Do you know what Hot Wheels, Matchbox Cars, Barbie, Polly Pocket and American Girl have in common? They are all owned by a company called Mattel (MAT) and I am here to dive into this playful stock to see what bin of hopefully positive findings come from it. They are one of the world’s most renowned toy products seller and their portfolio is very expansive. Let’s take a look…
As I said in my June investment report, I had a couple of purchases up my sleeve for July. I was getting a little tired of sitting on the sidelines. So today, I decided to invest $1745 in two stocks that I already own. Here is my transactions summary for my purchases today.
Aflac (AFL) is one of the dividend aristocrats and have taken a small hit year-to-date of about 6% to their stock price. The one tough thing to swallow is it’s heavy operations in Japan and then the remaining portion in US. This may cause currency translation fluctuations, as well as having too many of your eggs in 1/few baskets. Let’s dive into this stock, as I actually have a position in them already, they are a nice aristocrat (increasing dividends for 25+ years) and are one of few stocks to be on the downside Year-To-Date.
We are at the mid-point everyone! This is a great time to reflect on our goals, see what changes we need to make going forward and to assess what went right/wrong, and to make decisions from there. I am extremely excited to close the first half of the year, but am ever-so looking forward to the next half. Let’s see what June 2014 brought in my June Investment Report.
Lanny is not the only person to hit a milestone this year. We are only 6 months into 2014 and I reached my ending market value goal of $40,000. Through a healthy dose of appreciation, dividend payments, and a Roth 401(k) match from my employer, my portfolio has finally crossed this benchmark.
Can we say the best month in dividend income I have ever received? Let me repeat that – NEW DIVIDEND INCOME FOR THE MONTH RECORD! I am so fortunate to be able to talk and write about the production from my cash flowing, dividend producing portfolio. I was very excited to go into the month of June, as many other bloggers were aware based on the comments from their posts. With all of that being said, let us take a look at the month’s recap of the June dividend income I received:
Hey everyone. It’s that time again, to guess which companies will announce a Dividend Increase! As a dividend growth investor, I enjoy seeing which companies increase their dividend and attempting to guess the announced increase. As we approach the final business week of the month, we will project which Dividend Aristocrats will announce a dividend increase in July based on their dividend history.