Thanks Sumflow, question though, according that Youtube vid, they pay their dividend/distribution in shares only? Do know where I can see a history of this? TIA (thanks in advance).
I've seen this pasted into a couple of responses above.
"THE DISTRIBUTION Pfizer has informed ZTS that, following this offering, Pfizer may make a tax-free distribution to its stockholders of all or a portion of its remaining equity interest in ZTS, which may include one or more distributions effected as a dividend to all Pfizer stockholders, one or more distributions in exchange for Pfizer shares or other securities, or any combination thereof. ZTS refers to any such potential distribution as the “Distribution.”"
For the current owners of PFE, no one knows what % /share will be spun off to existing shareholder. Is this true? Or any idea when they plan to spin off the remaining IPO shares?
Kind of makes you want to go with ABT/ABBV doesn't it?!
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and the Nth dividend invester for long term is....me. I've been doing this since 1993, bought $1000 of Disney, did some searching on Yahoo, and found DUC, learned about DRIPing, and the snow ball effect it can have. I now have about 80 different equities. It is now at the point my holding are self sustaining, meaning I don't have to contribute to them anymore, the dividends pay between $3K and $4K /month. I don't DRIP now either, I take the cash and diversify. I hope to hit my first $1,000,000 by the end of next year if not sooner.
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Hi Todd, Great article as always. You don't hear from me often, but know I read everything you post!
I too am long on ANH and AGNC. I'm living large on these 'Boring' stocks.
Re Nat Gas, I've got some LINE (Linn Energy) it's way up from where I got it. There is a process out that can convert Nat Gas to gasoline and there are a few refineries out there with more on the way.
I've also got some BDCs, they too pay a good div and are quite boring.
What Happened To Apollo Investments? [View article]
Thank you for writing this article. I guess I need to rethink holding this stock. It is up from where I bought it in Oct '11, and the yield is still pretty good at > 10%. But the future, that is the question. I also hold PSEC.
just a small correction, Apollo Global Management is not AGM, it is APO.
It may look a bit extreme at this time, by current standards, but who knows what the economy will be in 12 years?
I don't have a pension, and I don't know what Social Security will be like at that time, or if it will even exist. All I can count on is what I can do for myself and my wife. Anything else will be gravy.
I'm not sure I can hit those numbers, but I'm gonna try to without too much sacrifice to get there. This year along I'm expecting to make >$50K in dividends, this is up about $8K from 2011.
Plus I expect there will be some medical bills I'll have to pay, not covered by Medicare or perhaps I'll have to live in a long term care facility (I hope not but you never know).
I hope is I can leave most of this to my children.
I've been building a DG and income portfolio since 1995. I was not doing as much of the dividend equities as I am now, I started with DUC, a CEF, and I got hooked on them. It was just so easy to buy shares and watch my monthly div go up, with the drip option, it has a snowball effect. I'd also bought some CMO, and a few others. But then the market tanked in 2003 I think it was, and the divs dropped some. Some came back, some did not. Now, about 10 years later, I'm still at it, sure there are times when the market tanks and my divs shrink for a bit. And you do need to keep a close watch on them. I have an Excel spreadsheet (several actually) where I monitor things, like monthly or quarterly payout, when does it pay, some pay at the beginning of the month, some at the end, and some in the middle, plus a few odd balls. but you can consider the end of month and the beginning of month as the pay out times for most of the monies. They you need to look at the div payouts year over year, and your holdings year over year. I have since stopped dripping, as the lesson I learned there was you end up with too much $$ in the same equities.
But it is not just income stocks, I also have growth and income and some are just growth, though the growth only and G&I equities are a small %. I also have a few mutual funds such as GABUX and GAUCX.
