I know some people have sold off their COP shares due to not receiving an increase. I don't like the lack of the increase, so I sold off half of my position, and locked in capital gains. I am holding the other half while I wait to see what happens at the annual meeting.
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Long CVX. It is my second largest holding. If it breaks 117.50, I think it will run to 120.00. I think you might be able to catch a dip to 115ish in the next few days, unless it breaks the 117.50 level.
Truly a quality company, currently slightly undervalued also- great pick.
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Nice article. My wife and I are both 27, and currently contribute a little over 2500k per month into our 401k's, and Roth IRA's. Luckily my 401k allows me to invest in any security I want, not just mutual funds. My company offers a really high matching amount for my 401k, and also has a pension plan. We have no debt, and finished paying off our graduate degrees a few years ago. I like to look at how our portfolio compounding will look in 33 years with a rate of return of only 4%, since that is the average dividend yield we currently have.
I feel bad when our friends buy luxury cars and designer clothing, know that they have absolutely no savings. I have talked with a few of them about it before when they bring it up, and they are usually so stressed about living pay to pay that the expensive toys aren't even worth it.
I would rather let my money make me money, and I will never let someone make interest off me! When we were both first out of school, we took all the extra money and bonuses that we made and paid off our school loans. It felt so good to be free from them, and the savings of not paying the interest for years was huge!
With the help of seeking alpha, and some wise family members, we have an awesome dividend growth portfolio, and were able to capture prices after the great recession that were so amazingly low that we also have some impressive capital gains.
I would encourage all younger people to visit some low income nursing homes in your spare time, and I guarantee you will get your savings goals put together.
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I tend to get a "gut" feeling when trading based on TA. Its like something you get after seeing thousands upon thousands of charts. I can see a chart, and know it is about to pop. I now mainly invest via DGI strategy, but sometimes I take a swing trade when everything is set up perfectly, and I would be foolish to not enter.
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Nice plan. I would be a bit leary of CINF and SYY, as their divy growth is really slowing. CB is too low of a yield for me. Check out TRV, they are really a quality business, and the yield is a bit better than CB. I think the soft market of PC insurance is really starting to turn, and pricing will increase, in which case CB and TRV should continue to do well.
I will have to look into NWN, as I am looking to expand my holdings of Utilities.
Long MCD, CVX, KMB, JNJ, MSFT, APD, T and VZ from your list.
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AFL, T, CVX, MCD, PM, PG, KO, XOM, INTC, JNJ, RTN, SO, VZ, WMT.
Also, to add an additional one I own but was not on the list- APD.
Thanks, it is really cool to see what everyone owns. A great starting place to research companies.
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COP
DE
CAT
KRFT
NSC
DRI
GE
KMI
I would suggest more Utes make the list (I own LNT, and WEC). I would take CINF and SYY off. I sold them recently due to their lackluster divy growth.
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Truly a quality company, currently slightly undervalued also- great pick.
Long COP as well.
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Any thoughts on SJI?
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I wonder if PBI will freeze its dividend? It really wouldn't surprise me. A good example of why not to chase yield.
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I feel bad when our friends buy luxury cars and designer clothing, know that they have absolutely no savings. I have talked with a few of them about it before when they bring it up, and they are usually so stressed about living pay to pay that the expensive toys aren't even worth it.
I would rather let my money make me money, and I will never let someone make interest off me! When we were both first out of school, we took all the extra money and bonuses that we made and paid off our school loans. It felt so good to be free from them, and the savings of not paying the interest for years was huge!
With the help of seeking alpha, and some wise family members, we have an awesome dividend growth portfolio, and were able to capture prices after the great recession that were so amazingly low that we also have some impressive capital gains.
I would encourage all younger people to visit some low income nursing homes in your spare time, and I guarantee you will get your savings goals put together.
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I own CAT and DE, and both are undervalued, and have had a nice pull back in the last few days.
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Long DRI, WFC
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I will have to look into NWN, as I am looking to expand my holdings of Utilities.
Long MCD, CVX, KMB, JNJ, MSFT, APD, T and VZ from your list.