All, I am very proud to say this, but this article series has come around full circle. One of the very first articles we wrote on this blog was about Dividend Aristocrats that were expected to announce a dividend increase during June, 2014. This article will represent our 12th summary and you know what that means, our website is getting ready to celebrate its one year anniversary! As a refresher, this monthly article series stemmed out of a love that me, Lanny, and many other dividend growth investors share….increasing dividends! So much so that it turned into a game as we would try our best to predict the increase that would be announced. While the game was fun, it was centered around the central idea that dividend growth is crucial for any DGI portfolio so that we can build a steady, growing income stream. Without the growth, our income stream would begin to lose its purchasing power annually as the growth in inflation would slowly erode the value of the income stream. With that being said, lets take a look at the first article in Year 2 and see which dividend Aristocrats are expected to announce a dividend increase in May.
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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
Lanny’s Recent Purchase – JNJ
Phew… almost thought for a minute or a month there, that I may go a full 30 days without a right on stock purchase. Well, I guess I couldn’t hold back for 30 days and have made a new stock purchase! Always having tricks up my sleeve and am able to make a move on Thursday of this last week, which is great, even if it wasn’t a large investment. However, it was a NEW investment to my portfolio, let’s take a look at who I was able to scoop up!
Expected Dividend Increases in April
One quarter is almost in the books. Lanny and I had quite the active month and added some nice dividend income to our portfolios, as Lanny purchased CAT (twice) and HCP and swapped LO for PM last week while I added four new stocks to my portfolio and re-upped my position in one tobacco stock (I’m not spoiling the surprise completely). As I said, a crazy month for us. While we were active and many companies paid dividends in March, it was a relatively quiet for Dividend Aristocrats as only a few were set to announce increases last month. Will that change in April? Did the companies follow through with their expected dividend increases last month? Let’s find out!
Top 5 Foundation Dividend Stocks for ANY Portfolio [May 2023 Update]
Hey everyone! I was sitting at my kitchen table doing an intense round of push-ups, reading articles and had a thought. I would love to share my point of view on the top 5 foundation dividend stocks that every beginning investor should own. Also, this could work for anyone that is also transitioning from more of the “sexy” (i.e. complex) type of investing into something that we, dividend investors, feel – just makes more sense.
In order to bring the excitement up a notch, we have drilled down to FIVE dividend stocks to be the foundation to YOUR dividend portfolio. The five dividend stocks represent different industries and hold the mighty, “Dividend Aristocrat”, crown, as well.