Bert’s Recent Buy – Target (TGT)

Posted on July 1, 2016 by DividendDiplomats

I just couldn’t sit on the sideline any longer. For those of you that have followed our blog over the last month, you would have realized that there was one stock I have been fixated on…Target (TGT). It was the number 1 stock on my June watch list for a reason. Over the month, I was patiently waited for the right moment to strike. When I went to buy, the stock price increased. When I wasn’t able t access the internet to actually purchase the stock, the price fell. Finally, the stars aligned as the markets had two terrible days after the Brexit situation. Time to check out why and most importantly, how much TGT stock I purchased this week!

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Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Stock Analysis (SWK)

Posted on May 4, 2016 by DividendDiplomats

I’m always on the hunt for a new, outstanding dividend growth stock to add to my portfolio or add to my next watch list. To start this search, I pulled up a handy listing of Dividend Aristocrats and began digging away. After some research, there was one stock that caught my eye and made my ears perk. So you know what, I decided to perform a stock analysis on the company and see how well the company fit my portfolio. That company is…Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK). Let’s see how well the company performed when put through the Dividend Diplomats Stock Screener and a few other metrics!

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Lanny’s February Stock Watch List

Posted on March 6, 2016 by DividendDiplomats

Needless to say, the stock market has been a “mean green” this past week and man, the buying opportunities are drying up and fast! It feels like it was just yesterday that we were battling low oil prices and other commodity fluctuations, that was ultimately causing the entire market to head south for the winter. Then, the curveball of the green machine of the stock market kept roaring this week and was breaking some ground – even with some of the major macro economic factors still in play. I can’t make much of it, but I do have a watch list of stocks that I have my eyes on. Come check them out!

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Recent Buy – Citizens & Northern (CZNC)

Posted on January 31, 2016 by DividendDiplomats

Well…well…well….it looks like January ended the same way it started for me….with buying a stock! At the beginning of the month I was able to add to my stake in ADM, a darling of the dividend investors community of late due to drop in stock price over the last few months. And after the boom that occurred at the end of the month, I was happy I purchased shares in ADM when I did. After my ADM purchase, there was a little bit of a lull period when I sat on the sidelines as the madness unfolded. Until the end of the month, when I accidentally stumbled on a great opportunity. You guessed it, I purchased some additional shares of one of my Roth holdings Citizens and Northern Corporation (CZNC). See why I purchased more shares in this community bank. CZNC

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Interview with Ben at Sure Dividend

Posted on January 23, 2016 by DividendDiplomats

At the end of 2015, we began conducting interviews with others in this wonderful community. One of the best part about it all is how willing everyone is to share their knowledge and encourage each other to become the best investor they can be and reach financial freedom as soon as possible. Our first two interviews were Dividend Hustler and Tawcan. Both their stories were fascinating and it was great learning about them! So now, here comes interview number three. Let’s all take some time and get to know Ben, the founder of SureDividend.com!

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Interview with Tawcan

Posted on November 15, 2015 by DividendDiplomats

Last month we announced that we were going to begin an interview series and help share some of our favorite dividend bloggers with the community. We think our first interview of one of our favorites, Dividend Hustler, went really well and hopefully many of you found out why Hustler’s kindness and humor make for one entertaining blog. Couldn’t be happier to have gotten to know Ty. Now, we wanted to interview another one of our favorite bloggers….Tawcan!

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My Greece Strategy

Posted on June 27, 2015 by DividendDiplomats

There have been a lot of major news stories over the last week covering topics ranging from social to financial issues. It seems like every day there was some new development that had major implication, which is a great fit for our 24 hour news cycles. The one story that has a substantial impact on us dividend growth investors is the continuing saga in Greece. Once again, we find ourselves staring a default, departure from the European Union, etc., in the face and worst of all at any second a decision could be made that could send shock waves through the financial markets. It finally hit me, I didn’t have a plan to capitalize on a potential downturn in the market. But that all changes now.