in the past.  That’s what the journey is about, to start seeing the fruit from the seeds being planted, weeks, months and years ago.  August, thank you – let’s see what you brought in from the patch.

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Bert’s August Dividend Income Summary

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Last month Lanny beat me to the punch and unleashed an amazing $740 dividend income month in July.    It was a tough act to follow, especially considering that I came close but fell short of beating him.  While it is unlikely to happen again, there is one thing I can promise….I will get my article out first this month!   That really is not the point here though.  We write these articles monthly so we can track our progress and see how far along we have come in such a short period of time.   We have been in the dividend investing community for nearly a year and a half now and writing this article each month never gets old.  With that being said, let’s take a look at my August dividend income summary.

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Investing Lesson Learned: Always Have a Watch List Prepared

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This week, I learned a valuable investing lesson that caused me to miss a great opportunity in the market.   Luckily, this lesson did not result in a realized loss like lessons in the past, so I can’t complain too much.  However, I did miss a golden opportunity to capitalize on Mr. Market taking a crazy turn (even more so than a few months ago).   What lesson did I learn and how will I apply it going forward?

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Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Stock Analysis

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What a great time to come out with a dividend stock analysis, with the market taking a burn down, AGAIN.  This has allowed other stocks to pop up on the radar and intrigues me to dig a little deeper on a few stocks.  This time – we are going coast to coast, from country to country and I am getting geared up to have a nice little Fantasia on what Disney is all about.  We all grew up watching Mickey, Minnie, Donald and the gang as a kid, now time to look at them again as an adult or a dividend stock investor.  Let’s see what magic we can find here!

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