Goal Accomplished! Crossing $1,750 Projected Dividend Income

2014 has been a crazy, unreal year for my portfolio.   I have pushed myself to invest more capital than I was comfortable investing for the sake of reaching financial independence that much faster.   When 2014 began, I was projected to earn only $750 in dividend income.  My portfolio only had $17k invested in income producing assets with some major funds just sitting on the sidelines.   When the calendar flipped, I initially set a projected dividend income of $1,500 and surpassed this total early in the year.  I decided to increase this goal $250 and set a new target of $1,750.   I can now proudly say I my projected annual dividend income is $1,752, surpassing my goal.  So how did I do it?

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Latest Stock Purchase 8/20/14 & 8/08/14 – Toys & Alcohol?

Hey everyone!  Within the last 12 days – 2 purchases have been made into my portfolio and they are newly initiated positions into two companies that I have never owned before but had performed thorough analyses over.  Looks like I’m getting into Toys and Alcohol?  Continue reading

August Transaction Summary – Week of 8/8/14

Another crazy week in the market. The week started and ended in the green with three red days in the middle.  Fortunately for me, I was able to benefit from a positive earnings release and stock for a lesser loss.   But the madness did not stop there, I used the proceeds of the sale to purchase another stock on the Diplomats Watch List!

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Diageo (DEO) Stock Analysis

Who owns the No.1 in: Scotch Whiskey, Canadian Whiskey, Premium Vodka, Liqueur, Gin & Stout in the world?  Ever hear of Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, Baileys, Tanquerray & Guinness.  We sure have and I’ve seen many friends drink these over the course of this past weekend even.  And it got us Diplomats thinking… who owns these guys?  I (Lanny) knew who owned Baileys and it caused the diplomats to get the coffee brewing and to crack open our research madness.

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