Recent Blog Posts
Dividend Growth Pay Raises – Feb 2013
I am pleased to announce that during February six companies on the Dividend Geek top 50 dividend growth stocks list raised their dividends! In fact, all but one company raised their dividends by double digit percentages. If you own any of these stocks you just got a very nice pay raise! I don’t know about […]
Investing for Income – A Lesson from Grandpa
Grandpa got it right. He figured out the correct way to invest. He and Grandma started with nothing and retired as millionaires. Here’s how they did it. You might say my Grandpa Watkins had building in his blood coming from a long line of builders in his family dating back to his Grandfather who was […]
New Feature – Expand/Collapse Portfolio Views
Subscribers to the Dividend Geek service we are happy to announce that we added the ability to expand and collapse the portfolio view on the ‘Update Your Income Machine’ page. The default view is the expanded view of all 50 of our best dividend growth stocks. Whenever you add a new position to your portfolio […]
Realty Income Increases Dividend 19.2%
Today Realty Income (O) announced an amendment to the previously announced merger with American Realty Capital Trust. The great news for dividend growth stock investors was that the amendment included a $0.22 increase to the original dividend increase of $0.13 per share that Realty Income estimated when the transaction was initially announced. The increase raises […]
Cisco Rasies its Dividend 75%
Although Cisco would not qualify for our list of Best Dividend Growth Stocks because we like a 25 year history of consecutive dividend increases, and Cisco started paying dividends in April 2011. Cisco raised its dividend from 8 cents per share to 14 cent per share a 75% increase! The new quarterly dividend of 14 […]
Added McDonald’s to Dividend Geek Portfolio
“Where did you go for lunch?” This was the question I asked a co-worker years ago who happened to be of Middle-Eastern descent. “I went to Grandpa’s house” was his reply. As he turned in his desk chair I could then see a McDonald’s bag and a Big Mac. “Grandpa’s house?” I said in a […]