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With just a few days left in the month of March, I’m happy to announce my latest dividend purchase. This has to be one of the longest stretches of time between my buys as my last buy post was published on February 8 announcing the addition of 73 shares of ADM to my taxable account. … Read more

2016 is moving right along with triple digit moves in the DOW occurring almost every day. In a word, volatility is here to stay. Of course, as any long time dividend growth investor already knows, volatility tends to equate to opportunity. Opportunity to initiate new positions at better prices, value and yields and opportunities to … Read more

With a volatile January behind us I was able to make several small purchases in my accounts as I wanted to use up free trades that were credited and set to expire at the end of the month. I managed to scrounge up a few hundred dollars per trade and figured at zero commission I … Read more

With two weeks of 2016 pretty much in the books I am happy to announce my first purchases for the new year. Of course, these buys come at precarious times as the financial world seems to be sitting at a tipping point between total collapse and the slow “melt-ups” we have been experiencing. As one … Read more

Volatility has once again reared its head as wild market gyrations are presenting us with some interesting dividend investing opportunities. As oil continues its seemingly endless slide, dividend victims are being claimed one by one. Of course, the most recent dividend casualty to hit the dividend investing ranks was none other than MLP favorite, Kinder … Read more

Here we go again. Market volatility seems to have come back in recent days as major indexes rocketed higher only to give back most of the gains the following day. We all know the mantra of increased volatility equals increased opportunities and this week seems to be no different. Of course, the challenge is to … Read more

With the stock market marching ever higher in recent weeks finding great value and yield has, once again, become more challenging. Of course, challenging is a relative term as any long term investor knows we typically invest in a market of individual stocks rather than the stock market. With that being said, amazing value and … Read more