Hopefully your stomach has been able to endure the extreme volatility, as of late. April was a fairly positive month on the valuation front, but there are always stock opportunities. Let’s buckle up and read Lanny’s Dividend Stock Watch List – May Edition.
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Lanny’s January Dividend Income Summary
Currently is ice raining here in Cleveland. However, for the most part, winter has been warm and even sunny on a few days. One thing, though, is certain. Dividend income arrives – rain, snow or shine baby! Time to warm up and check on the dividend income that my stock portfolio delivered last month!
Lanny’s January Dividend Income
YES! January of 2016 is already in the books. Can you believe it? Already one month down and here we are, getting started with the first monthly dividend income post for the new year. I am pumped. Why? Because this is the first month to see what rewards were benefited from the 2015 work, and is also the first month to start tracking the yearly progress. January was a crazy month in the stock market, but we like crazy, right? You betcha. Without further a-do, let’s check out the January Dividend Income Total!
Bert’s September Dividend Income Summary
September was a crazy month and it flew by. It felt like every day Lanny and I were either receiving a dividend, purchasing a stock, or watching for a dividend increase announcement. There was just a ton going on. September was also huge for me since I was able to knock out my first 2015 goal: Investing $15,000 in “New Capital” in 2015. With the recent downturn, I have felt as compelled as ever to maintain a low cash balance to purchase some great discounted dividend growth stocks. Now that the month is over, I can finally breathe and take a step back to assess my monthly dividend income and compare the total to prior periods. Let’s see the results for September.
Bert’s Recent Purchases – PM and CVX
Lanny isn’t the only one to purchase stock recently, as I re-upped a stake in one position and initiated a new position in another. Both transactions have occurred over the last couple of weeks and added a nice sum of dividend income to my portfolio. This month has been crazy for me and has been one of my highest frequency trading months since I started investing a few years ago. Let’s see which companies I added!
Decision Made… Philip Morris > Lorillard
After the long thought debate and analysis on whether I should maintain my Lorillard (LO) holding or sell and rejuvenate my position into Philip Morris (PM), my decision was made. You can remember last week, my LO stock was close to hitting the ceiling potential and the valuation on the stock just wasn’t showing that it was an appropriate valuation anymore, as well as my brief research into Reynolds American. I wanted to know my money was going to transition into an undervalued stock, and that it was under my control to make that decision/action happen… And it was. Continue reading