TD Visa now charge a 1% fee on credit card balance transfer – myfirst50000.com Its always kind of a bad day when you have to give that big cheque for rent. I mean why is it costing that much only to have a root under my head? Toooo bad. A couple of hundred bucks just gone with the wind.I was all so happy yesterday: just like magic, my non-registered portfolio was hitting back the 120k! I never taught I was going to hit it again anytime soon… Continue Reading On myfirst50000.com » Robert Half International, Inc. (RHI) Declares $0.16 Quarterly...
Avoid No-Growth Dividend Stocks – dividends4life.com When building a dividend growth portfolio many people look at how many consecutive years a company has increased its dividend. A company that has raised its dividend every year for 50 consecutive years, for example, is likely to continue the practice. But this record of consistency alone is not enough to justify a place in my Ultimate Dividend Growth Portfolio, a paper portfolio which you can Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Seagate Technology (STX) Declares $0.38 Quarterly Dividend; 4.1% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Seagate+Technology+%28STX%29+Declares+%240.38+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+4.1%25+Yield/8295321.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com...
Be Fraud Aware: Protect Your Money – dividendninja.com This post has been written on behalf of the B.C. Securities Commission, to bring awareness to the – Be Fraud Aware app. Investment fraud isn’t something we consider until it is on the front-page news and media. But investment fraud is more common place than unsuspecting investors may realize… Continue Reading On dividendninja.com » Gladstone Capital (GLAD) Passes Through 9% Yield Mark – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Tuesday, shares of Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASD: GLAD) were yielding above the 9% mark...
Today was the first day of the summer in Montreal – myfirst50000.com I went for shopping pass noon today and it was great to feel the heat of the sun. I was wearing jeans, a sweatshirt and running shoes… and I was very hot. So I went back on, pick on a summer dress and I went back to my little escapade. Wearing a summer dress on the end of April felt real nice… Continue Reading On myfirst50000.com » Early Retirement Is Impossible Because Of Health Insurance Costs…Not! – dividendmantra.com After some recent mainstream media attention on this blog and...
Weekend Reading Links – April 28, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing insights found on the web. They were written by various members of the Dividend Investing and Value Network over the past week: Articles From DIV-Net Members Dividends4Life presented A Disciplined Approach To Dividend Stocks Dividend Growth Investor presented When to sell my dividend stocks? The Dividend Guy presented 17 Dividend Stocks with Both EPS & Sales Growth on Fire Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Better Investing Members Favored Stocks 40percent 20years presented The...
Dividend Links – thedividendguyblog.com 1. Why I Love Dividend Growth Investing @ Dividend Mantra. 2. Genuine Parts Company (GPC) Dividend Stock Analysis @ DGS. 3. Is Google or Amazon The New 21st Century Conglomerate? @ IS. 4. PepsiCo – Dividend Fact Sheet @ Dividend Engineering. 5. EZCorp As Pie @ Barel Karsan. 6. When to sell my dividend stocks? @ DGI… Continue Reading On thedividendguyblog.com » Dividend Growth: Freedom Through Passive Income Book Review – dividendgrowthinvestor.com Several months ago, Mike from Dividend Guy Blog sent me his book and asked me for a review. I did not receive any compensation for this review, other than a free copy of the US version...
Dividend Investing For Beginners – dividendmantra.com I realize that there are some people who have found my blog recently for the first time. I’ve been receiving some emails from readers asking for information on how to start out dividend growth investing and really where to begin. This is important information, and it’s a shame I haven’t really covered this before… Continue Reading On dividendmantra.com » Energy Transfer (ETE and ETP) MLP Update – thediv-net.com Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (ETE) is at the top of a complex energy partnership structure involving Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), Regency Energy Partners (RGP), Southern Union...
Dividend Income For March 2013 – thediv-net.com Welp, personally I’m glad March is over. I don’t know where you live, but here March came in like a lion and left like a man eating shark. We still have piles of snow and below freezing temperatures which means this will be the 7th consecutive month of having snow on the ground. I think those global warming groups need to find a hobby because I’m not seeing these hotter temperatures they keep going on about… Continue Reading On thediv-net.com » Is It Possible To Find Decent Telecom Plays For A Dividend Portfolio?...
