Stock Splits
The company I work for, hold a small amount of stock in but a pretty good chunk of options in has just announced a 3 for 1 stock split. The article can be found here. The samething happened a few years ago. What do stock splits mean? Basically, at first not much in terms of [...]
A Couple of Dividend Increases
A couple of my stocks have had some dividend increases lately. Coca-Cola just increased their dividend from $1.12 per share/year to $1.24 per share/year – an increase of 11%. Further, in the last 10 years, Coke has increase their dividend at a compund annual rate of 10%. Exactly what I was hoping for when I [...]
Carnival of Personal Finance
It is my pleasure to host this weeks Carnival of Personal Finance. There is a huge list of posts, so without further ado, here we go: Flexo at Consumerism Commentary presentsrecent changes to online job hunting Jim at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity presents Analysis of ING’s $555 Closing Cost Mortgages Michael Weinstein at Sound Money [...]
Home Depot Raises Dividend
It happened to me again…the basis for my investment strategy occurred again and I could not be happier. As per this news release, Home Depot raised its quarterly dividend amount by 50% from $0.10 per share to $0.15 per share. This means that one a yearly basis, holders of Home Depot will receive $0.60 per [...]
Year in Review: Dividends Rock!!
As I do every year, I like to tabulate the results of my investment activities to arrive at a clear picture of my performance. This post will be walk-through of that analysis. Two main things changed this year that have affected my investments. These have been important, and positive changes in my investing world. The [...]
Buying a Few Stocks
I have placed a couple of orders to purchase some stocks for my investment account. I realize that I still need to post my methodology in the next installment of “The Guide to Building a Dividend Portfolio”, but I wanted to let everyone know what I was doing. Time is thin right now…. I have [...]
Update: Where the H** Have I Been
It has been a looooong time since my last post. I have been insanely busy with a new job. I am planning on adding the next installment in “The Dividend Guy’s Guide to Building a Dividend Portfolio” series shortly. Other than being busy, my other excuse is that I have not decided on which investments [...]
Update – New Job and My Dividend Investments
I just spent the last few hours filling out a bunch of forms for my new pension plan and investment accounts that are part of the package at my new job. As discussed in this post, I receive a pension account and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan – which can be either an RSP or [...]
