Dividend Income Update – December 2014

These are the posts every dividend growth investor loves to read and write about, the monthly dividend income report. And why not? It’s a chance for us to highlight our “earned” passive income for the previous month and measure our own dividend income growth.   December was a record month for my taxable and ROTH … Read more

Dividend Income Update – November 2014

These are the posts that are the central reason we are part of the dividend growth community: Dividend income. November was another great month of passive income “earned” as I continue to build upon my snowball via annual dividends received. A couple months ago I reported how I exceeded $2,000 in dividend income for the … Read more

Dividend Income Update – October 2014

Dividend growth investors, rejoice! It’s the beginning of the month when we happily look back on our previous month of passive dividend income earned. One thing that October has shown is that dividend income can be a great stabilizing factor for any long term portfolio. While, individual stock prices may swing wildly in either direction, … Read more

Expanding Waistlines Growing Dividends

Investing In Weight Management Dividend Stocks   There’s no question that the American waistline is expanding. In fact, more than one third of the U.S. population is now officially obese while the number of people classified as morbidly obese jumped more than 350% in the past three decades alone. With a growing number of the … Read more

Do You Sell After A Dividend Cut?

As dividend income investors we ultimately choose our investment thesis primarily based on the state of the dividend payments that a particular company distributes. We check for sufficient current yield, dividend growth, sustainability and history of dividend distributions before we make an actual investment. Once we finally do pull the trigger and initiate a dividend … Read more

Are These Dividend Stocks Solid As Concrete?

Investing In Cement Industry Dividend Paying Stocks   By any standard the worldwide cement industry is enormous. Last year total revenues exceeded an eye popping $250 billion. Though a highly polluting and energy intensive business, the cement industry is important for virtually every economy on the planet. Besides for manufacturing and distributing cement, many companies … Read more