IBERIABANK Breaks Above 200-Day Moving Average – Bullish for IBKC – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In trading on Tuesday, shares of IBERIABANK Corp (NASD: IBKC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $48.91, changing hands as high as $48.97 per share. IBERIABANK Corp shares are currently trading up about 1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of IBKC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » T Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW) Declares $0.38 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/T+Rowe+Price+Group%2C+Inc.+%28TROW%29+Declares+%240.38+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+2%25+Yield/8271557.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com »...
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI) Declares $0.12 Special Dividend; 1% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Northwest+Bancshares%2C+Inc.+%28NWBI%29+Declares+%240.12+Special+Dividend%3B+1%25+Yield/8267591.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Success Outliers: Dividend Growth Stocks – dividends4life.com In his bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell explained the idea that success in many fields comes from factors that may be unusual in the population at large, but that are quite common among the outliers themselves. Dividend growth stocks are usually considered to be boring, “defensive” investments… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Ex-Div Reminder for Core Laboratories – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel Looking at the universe of stocks...
Apple’s Dividend – dividends4life.com The speculation about what Apple (AAPL) will do with the $137 billion cash hoard on its balance sheet is mounting ahead of the company’s earnings later this month. One analyst thinks Apple could up the ante by as much as $20 billion over the next three years. UBS analyst Steven Milunovich believes that Apple could raise its cash return to shareholders to at least $65 billion over the next three Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading Links – April 21, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of...
Splunk Larger Than S&P 500 Component Bemis Co. – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Inc (NASD: SPLK) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Bemis Co Inc (NYSE: BMS), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » Are Dividend Stocks the Market’s Riskiest Investment? – dividends4life.com The conversation about a “dividend bubble” began in earnest at the beginning of last year....
Weekend Readings – intelligentspeculator.net I’m very excited about having a first “warm” weekend! It’s about time right? I know that for some of you, it’s never an issue.. but believe me, I’m thrilled. Even better, today, the NFL schedule was released for next year, I’m trying to find games that I could potentially attend… hoping to see at least one this year:) Are any of you planning to go see a game? If so, which one? General Readings -Obama’s chained CPI explained @ DarwinsMoney -Most $100 bills live outside the US @ NPR Dividend/Passive Income Readings -Portfolio update Q1 @...
Telus Corp (T) is getting ready for its 2 for 1 split. Are you ready? – myfirst50000.com Tomorrow, it will happen. For the first time in its history, Telus is going to split! I am quite exciting by this. I had experiment not split but roll over, like 8 to 1 in the case of DNI Metals (DNI) and also BNT. In both cases, following the roll over, the stock had gained in value. Will Telus split stocks will gain in fabulous value? That’s what we are going to watch out for tomorrow and in the days to come… Continue...
Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Optical+Cable+Corp.+%28OCC%29+Declares+%240.02+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+1.9%25+Yield/8255232.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Passive Income Targets – April 2013 – intelligentspeculator.net I’ve gotta say, I never could have imagined how well this would be turning out to be. Since starting to do monthly updates about my passive income project, my revenues have been increasing steadily almost every single month. Part of it is expected as investments continue to compound and I reinvest all income… Continue Reading On intelligentspeculator.net » Dividend Increase: PG – dgmachine.blogspot.com/ Procter & Gamble (PG)...
Energy Transfer (ETE and ETP) MLP Update – dividendmonk.com/ Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (ETE) is at the top of a complex energy partnership structure involving Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), Regency Energy Partners (RGP), Southern Union assets, Sunoco Logistics Partners (SXL) and Sunoco retail assets. -ETE Distribution Yield: 4.28% -ETE Five Year Distribution Growth: 12… Continue Reading On dividendmonk.com/ » New Trade: Long eBay ($EBAY) & Short Yahoo ($YHOO) – intelligentspeculator.net I’ll start off by saying that this morning I will be closing out 2 existing trades. I actually have 2 trades that have returns over 20% and 1 that is...
