We have a strategy to use 50% of options trading proceeds to purchase dividend stocks. In this market many of the stocks in our watch list are a “buy”, so it is difficult to pick one (I wish we had more cash to accumulate them all). Originally, I wanted to add AAPL but we were Continue reading →
Making 45% Annually Trading Options Against Dividend Growth Stocks
Archive for January, 2019
Realty Income (O) Announces 3% Dividend Increase
Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the company’s common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2255 per share from $0.2210 per share. The dividend is payable on February 15, 2019 to shareholders of record as of February 1, 2019. This is the Continue reading →
Boeing raises dividends by 20.18%
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has an impressive dividend growth rate of 27.50% (5 year annual average). And in January 2019 it increased the dividend by 20.18% from $6.84 annual dividend (1.710 quarterly rate) to $8.22 (2.055 quarterly) dividend rate payable in March 1st, 2019. Boeing is a dividend challenger with 8 years of consecutive dividend increases Continue reading →
Abbott Labs raises dividends by 14.29%
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) raised their dividend by 14.29% to $0.320 a share with ex-date on January 14th, 2019 and pay date on February 15th, 2019 from previous $0.280 a share dividend rate. This makes ABT a dividend challenger with a track record of 7 consecutive years of dividend increases. However, in our watch list, Continue reading →
Johnson & Johnson boosts prices on top-selling drugs
Joining a number of other drugmakers this month, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) raised prices on about two dozen prescription drugs today, including top sellers Stelara (for psoriasis), Zytiga (for prostate cancer) and blood thinner Xarelto. Most increases were in the 6-7% range, Reuters notes. The company says average list price increase on its drugs will Continue reading →
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