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 April Dividend Income
As time passes, so does a month of collecting dividend income. Four wild months are already in the books and the sun is shining here in Cleveland. Talk about a rarity these days. As spring is upon us, I think, it’s time to see what the 4th month of dividend income was able to bring and it marks 1/3 of the year being over. Now to the results
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!
Bert & Lanny’s Dividend Income Summary November
Another month down in the dividend income books. Monthly I will evaluate and show the results of which companies paid dividends, progress towards the year and comparison to the past. This is a great way to track my dividends to see if I’m on pace for financial freedom. We are changing it up going forward to have both Bert & Lanny’s dividend income summary into one post – to save on postings/focus for the month. This hopefully allows readers to also track and compare Lanny vs. Bert and who is dominating who in the dividend income playing field, isn’t that right BERT?! Now onto our November dividend income results! Time to step up to the plate
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.
Bert’s August Dividend Income Summary
Well, another month in 2014 is behind us. The 3rd quarter is nearly over…how crazy is that? While I may be a week late in writing this article, I figured it was as good of a time as any to review my August dividend income.
Bert’s July Investment Report
Wow, what a crazy end to the month! I felt like the last week was filled with can’t miss stock market action. It seemed like every minute I opened my eyes another chunk of my market value was missing. But it is okay, the decline has two factors I love: it increases the power of dividend re-investing and it creates new buying opportunities. Lanny recently wrote about on Friday 4 stocks that he is considering re-upping his position in because of this decline. For me, I may finally make my long-awaited move into the financial sector. I know I will be purchasing something next week; I just don’t know what that stock is yet. But it seems like Aflac is a very solid potential purchase and may be forcing my hand. Anyways, before I continue to babble about future purposes, I figured I would review my month of July Investment Report.