Something to also keep in mind here, is what types of accounts you have, for example, I do have 2 brokerage accounts, one for income and one for growth and income mostly. I also manage my IRA rollover and my wifes. so now we're up to 4 accounts. These are also income mostly with BDCs MLP, CEFs, and a mut fund or 2. Additionally, as I work for a corp and so does my wife, we have 401k/403b's these are all mutual funds. So that is 6 accounts total. Where I work has a employee stock purchase plan, so that takes us to 7 in total. Plus for incidentals, you need to keep a pile of cash available ($10-$40K what ever makes you comfortable). Oh and you should also have a quantity of gold. not paper that says you own gold, go buy some real gold. such as Canadian Maple leafs, of the 1 Oz. or lower size. so if the world 'stops turning' you will have something, or if the world keep turning, the cold will appreciate, adding to your assets.
So Kimboslice, am I rich? Hardly! Most of this I cannot touch as it is in some type of retirement vehicle until I am old enough. Will it be enough? hope so.
Problems I've considered: What if I or my wife are hospitalized after retirement? That's huge! At this time, I just don't 'go there.' Maybe I'll get lucky and die in my sleep. I have 2 children to put through college, one already in now (that's why the $40K is more like $10K) this is just 2 issues that keep me up at night. there is an inexhaustable list of problems: politics, quakes, hurricanes, tornados, storms of all kinds (natural and other).
I now gather about $3K a month in divs, of which half I have access to each month to either reinvest or help out with expenses. the rest of it is in deferred accounts so that all gets reinvested.
It's not a perfect plan, and some would snear (snere?) at some of my holdings, but it's my plan, and it is working.
I'm not done with this plan, I still have >12 year to go before I can retire, or 10 years before I can think about retiring. I'll keep socking it away as best we can.
I've found there's a good tool at most brokerages such as ETrade or Sharebuilder where you can come up with a plan and it will help you calculate where you will be or where you want to be when you retire. It says I need between 4 and 6 million. I'm not sure of the validity of the program, but it's a figure to aspire to.
BTW, this was a great article based upon the comments! I'm just Joe-average, doing the best I can, and I hope this helps others see how it is done.
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Greg, Great article! The provided table tells me exactly what I want to know. Granted I don't agree completely with your asessment, but I do like seeing all the data I think is important so I can make an educated decission. would be nice if other authors wrote them like you. Keep up the good work. BTW, I'm long QQQX
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They are obviously not worth THAT much risk if you yourself don't want to own any. Makes it look like you are just writing articles to make money, you don't really care about the content.
Sorry but if you are not ready to "take the plunge", it's wrong of you to tell others it is "WORTH THE RISK."
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just a quick note on PHK: I'm up on this by $0.80 /share from where I bought it, it pays a 8.4% div, and it just paied out a long term capital gain as it did last January, so I'll stand by my decision for a while yet.
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I'm long PSEC, FSC, TCAP and GLAD in the BDC arena.
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will show you the div (Distribution) history for BPL
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"THE DISTRIBUTION
Pfizer has informed ZTS that, following this offering, Pfizer may make a tax-free distribution to its stockholders of all or a portion of its remaining equity interest in ZTS, which may include one or more distributions effected as a dividend to all Pfizer stockholders, one or more distributions in exchange for Pfizer shares or other securities, or any combination thereof. ZTS refers to any such potential distribution as the “Distribution.”"
For the current owners of PFE, no one knows what % /share will be spun off to existing shareholder. Is this true? Or any idea when they plan to spin off the remaining IPO shares?
Kind of makes you want to go with ABT/ABBV doesn't it?!
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I see the symbol changes on October 1st, but I cannot find info on when is the 'you must own this stock and have settled the transaction by...' date.
Thanks from one of your avid followers.
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Great article as always. You don't hear from me often, but know I read everything you post!
I too am long on ANH and AGNC. I'm living large on these 'Boring' stocks.
Re Nat Gas, I've got some LINE (Linn Energy) it's way up from where I got it. There is a process out that can convert Nat Gas to gasoline and there are a few refineries out there with more on the way.
I've also got some BDCs, they too pay a good div and are quite boring.
