The third quarter is in the rear-view mirror and we are now heading down the home stretch for the year. And just when I thought that 2020 couldn’t possibly get any crazier, October started with President Trump and other members of his family and staff testing positive for coronavirus. My family has been impacted as…
September is here, and for many reasons it is my favorite time of the year. It is a time for kids returning to school, baseball pennant chases, the start of the NFL season, enjoyment in a bountiful garden harvest, cool evenings bringing fresh air into open windows, and most important of all, my birthday! It’s…
My favorite part of dividend growth investing is declaration day, the day when a new dividend rate is announced by one of the companies I own. People generally get one raise per year at work, but with a portfolio of 53 stocks, I average better than one income increase a week! I keep a log…
Announcements Quicken After Summer Lull Dividend growth investing is the strategy of buying shares in companies with reliable and consistently increasing dividend payouts to shareholders. I have used this strategy since early 2013, and have kept a log of all the dividend increase announcements in my portfolio since its inception. By doing so, I am able to see…