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Apple stock

Ah, yes. The stock everyone LOVES to talk about and the stock that has been driving everyone to buy, regardless of share price. Apple (AAPL) has been a stock that new and current investors have been buying throughout 2020. Apple stock has had a share price sky rocket and then, ultimately the stock split at the end of August. The Apple stock split allowed the price to look better-priced for other investors who may have thought it “looked” too expensive.

We are dividend investors here and dividend investors in this community. The question of – is Apple Stock one for a dividend investor’s portfolio? – has occurred more frequently than not. I decided to run through and perform an Apple stock analysis to formulate my response to that question! Continue reading →

My oh my. What a difference a month makes. In last month’s article, we discussed how dividend growth slowed and there may be an economic slowdown. This month, it is a completely different story. The coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic has spread and the economic impact has been unlike anything I have ever seen. The impact on individuals, small business and corporations is changing on a daily basis. For many companies, they are rethinking their 2020 strategic visions and changing their dividends & capital strategies on the fly. It will be tough to predict the expected dividend increases in 2020; however, we will highlight the companies that have historically announced dividend increases in April.

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