Chasing the Yield
Investing for income through dividends and distributions
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Now is the time to buy not sell
Inflation, record gas prices, record food prices, falling markets, and political turmoil. In the short term this all looks bad. But what is your reason for investing? Are you investing for the quick buck? If so, you’ll be tearing your hair out as you watch thousands, perhaps tens or hundreds of thousands, evaporate from your…
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Caterpillar HQ leaving Illinois for Texas
Caterpillar (CAT) has a current dividend yield of 2.32% and is rated as “Very Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold CAT in my Low Yield Portfolio. In total CAT is 1.0% of my portfolio. The maker of construction and mining equipment said Tuesday that its existing office in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, would serve…
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I had only one stock in the green today
What stock is that you might ask? It’s Arrow Financial Corporation (AROW). They were up +0.1% letting me know not everything was a loser today. Sheesh! Arrow Financial Corp (AROW) has a current dividend yield of 3.47% and is rated as “Very Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold AROW in my Low and Medium Yield Portfolios.…
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Having another rough day in the markets
I’m not doing better than the Dow today but I am still out performing the S&P and Nasdaq. Here’s to hoping that people start bargain hunting and bring things up a bit towards the end of the day. Personally I’ve felt the Dow in particular is still double where it should be naturally. Something changed…
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Today I bought 10 shares of Amazon
I know… I know… Amazon is not a dividend stock and the stock price has taken a beating recently. That’s mostly why I decided to spend about $1,100 on 10 shares. The price is depressed about 50% off its all time high. With the recent 20 to 1 split a single share is now more…
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My dividend stocks are out performing the market today
The inflation numbers came out today and the stock market started dropping like a rock. All the indexes are down over 2% with the Nasdaq getting clobbered at 3.27% as of this writing. My three portfolios are down today as well but not nearly to the same extreme as the rest of the stock market.…