Hello again, and welcome to the March edition of Dividend Growth Digest. It’s been a wild month in the market, as volatility increased in a big way to end the month of February, turning all-time highs to record daily losses in the blink of an eye. I long wondered how the market kept moving higher…
January is in the books, and what a month it was. Not only was it another month of gains for the stock market, but there was plenty of other news to go along with those gains. The impeachment hearings have come to an end, as the Senate acquitted President Trump, removing one variable of uncertainty…
I am all smiles after a handful of dividend increases were announced in the DGI For The DIY portfolio. Over the last two weeks, 5 more companies declared new dividend rates, providing me with another nice boost to my income. With these increases, ten of the eleven companies from my portfolio dividend growth projections have now made announcements. I previously wrote about the…
On January 25th, I published the dividend increase predictions expected in the DGI For The DIY Portfolio during the first quarter of 2017. After seeing dividend growth announcements from Polaris Industries, and then from Church & Dwight and Gilead Sciences, my sights moved towards the two soft drink companies in my portfolio, The Coca-Cola Company $KO and Dr…
One of the more enjoyable aspects of dividend growth investing is being able to see my income grow on a consistent basis. Between the reinvestment of dividends and the organic growth produced by dividend increases, my portfolio income has been on a steady march higher since it was built in early 2013. It’s a nice…