What is the longest you have ever held onto a car?
Both my wife and I have had the same cars since 2013 and 2015.
Nothing beats not having a car payment ๐
Starbucks is starting to look VERY interesting ๐
$SBUX is down 13% over the last 52 weeks.
Here are the metrics:
1.) P/E: 22.5x
2.) Payout Ratio: 55%
3.) 10% 5 Yr DGR & 13+ Years of Dividend Growth
Plus, they have a 2.45% Dividend Yield!
Do you like $SBUX?
This week my wife and I crossed a fun milestone.
For almost 3 years, we've been buying Vanguards $VYM each and every Monday. Multiple shares each if we can.
The value has now crossed $100,000+ and produces over $3,100+ in dividend income ๐ฅ
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The History of Being a Dividend Investor๐
Did I start small? You Bet.๐ช
Did I stay consistent and Never Give up? You Bet.๐ค
Take a look at 10 Years... ๐
My Top 5 Dividend Payers:
1.) $840 - Johnson & Johnson $JNJ ๐ฉน
2.) $444 - T.Rowe Price $TROW ๐ฐ
3.) $441 - AT&T $T ๐ฑ
4.) $370 - ABBV $ABBV ๐
5.) $329 - Target $TGT ๐ฏ
Love the diversity & the fact that there are NO OIL stocks on this list.
What stocks make up your Top 5?
Dividend Kings I own in my portfolio:
- $JNJ Johnson & Johnson
- $PEP Pepsi
- $PG Procter & Gamble
- $HRL Hormel
- $MMM 3M
- $TGT Target
- $EMR Emerson
- $ITW Illinois Tool Works
- $GWW Grainger
How many do YOU own? ๐
It all started 6 years ago...May 16, 2014
6 years later...โ๏ธover 750+ articles & Invested hundreds of thousands of๐ฐ
Most importantly, we've impacted millions of readers striving for the same damn thing...FINANCIAL FREEDOM
&
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED
What is an example of a "Set it and Forget It" stock in your portfolio?
For me, it is Procter & Gamble $PG.
The stock price and dividend keeps growing ๐ฅ
Just got offered a $400 bonus to open a bank account by depositing $1,000 ๐ค
The only caveat is that the funds must remain in the account for 90 daysโณ๏ธ
No brainer, imo. A nice 40% return in 3 months!
Put your ๐ฐ to work!
My Realty Income position is now over 200 shares ๐ป
I own 202.375 shares of $O ๐๏ธ
The position produces $622 of annual
#dividend
income...or $53 monthly.
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Starbucks $SBUX getting crushed in the after hours.
Its been one of our favorite stocks to buy in the $80s.
Looking forward to diving into the numbers tonight.
Are you going to buy in the $70s?
A $1,000 investment into Realty Income $O at a 5.5% dividend yield will produce $55 in annual dividend income.
Would you
#invest
$1,000 in the Monthly Dividend Paying G.O.A.T today?
Our Top 5 Foundation Dividend Stocks:
1.) Johnson & Johnson $JNJ
2.) Procter & Gamble $PG
3.) McDonalds $MCD
4.) Consolidated Edison $ED
5.) Pepsi $PEP
LIKE THIS TWEET if you own at least one our our "Gang of 5"
All 25,000+ Twitter Followers out there!
Let's move this needle forward baby!
Can we get this tweet to 500 likes?
Once we do - we will pick one lucky winner and send some of our famous and motivating - DIVIDEND DIPLOMATS swag!
We will message a winner to see what you'd like!
$MSFT lost $10 per share today and is now down 27.59% over the last 52 weeks. โฌ๏ธ
Their yield is now 1.2% ๐ฐ
Here is the question....at what point does Microsoft become a buy?!๐ค
I currently own 144 shares of Realty Income $O.
The position produces $442.02 of annual
#dividend
income.
Would love to get this to $500 annually soon.
To do this...we need to buy ~19 shares of the monthly paying REIT!
Can...We...Do....It....?
If you were given $10,000 to
#invest
in 3 dividend stocks, what
#stocks
would you pick?
Note: Let's leave ETFs out of this scenario. Would love to see your thoughts on individual stocks!
Coca-Cola announces a 5.4% dividend increase!
The Dividend King ๐ increased its annual dividend to $1.94 per share.
LIKE THIS TWEET if you are a $KO shareholder
$VYM and $SCHD announced Q3 2022 dividends.
Compared to Q3 2021, each ETF's dividend grew as follows:
1.) $VYM -----> 1.7%
2.) $SCHD ---> 8.5%
LIKE this tweet if you own VYM and/or SCHD and your income GREW TODAY!
Our Top 5 Foundation Stocks are:
1.) McDonalds $MCD
2.) Johnson & Johnson $JNJ
3.) Procter & Gamble $PG
4.) Consolidated Edison $ED
5.) Pepsi $PEP
We both own ALL 5!
How many do you own?
Now that the dust has settled, let's review some of the BIG BANK dividend increases announced over the last few hours:
1.) $JPM: 5.0%
2.) $C: 3.9%
3.) $WFC: 16.7%
4.) $MS: 9.7%
5.) $GS: 10.0%
6.) $STT 9.5%
LIKE THIS TWEET if you own one of the banks above!
Johnson & Johnson $JNJ continues to slide in 2023.
The
#stock
is down over 18% YTD and is yielding well above 3%.
The question is...are you buying the king? Or are you waiting for the price to get lower
There are a TON of Dividend Kings in the Consumer Staples Sector.
๐ฐProcter & Gamble $PG
๐ฐCoca-Cola $KO
๐ฐLancaster Colony $LANC
๐ฐColgate-Palmolive $CL
๐ฐHormel Foods $HRL
๐ฐSysco $SYY
๐ฐTarget $TGT
๐ฐKimberly Clark $KMB
๐ฐPepsiCo $PEP
LIKE THIS TWEET if you own any!
Would you rather invest $1,000 in Stock Bucket A or Stock Bucket B?
Bucket A:
1.) Pepsi $PEP
2.) Home Depot $HD
Bucket B:
1.) Coca-Cola $KO
2.) Lowe's $LOW
My Lockheed Martin $LMT yield on cost or YOC is 25%.
Shows how long I've owned the stock (over 12-13 years) and how STRONG dividend growth has been.
That's why WE BUY AND HOLD BABY!
Our Top 5 Foundation Stocks include:
1.) $JNJ
2.) $PG
3.) $MCD
4.) $ED
5.) $PEP
Are they the cheapest stocks?
No. They most likely never will be.
Are they quality dividend stocks?
Heck yes!