Investing for income through dividends and distributions

Chasing the Yield is on hiatus while I work on some other projects and work on changing the format. After 52 episodes, 3 of which I didn’t have time to finish so I used a computer voice, I was bored with the format. I will see if I can come up with something that entertains…
Altria (MO) has a current dividend yield of 8.67% and is rated as “Borderline Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold MO in my Low Yield Portfolio. In total MO is 0.6% of my portfolio. The FDA could announce its decision as early as Wednesday, the people said. The marketing denial order would follow a nearly two-year…

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…

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…

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.…

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…