Tag: Dividends
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September 2023 Recap
My annual income increased $25 as a result of dividend increases from Microsoft (+10%), NJR (+7.7%), and 5 other holdings. Meanwhile, there were changes to the Dividend Safety Scores of W. P. Carey, Smucker, and Walgreens. W.P. Carey Surprises With Plan to Exit All Office Properties; Dividend Could Be Reduced by Around 20%. Downgraded to…
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August 2023 recap
UGI Mulls Separating Propane Business to Unlock Value, Potentially Causing Jump in Payout Ratio Dominion’s Strategic Review Nears End; Firm Remains Committed to Dividend Despite Rising Payout Ratio Labor Inflation and Higher-for-Longer Interest Rates Delay Healthcare Realty’s Payout Ratio Improvement Softening Furniture Demand Slows Leggett & Platt’s Deleveraging; Free Cash Flow Still Covers Dividend Value…
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Dividend Safe as Dominion Energy Wraps Up Strategic Review; Payout Ratio Above Target
Dominion Energy has been in the energy business since 1898. It’s one of the biggest utility companies in the U.S. and serves about 7 million customers in Virginia, the Carolinas, Ohio, and Utah electricity and gas. Dominion has steady and predictable income because it is regulated utility. Regulated utilities are like monopolies that are controlled…
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3 things I wish I knew in my 20s
I’m old. 56 to be exact. I didn’t start investing my money until I was in my mid 40s. And then I didn’t know much about what I wanted to do. I never learned anything about money from my parents and the only courses I took in school were accounting and economics. There was nothing…
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Like a Phoenix Rising
I’m reviving my podcast. This is a short episode just to bring this back to life. Go to podcastindex.org to learn more about Podcasting 2.0. Download a new podcast app where you can stream payments to me or any other podcaster that has Value4Value enabled. Join me next week where I pick this up on…
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Mid-year 2023 Portfolio Update
I made changes to my portfolios in 2023 and updated all my portfolio pages. This year has been a stinker if you’re gauging performance by stock price. Dividend income however continues to be steady and rising. Dividend growth across all three of my portfolios is about 3% while total value of my portfolio is down…