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Posted by Martin December 14, 2012

Abbott Declares 356th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

1:59 PM Abbott Laboratories declares $0.54/share quarterly dividend, 6% increase from prior dividend of $0.51. Forward yield 3.31%. For shareholders of record Feb. 15. Payable Feb. 15. Ex-div date Jan. 11. (PR)

Posted by Martin December 04, 2012

How I am preparing myself for a potential price drop

We are still facing problems with “fiscall cliff” and nervous investors dumping their dividend paying stocks. The selling isn’t overly dramatic. Yet. But it can all come. Since the presidential election, dividend paying stocks dropped in value. Even REITs and MLPs which are not affected by a potential tax hike were driven down by panicking Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 15, 2012

A great opportunity to add more stocks to my dividend paying portfolio

Recent sell off in the stock market created excellent opportunity to buy more shares to my existing portfolio. At this point I am not adding new holdings to my portfolio, but adding to the existing shares only. I made a rule on how many shares to hold in a portfolio. I searched the internet to Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 02, 2012

New trade – McDonald’s (MCD)

Today I bought more shares of MCD to my dividend portfolio at $87.25 per share. 11/02/2012 09:30:43 Bought 10 MCD @ 87.25 Total shares held as of today: 10 Estimated annual dividend: $38.80 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 35 years Dividend yield today: 3.20% Dividend 5yr Growth: 34.87% Dividend paid since: 1976

Posted by Martin November 01, 2012

Is McDonald’s (MCD) a buy?

I believe McDonald’s is a buy at this price. The fast food chain was beaten down by slowdown pressure in fast food industry although this giant is able to survive even in tough economic times. I remember I was once reading in 2008 an article how fast food chains were prospering due to cheaper price Continue reading →

Posted by Martin November 01, 2012

New trade – Realty Income (O)

Today I bought more shares of Realty Income to my dividend portfolio at $39.72 per share. 11/01/2012 12:26:49 Bought 19 O @ 39.72 Total shares held as of today: 66 Estimated annual dividend: $120.12 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 14 years Dividend yield today: 4.50% Dividend 5yr Growth: 2.66% Dividend paid since: 1994

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 →

Visa beats expectations

Visa beats expectations

Visa (V) did better than expected, which makes me laugh. Not because I might be making more money holding this stock, but because I still have on my mind all those doomsday analysts predictions, analysts and traders overreacting and freaking about earnings and company’s sustainability. A few days ago, Visa was falling for no particular Continue reading →