It’s summer, not yet, but here in Ohio it’s currently 70 degrees plus oddly enough and it’s only the beginning of May. My grass has started to sprout, er uhm.. giant green stalk actually and it’s time to get the mowing season started. I have a VERY Small lot and a brief background is my oil/gas powered “machine” went out on me at the beginning of LAST summer. Sure, I could have gone out to buy a new powered mower and spend $150-$300 on a gas powered-get out of my way lawn mower, I mean everyone has one of those and how the heck else do you cut grass if you don’t have an oiled-machine? I took a step back and went back into “time” for the method to my “huge” aka tiny lawn this year, which ended up being the frugal method. Look at this beast and let’s talk about it:
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!
Lanny’s Recent Purchase – Re-up in JNJ
Well, I became more consistent and maintained my eye sight on Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) last week. I decided to re-up on my position on Tuesday, as I had a free trade for that day and the stock price actually went in my favor. I had wanted to increase my position to approximately $1,500 and I was able to do that with this purchase. After this, I feel like I’d want this position even more rounded, at an even $3,000 amount. Let’s take a look at the quick purchase: Continue reading
Bert’s April Dividend Income
As a great band once said….”Another one bites the dust.” Another month bites the dust and we are now entering May. April was a crazy month that consisted of more transactions than I can remember for a while, the capstone of which was my investment in one of the largest railroad companies Norfolk Southern. Unfortunately though, I will not be reaping the dividend benefits from these transactions until next quarter. After seeing a minimal YOY increase of 8% in my dividend income in March, I am hoping that my investing throughout the first four months of the year will begin to show in April. Looks like it is time to dive in and review my April dividend income summary.
Lanny’s April Dividend Income
As time passes, so does a month of collecting dividend income. Four wild months are already in the books and the sun is shining here in Cleveland. Talk about a rarity these days. As spring is upon us, I think, it’s time to see what the 4th month of dividend income was able to bring and it marks 1/3 of the year being over. Now to the results
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
Bert’s Recent Purchase – NSC
Man has it been a busy couple of weeks purchasing stock and I couldn’t think of a better reason to be busy. Lanny purchased shares of Johnson and Johnson recently, and I am pretty jealous of him. JNJ is a great company and is a foundation stock that should belong in every dividend investors portfolio at some point. Nice pickup Lanny! But I couldn’t let him purchase stock without a response, right? So I also decided to purchase stock this week, and it is a company that fills a void in my portfolio. Let’s see which company was added this week!