Dividend-Paying Stocks a “Good Alternative” to Bonds? – dividends4life.com The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which serves as UPenn’s business school, was founded in 1881. Through its online business journal, known as Knowledge@Wharton, the school shares a variety of insights through interviews, analysis and research, book reviews, and more. In a recent article, “When Dividends Pay Dividends – and When They Don’t,” Knowledge@Wharton shared some of Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading Links – April 14, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing...
Capital Allocation – dgmachine.blogspot.com/ In my quarterly review that was published recently on Seeking Alpha, I mentioned that I would be temporarily suspending new capital investment during the second quarter and allocating my savings for the next few months to my emergency cash reserve. I wanted to take a moment to elaborate on the reasons for that decision… Continue Reading On dgmachine.blogspot.com/ » JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Posts Q1 EPS of $1.59 – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/JPMorgan+Chase+%26+Co.+%28JPM%29+Posts+Q1+EPS+of+%241.59/8249550.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Dividend Link Roundup Time – thedividendguyblog.com 1. Target Corporation (TGT) Dividend Stock Analysis @...
Dividend Stocks You Should Buy – dividends4life.com According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), global per-barrel oil prices will fall below $100 by the end of 2014. Additionally, the US oil imports will reduce to half of the mid-2000 level. This decline in imports is an indicator to the upsurge in the domestic oil production. The US per-day oil production in 2014, could reach its highest level in the past two-and-a-half decades… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Richardson Electronics Ltd (RELL) Declares $0.06 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Richardson+Electronics+Ltd+%28RELL%29+Declares+%240.06+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+2%25+Yield/8246354.html for the full story. Continue Reading On...
Looking For Value, Growth And Income After The Recent Market Run Up – thediv-net.com A significant portion of all the great advantages that the world has received through the promise of technology can be credited to the Big 3: Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT). Great gratitude should be attributed to these technology titans, because, thanks to them, the world enjoys a functioning Internet and enormous productivity advances… Continue Reading On thediv-net.com » Welcome in my TFSA portfolio AltaGas Ltd (ALA)! – myfirst50000.com Its now done and completed, AltaGas Ltd (ALA) is now from my portfolio, the...
Berkshire Hathaway Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Google – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) has taken over the #3 spot from Google Inc (NASD: GOOG), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » AltaGas Ltd (ALA) not yet in – myfirst50000.com I had call TD Waterhouse over the weekend to have some money transfer over my TFSA. But I must admit that I...
New Trade: Long Microsoft ($MSFT) & Short IAC Interactive ($IACI) – intelligentspeculator.net It feels great to be back in on the action today, opening a 7th long & short tech stock trade. As always, you can see my live tech long & short trades and performance here: -2013 Long & Short Tech Stock Picks Today, I took all stocks that I follow, I then removed stocks that I have live trades on as well as those that I do not have a good enough feeling these days to trade and was left with 12 stocks… Continue Reading On intelligentspeculator.net »...
Top Dividend Stocks For The Second Quarter – dividends4life.com Prudent investing is still the best approach to take. Stocks can go up and they can go down, but value will always be there. To that end, I have begun to focus on dividend investing more so than I have before. In fact, the Dow’s robust growth has been due to some of the best dividend payers on the market… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading Links – April 7, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value...
MV Oil Trust (MVO) Declares $0.87 Quarterly Distribution; 12.8% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/MV+Oil+Trust+%28MVO%29+Declares+%240.87+Quarterly+Distribution%3B+12.8%25+Yield/8236495.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Walt Disney Now #28 Largest Company, Surpassing Home Depot – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has taken over the #28 spot from Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » Blackrock Advisors Top Dividend...
Sunstone Hotel Investors Larger Than S&P 500 Component Apollo Group – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc (NYSE: SHO) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Apollo Group, Inc. (NASD: APOL), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » Weekend Readings – intelligentspeculator.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0ilMx7k7mso Continue Reading On intelligentspeculator.net » High Dividend Growth REITs: Digital Realty Trust (DLR)...
