As time passes, so does a month of collecting dividend income. Five 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 5th month of dividend income was able to bring. Now to the results
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Bert’s Recent Purchase – NSC
When I changed jobs recently, I received a nice pay increase and I could not wait to deploy the extra cash into the market. I figured that living off of my old salary and investing the extra capital would provide a much-needed jolt to my investing portfolio to help me reach my goal of investing $15,000 in fresh capital this year. To help automate this process, I began direct depositing $400 of my paycheck into my Capital One bank account, which means the funds are available to use in my portfolio instantly. While the $400 may seem small, a series of $400 purchases in a stock adds up quickly and you can establish a strong position in a stock before you know it. Why am I bringing all of this up? Because I was paid last week and had $400 to invest, which was perfect timing for one of the stocks I own and have been building a solid position in to continue to decrease. I think you all see where I am going with this….with my most recent purchase, I added to my growing position in Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC).
Lanny’s Recent Purchase – DOW
It’s been a few weeks since my last purchase in April, as I’ve been much more selective with what I’m deploying out there. I have officially received capital on Monday the 18th and was excited to see what the opening day was going to bring me. One stock I had a look out for was increasing around $1 per share and I just wasn’t feeling the additional market value appreciation and thought I’d grab them again at some point soon. However, this company below was also on my list. I set in a price for a limit order and I kid you not – it dipped down to just a cent over it without triggering the purchase! BUT… the end of the day occurred and the stock dipped to the price (actually did hit a penny below it) and my limit order triggered and boom, we now have a new purchase… and it’s a familiar one.
Crossing $55,000 in Market Value & $2,000 in Dividend Income
As we mentioned in our blog’s one year anniversary post a few days ago, my portfolio has crossed a couple of major milestones recently and I am very excited to finally share them with the community. Over the couple of months, I have crossed both $55,000 in Market Value and $2,000 in Projected Dividend Income. I still can’t believe it, as it seems like just yesterday I was crossed $40,000 in market value (last June) and $1,750 in projected dividend income (last August). Two round, iconic numbers in my eyes. It has been a fun journey between milestones, so lets take a look at how I got there.
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Expected Dividend Increases in May
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.
Top 5 Low Dividend Yield, High Dividend Growth Stocks
I’m very excited to dive into this research and find what we think are the best 5 low yield, high dividend growth stocks. We are only going to focus on the dividend aristocrats, who have increased dividends for 25+ years consecutively, as a baseline/filter out of stocks. This will then keep us focused on a good barrel fool instead of a whole potential market full of stocks. As the dividend world goes – typically if you invest into a lower yielding stock, it is compensated by a high dividend growth percentage, at least one would hope. The case would be vice versa – a high dividend yield stock, would typically have a low dividend growth percentage. Who is on our list for the top 5 spots? Let’s find out!
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