Thank you Norman Tweed for your series. I'm waiting to see what you have in store when you get to my age, 62. I bought INTC way back in 1995, mind you only one share from which I dripped and added cash when I had it. I watched it run up into the $70's in the dot com bubble and come crashing down. Foolishly I didn't sell as I told myself I didn't need the money at the time, though now wish I'd sold a few shares for a nice gain. Now I hold on for the dividend. One opportunity was lost ( a nice capital gain) maybe now another presents itself (a nice dividend yield).
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Thanks Bob Johnson for a nice list of dividend paying stocks. I'm ignorant on the tax consequences of MLP's so avoid them, but like your other selections. I have ABT,JNJ and MCD. Also, I never knew the source of the "best laid schemes of mice and men", so I learned something.
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Thanks David. I also appreciate your comments about the proliferation of fees in DRIP plans. It's getting harder to find plans that don't nickle and dime you with fees (actually more like $5.00 plus 10 cents a share for every time you reinvest or send in optional cash). For little guys like me those fees add up. I stopped dripping some of my stocks once they instituted fees and started taking my dividends in cash.
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Thanks David Crosetti for a wake up call to me and I suspect quite a few others to do some real long term planning. At 62 and still working my portfolio is quite mess of ideas I've had over the years. I'm hoping to do like Norman Tweed and find more time after retiring to perfect my portfolio. :-)
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Thanks D4L for a great list. I hold several on your list, MCD, MSFT and WAG. I've held WAG for a long time even with it's low yield and remember when MCD wasn't paying much of a dividend. You list some other potentially good candidates with low present yields that should grow over time.
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David, You stated Computershare has purchased the DRIP business of BNY Mellon. Did I miss something? I drip several stocks through BNY Mellon and haven't received any notification of the drip plans going to Computershare.
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Thanks D4L. I own EMR and am very pleased with this year's dividend increase. Last year was miniscule, but at least they kept their streak going. I have owned MCD for years and was pleased when they went back to quarterly dividends after a number of years with the annual dividend. I agree it doesn't matter a whole lot whether the dividend is paid annually or quarterly, as long as it is increasing, but I look forward to those little quarterly checks.
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Thanks Efsinvestment for a timely article. I'm a long term holder of Abbott and have been reinvesting my dividends. Now with the planned split I'm not sure what will be the result for dividend investors. Back when they spun off Hospira they continued their dividend stream. Hospira on the other hand has never paid a dividend. Just wondering if maybe the pure pharmaceutical play will be a non-dividend payer while the medical devices may still be a good dividend payer.
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Thanks Rodger Luebke for a great example of the power of dividend growth. While some have disagreed with your example of "happiness", the point is the investment provided a growing income stream. I started with one share of KO back in 1995. I've added small amounts of cash and reinvested my dividends. Yes, some of those dividends were reinvested in the $70's and $80's, but many more were invested in the $40's and $50's. Overall, I have nice capital appreciation and a growing income stream with the dividends. My goal with my stocks is to reinvest until I retire, then take the dividends in cash. I've picked some duds over the years, but for the most part I'm happy with my portfolio and the income it provides.
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Thanks Regarded Solutions for a thought provoking article. As I contemplate retirement in the next year or two I realize there is no specific number that I must reach in savings. I have always lived within my means and will continue to do so in retirement. My lifestyle really won't change. My income will be less, but my expenses will be less as well as I will pay off my mortgage before I retire. I might have some years where I will spend a little more if for instance I do a little traveling, but for the most part without a mortgage and work related expenses I figure my living costs will go down. The only unknown would be a change in health for myself or my wife. If one or both of us run into major medical expenses, then the equation changes. I look to my dividend paying stocks to supplement my pension and while they won't change my lifestyle to something beyond what I am accustomed, they will support what I have lived so far.
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Thank you Norman Tweed for another well written article. Sorry, I'm late in reading it, I've been avoiding my computer for a few days. As several others have commented I'm a little leery of mortgage reits right now. I'm not adverse to reits, I have two, though of a different variety, DRI and GGP. Yes, I held GGP through its bankruptcy, receiving shares in the new company, actually two new companies. This was one bankruptcy where shareholders didn't end up wiped out entirely. That leads to one of my problems, knowing when to sell. I often hold on too long when I might be bettter served selling and redeploying my money elsewhere.
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Global View and Norman Tweed, I was looking at LMT and RTN and went with RTN as it dropped below $40.00 a share. I didn't have the funds for LMT at $72 a share. I did this just before the dividend increase announcement. On the other hand I hope RTN proves rewarding long term. I don't think I want to get to enamored of defense stock and buy both should I have the funds at a later date and the price still is acceptable.
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You stated Computershare has purchased the DRIP business of BNY Mellon. Did I miss something? I drip several stocks through BNY Mellon and haven't received any notification of the drip plans going to Computershare.
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Maybe we'll both have another shot at LMT once we accumulate some more funds. :)
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I was looking at LMT and RTN and went with RTN as it dropped below $40.00 a share. I didn't have the funds for LMT at $72 a share. I did this just before the dividend increase announcement. On the other hand I hope RTN proves rewarding long term. I don't think I want to get to enamored of defense stock and buy both should I have the funds at a later date and the price still is acceptable.