Despite intermittent volatility, the market continues to rise month after month. That leads to an interesting problem for a value / dividend income / dividend growth investor type like me. I’m having trouble finding value in many of the more commonly known dividend payers, such as The Coca-Cola Company (KO) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). [...]
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Dividend Income Portfolio Update April 1st 2013
Another month slips by and the stock market continues to rally. This month, I added more shares of Apple (AAPL) and Prospect Capital (PSEC). I also initiated new positions in Caterpillar Inc (CAT), GUESS? Inc (GES), Raytheon Co (RTN) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC). In addition, I’ve been buying shares of Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF [...]
READ MORE »Dividend Income Portfolio Update March 1st 2013
I went out on a limb this month and added a few higher yielding, riskier issues to my dividend income portfolio. Only time will tell if this was a good or bad idea, but I know it’s getting harder and harder to find value and yield in the usual places. I added shares of Prospect [...]
READ MORE »Dividend Income Portfolio Update February 1st 2013
This month I went bottom fishing for the dividend income portfolio. I managed to add shares of Microsoft (MSFT), Coach Inc (COH), and Kohl’s (KSS) when they were close to 52 week lows. This added a significant amount of annual income to the portfolio ($204.00). This is where the benefit of having “dry powder”, or [...]
READ MORE »Dividend Income Portfolio Update January 1st 2013
Two words sum up the activity of my dividend income portfolio for the month of December 2012: Fiscal Cliff. In response to the potential for a reversion to previously higher tax rates on dividends (fiscal cliff effect), many companies in my portfolio decided to move the payment of future dividends into tax year 2012. I [...]
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