Goals for 2017 Recap

In 2017 I set some pretty big goals. If I’m gonna reach then I’m gonna reach for the stars. Even though I wasn’t able to achieve all of my goals I continued to make

More Dividends Update From December 2017

December turned out to be a great month for me. I almost received a dividend income this month equal to that of the whole first quarter. I am very excited to reach a milestone

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson was a great book that was first published in 2004. This turned out to be a very lengthy book that contains 586 pages but the book

Dividend Increase – Pfizer (PFE)

On December 18th, Pfizer Inc. announced a dividend increase of 6.3%. This will increase their dividend from $0.32 to $0.34. It is payable on March 1st for shareholders of record on February 2nd. This

100th post celebration

Welcome back readers. I would like to thank all of you who continue to frequent my site and post comments. Today is a very exciting for me for this is to be the 100th

What numbers I pay attention to

As an investor and an accumulator of wealth you will always be studying numbers. Everyone will have their own metrics that they analyze to determine how well their investing is doing for them. So

More Dividends Update From November 2017

Welcome back readers. November was a calm month for my portfolio and for life in general. I added a couple of shares to some of my smaller positions. I had a great month for

Dividend Increase – Hormel Foods (HRL)

On November 20th, Hormel Foods announced a dividend increase of 10%. This will increase their dividend from $0.17 to $0.1875. It is payable on February 15th for shareholders of record on January 16th. Just

Dividend Increase – Emerson Electric (EMR)

On November 7th, Emerson Electric announced a dividend increase of 1%. This will increase their dividend from $0.48 to $0.485. This dividend is payable on December 11th for shareholders of record on November 17th.

More Dividends Update From October 2017

Welcome back readers. October turned out to be an interestingly busy month for me. I went and saw several shows during the month but the best one was the performance of Luzia which was