ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
A couple of years ago my grandmother showed me a statement from her brokerage firm. It had shares of companies like Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Kimberly Clark (KMB). I remember her cost basis on JNJ was under $1/share and she had let dividends reinvest until retirement and then turned off the re-investment to start receiving the income. I figure, I don't have to do it for my whole portfolio but maybe just for a couple of positions it wouldn't be a bad idea to pick them, get in at a reasonable price, and let them start compounding. Maybe I could let the dividends accumulate and then put them to work at a more opportune time as has been suggested above but I think Ben Graham would agree that letting the DRiP dollar-cost average my dividends into new shares, at least in this part of my portfolio that I plan to manage much more passively than other parts, isn't a bad idea. Time is on my side and for this part of my portfolio I want to pick companies with consistently growing dividends that I expect to still be around when I am ready to retire. This DRiP I'm using is a Roth IRA, which is good because in an IRA or similar tax-advantaged account I don't need to keep track of changing cost-basis due to re-invested dividends.
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
Really hadn't heard much about it until I started doing background for this article but it seems at first blush like a more focused investment on McDonald's in emerging markets of South & Latin America. I would really need to spend more time on it to offer more of a comment but it is definitely intriguing.
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
I think you are right about the issue with the graph. At first I thought it could be related to a split but there hasn't been one since 1999. Then I saw that the dividend went to quarterly in 2008 and knew that had to be it. This was my first time trying to use the YCharts tool that SA Editors introduced to us and now I will have a really tough time trusting their graphs because, as you say, annualizing the data would fix that and I would think their database would be smart enough. I submitted a correction to SA that simply removes the chart and changes the language in the paragraph below. It hasn't posted yet but hopefully when it does this will be a non-issue. Thanks for reading!
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
TradeKing sounds like a pretty good tool, I'll have to take a look at it. My Sharebuilder account is $4 for planned (automatic) trades or $9.95 for real-time trades and no fee on dividend re-investments. I've been pretty happy with it so far, especially since I plan to leave it alone and let those fee-free re-investments compound. That said, I don't want my description of what I've done to be construed as a recommendation. Thanks for reading and for turning me on to TradeKing, which I will definitely be checking out.
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
I went there for breakfast this morning and had Oatmeal with Blueberries and Walnut pieces to try their healthy breakfast options. I saw a lot of folks around your age in there doing basically the same thing. Thanks for reading!
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
You're too kind. I blame myself for using that chart as my reference when I was looking for dividend history, rather than getting it from McDonald's website or any number of other places that wouldn't have it so blatantly incorrect. Thanks for reading!
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
You guys are both right about the dividend and Ignis you're right as well...why that YCharts graph shows a dividend cut is definitely suspect. I will submit a correction right now and apologize for taking the chart at face value! Thanks for catching it.
AAPL Shares Beginning To React To Recent News [View article]
I don't think I have even attempted to call a bottom but consider this pattern: Apple runs up on rumors and various little news stories, blows out earnings, spikes higher then sort of falls out of favor for a period of time. It seems like we have seen this for the past few quarters and with product refresh around the corner, rumors of new products and other little tidbits of news beginning to escalate, I felt more than comfortable both adding to my equity position and adding Calls on Friday's weakness.
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
I figure, I don't have to do it for my whole portfolio but maybe just for a couple of positions it wouldn't be a bad idea to pick them, get in at a reasonable price, and let them start compounding. Maybe I could let the dividends accumulate and then put them to work at a more opportune time as has been suggested above but I think Ben Graham would agree that letting the DRiP dollar-cost average my dividends into new shares, at least in this part of my portfolio that I plan to manage much more passively than other parts, isn't a bad idea. Time is on my side and for this part of my portfolio I want to pick companies with consistently growing dividends that I expect to still be around when I am ready to retire. This DRiP I'm using is a Roth IRA, which is good because in an IRA or similar tax-advantaged account I don't need to keep track of changing cost-basis due to re-invested dividends.
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
This was my first time trying to use the YCharts tool that SA Editors introduced to us and now I will have a really tough time trusting their graphs because, as you say, annualizing the data would fix that and I would think their database would be smart enough. I submitted a correction to SA that simply removes the chart and changes the language in the paragraph below. It hasn't posted yet but hopefully when it does this will be a non-issue. Thanks for reading!
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
ITGOW Part 2: Why I Added McDonald's To My DRiP [View article]
AAPL Shares Beginning To React To Recent News [View article]
AAPL Shares Beginning To React To Recent News [View article]
AAPL Shares Beginning To React To Recent News [View article]
AAPL Shares Beginning To React To Recent News [View article]
AAPL Shares Beginning To React To Recent News [View article]
Retirement Strategy: This Is Not A Dip, This Is What We Have Been Waiting For (Part 25) [View article]