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Posted by Martin September 28, 2020

#001 More trades opened today

We have added a few more trades today to our accounts:   Roll 1 IWM Sep30 148 call to Oct9 150 call for 0.53 credit With the market renewed rally, we had to roll our IWM trade once again. We rolled it into the next week’s expiration and 150 strike. With the rally, we may Continue reading →

Posted by Martin September 28, 2020

Bought 5 PPL shares @ 26.64

We added a few more shares raising our holdings to 85. Once again, our goal is to reach 100 shares so we can start selling covered calls or covered strangles, or what have you to further monetize our position and receive more income than just the dividends.

Posted by Martin May 07, 2020

3 Dividend Kings For Rising Income

The coronavirus crisis has dealt a severe blow to the global economy in 2020. Stocks have not surprisingly performed poorly as a result. While the S&P 500 Index is meaningfully off its 52-week low, it remains down 11% year-to-date. For income investors it is particularly challenging, as the Federal Reserve recently lowered its benchmark rate Continue reading →

Posted by Martin May 06, 2020

New Purchase for dividend income

Bought 5 BIF shares @ 9.24 Bought 5 ETJ shares @ 9.11   We keep ing these CEF funds for income as both pay decent dividend.   Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. (BIF) pays 0.41 annual dividend (4.44% yield). The fund invests in dividend paying equities and fixed income papers (bonds) worldwide and its Continue reading →

Posted by Martin April 24, 2020

Realty Income: The Top Monthly Dividend Stock For Income Investors

Dividend growth stocks have a number of buying opportunities to consider right now, thanks to the significant drop in the stock market to begin 2020. Even with the recent rebound, the S&P 500 remains down 13% per year. Certain sectors such as real estate have been hit even harder, due to the widespread store closures Continue reading →

Posted by Martin January 18, 2020

AGNC – Time to say goodbye

I have been invested in AGNC since 2008 and I liked this company. But it is time to depart from this investment as it no longer meets my requirements for dividend investing. I wish, it was. But it isn’t. At first, the company looked great. They started increasing dividend every year, although the very first Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 06, 2019

WMT increased dividend by 1.92%

WMT, Walmart increased the dividend by 1.92% making this dividend champion’s 46th consecutive year dividend increase. The old dividend rate was 2.08 annual dividend payout (0.52 quarterly), the new rate is 2.12 (0.53 quarterly). Our current fair value of the company is $49.20 a share so at the current price of $97.85 the stock is Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2019

KO increased dividend by 2.56%

KO, Coca Cola increased the dividend by 2.56% making this dividend champion’s 57th consecutive year dividend increase. The old dividend rate was 1.56 annual dividend payout (0.39 quarterly), the new rate is 1.60 (0.40 quarterly). Our current fair value of the company is $35.44 a share so at the current price of $46.65 the stock Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 05, 2019

HD increased dividend by 32.04%

HD, Home Depot increased the dividend by 32.04% making this dividend contender’s 10th consecutive year dividend increase. The old dividend rate was 4.12 annual dividend payout (1.03 quarterly), the new rate is 5.44 (1.36 quarterly). Our current fair value of the company is $210.25 a share so at the current price of $183.81 the stock Continue reading →

Posted by Martin March 04, 2019

DPZ increased dividend by 18.18%

DPZ, Domino’s increased the dividend by 18.18% making this dividend challenger’s 7th consecutive year dividend increase. The old dividend rate was 2.20 annual dividend payout (0.55 quarterly), the new rate is 2.60 (0.65 quarterly). Our current fair value of the company is $255.16 a share so at the current price of $248.57 the stock is Continue reading →