Recent Blog Posts
Fair Value and Dividend Increases
Morningstar raised their fair value estimates on several dividend growth stocks that we follow: AYR from $21.91 to $22.95 SPGI from $174 to $224 PAYX from $58 to $60 SWJ from $140 to $145 UHT from $63.56 to 67.79 UNH from $218 to $300 Also, the following companies recently raised their dividends: Colgate-Palmolive (CL) increased […]
Updated ‘How To Guide’ for Dividend Geek Screeners
The following guide explains how I use the screener tools available on the Dividend Geek website to easily find the top undervalued dividend growth stocks for further investigation. Of course your selection criteria may vary, but I believe I have captured the most important selection criteria (metrics) for you to find great companies to investigate. […]
Win Shares of Realty Income in March Madness!
Get ready for March Madness! To celebrate my recent early retirement I’m hosting a March Madness Basketball Tournament Challenge – With PRIZES! You can win shares of my favorite dividend growth stock – Realty Income (O). March Madness and Realty Income – Woot! You gotta love it! What? Don’t follow college baskeball? No worries, trust […]
Step 2 – Use the Best Source of Passive Income
This post is the second of a four step ‘Financial Freedom Kick-Starter Tutorial’ that I am working on. The objective is to provide everything you need to know to start your journey to financial freedom. What is Passive Income? According to Wikipedia: “Passive income is income resulting from cash flow received on a regular basis, […]
What is the First Step to Financial Freedom?
This post is the first of a four step ‘Financial Freedom Kick-Starter Tutorial’ that I am working on. The objective is to provide everything you need to know to start your journey to financial freedom. It will be packed with thirty years of investing experience boiled down into a simple easy-to-follow program. Ready? Here we […]
Updated Fair Value Estimates and Home Depot’s Dividend Increase
The fair value estimates for all screeners have been updated (occurs weekly). Here are the major increases and decreases since they were last updated: Fair Value Increases AMT from $150 to $156 BA from $330 to $337 CORE from $34.18 to $39.80 ERIE from $138.10 to $152.79 HON from $150 to $160 MGRC from $54.91 […]
Adding Forums and Sector History
Forums The forums are back. I promise not to take them away like I did 5 years ago mainly due to time limitations. There is some good discussions and info in them. Funny in a strange and sad way that some topics are timely again (there was a government shutdown in 2013 too.) You can […]
Updated Dividend Growth Rates for 2018
All of the screeners have been updated with each companies 2018 dividend growth, which is shown in the ‘1 Yr DGR’ column. Likewise, the 3 year average dividend growth rate and 5 year average dividend growth rate columns include each companies 2018 dividend growth rate in their calculation. Also, the weekly fair value estimates have […]
High Yield and High Dividend Growth Companies?
As the English proverb states “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” The proverb literally means “you cannot simultaneously retain your cake and eat it”. Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. Another meaning of the proverb is that one cannot have two incompatible things. In the case of dividend growth investing, […]
Recent Dividend Increases
The following four companies raised their dividends which is reflected in the Dividend Geek screeners. All dividend payment amounts are listed in annual dividends paid (not quarterly). If you own any of these companies you’ll want to update your portfolio trackers to reflect the new dividend payment amounts, which will raise your Yield on Cost […]