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Wating for the stock can improve profits – attempting to buy NGLS

Wating for the stock can improve profits - attempting to buy NGLS

On many occasions I have read and heard dividend investors saying that it doesn’t matter much when you buy your dividend paying stock and if you invest regularly, in long term the prices will smooth into average anyway. However I like to wait for the stock I am interested in to pull back and buy Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 16, 2013

The power of dividends

Today I sold my stake in Full Circle Capital (FULL) because I didn’t like the outlook of this company and I think, there is a potential for a dividend cut. In short, the FULL portfolio seems not supporting today’s dividend rate and the company pays more in dividends than it brings in. So I sold Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 10, 2013

New trade – AT&T (T)

As I wrote in my previous post I am replacing ABT with AT&T due to overall drop in dividend payout receiving from ABT. 01/10/2013 09:31:41 Bought 32 T @ 34.41 Total shares held as of today: 32 Estimated annual dividend: $57.6 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 8 years Dividend yield today: 5.26% Dividend 5yr Growth: 5.09% Dividend Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 03, 2013

Dividend achievements

So the year 2012 is over. The King is dead, long live the King! A new year is here and I am quite optimistic amid all the tax hike issues and Obama screwing this beautiful and blessed country. My 2012 year investing plan was either non existent or chaotic. I was finally able to spell Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 27, 2012

New trade – adding Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

Today I bought more shares of ABT to my dividend portfolio at $65.37 per share. 12/27/2012 09:40:48 Bought 15 ABT @ 65.3699 Total shares held as of today: 34 Estimated annual dividend*: $73.44 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 39 years Dividend yield today: 3.44% Dividend 5yr Growth: 10.23% Dividend paid since: 1926 * Note: The dividend is Continue reading →

Posted by Martin December 18, 2012

My Goals 2013

We are heading towards the end of 2012 year and it is time to review the progress of the goals we made last year and set a new set of goals for the upcoming year. I hope you all had a great year and that the next one will be even better. In past years Continue reading →

Posted by Martin October 25, 2012

New trade – Abbott (ABT)

New trade - Abbott (ABT)

(TD Account) I bought ABT as part of the accumulation phase. The goal is to continue saving in Lending Club as long as the account reaches 10,000 dollars. Then I will start focusing more on TD account and accumulating 10,000 dollars in TD account. Then I will switch to ROTH and accumulate 5,000 dollars in Continue reading →

Posted by MartZee June 23, 2010

AOD dropped from portfolio, JNJ added.

Yesterday Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (AOD) dropped significantly down in price and today it continued down as well at the same speed as yesterday. On discussion boards I could find busy discussion why that happened. Mostly the concern was about a recent article by Dan Plettner at Seeking Alpha who wrote in his “Alpine’s Continue reading →

Interested in Dividend investing, but don’t know how to start?

I had this dilemma when I was figuring out what I wanted to do with my ROTH IRA account. I opened this account sometime in 2006 and had no plan at all. I was just buying some ETFs with somewhat messy allocation and I truly had no clue what to expect from the portfolio. Was Continue reading →