Keep up the good work!!!
Jeff
What Happened To Apollo Investments? [View article]
just a small correction, Apollo Global Management is not AGM, it is APO.
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I don't have a pension, and I don't know what Social Security will be like at that time, or if it will even exist. All I can count on is what I can do for myself and my wife. Anything else will be gravy.
I'm not sure I can hit those numbers, but I'm gonna try to without too much sacrifice to get there. This year along I'm expecting to make >$50K in dividends, this is up about $8K from 2011.
Plus I expect there will be some medical bills I'll have to pay, not covered by Medicare or perhaps I'll have to live in a long term care facility (I hope not but you never know).
I hope is I can leave most of this to my children.
When Can You Retire On Dividends? [View article]
I have since stopped dripping, as the lesson I learned there was you end up with too much $$ in the same equities.
But it is not just income stocks, I also have growth and income and some are just growth, though the growth only and G&I equities are a small %. I also have a few mutual funds such as GABUX and GAUCX.
Something to also keep in mind here, is what types of accounts you have, for example, I do have 2 brokerage accounts, one for income and one for growth and income mostly. I also manage my IRA rollover and my wifes. so now we're up to 4 accounts. These are also income mostly with BDCs MLP, CEFs, and a mut fund or 2. Additionally, as I work for a corp and so does my wife, we have 401k/403b's these are all mutual funds. So that is 6 accounts total. Where I work has a employee stock purchase plan, so that takes us to 7 in total. Plus for incidentals, you need to keep a pile of cash available ($10-$40K what ever makes you comfortable). Oh and you should also have a quantity of gold. not paper that says you own gold, go buy some real gold. such as Canadian Maple leafs, of the 1 Oz. or lower size. so if the world 'stops turning' you will have something, or if the world keep turning, the cold will appreciate, adding to your assets.
So Kimboslice, am I rich? Hardly! Most of this I cannot touch as it is in some type of retirement vehicle until I am old enough. Will it be enough? hope so.
Problems I've considered:
What if I or my wife are hospitalized after retirement? That's huge! At this time, I just don't 'go there.' Maybe I'll get lucky and die in my sleep.
I have 2 children to put through college, one already in now (that's why the $40K is more like $10K)
this is just 2 issues that keep me up at night. there is an inexhaustable list of problems: politics, quakes, hurricanes, tornados, storms of all kinds (natural and other).
I now gather about $3K a month in divs, of which half I have access to each month to either reinvest or help out with expenses. the rest of it is in deferred accounts so that all gets reinvested.
It's not a perfect plan, and some would snear (snere?) at some of my holdings, but it's my plan, and it is working.
I'm not done with this plan, I still have >12 year to go before I can retire, or 10 years before I can think about retiring. I'll keep socking it away as best we can.
I've found there's a good tool at most brokerages such as ETrade or Sharebuilder where you can come up with a plan and it will help you calculate where you will be or where you want to be when you retire. It says I need between 4 and 6 million. I'm not sure of the validity of the program, but it's a figure to aspire to.
BTW, this was a great article based upon the comments! I'm just Joe-average, doing the best I can, and I hope this helps others see how it is done.
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Thanks for another great article, very well explained! You always provide levels of clarity I did not already have.
J
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Great article! The provided table tells me exactly what I want to know. Granted I don't agree completely with your asessment, but I do like seeing all the data I think is important so I can make an educated decission.
would be nice if other authors wrote them like you.
Keep up the good work.
BTW, I'm long QQQX
7 Mega-Dividend Stocks Worth The Risk [View article]
Sorry but if you are not ready to "take the plunge", it's wrong of you to tell others it is "WORTH THE RISK."
59 High-Yielding Equities With Monthly Distributions, Part II: 8% To 10% Yields [View article]
I'm up on this by $0.80 /share from where I bought it, it pays a 8.4% div, and it just paied out a long term capital gain as it did last January, so I'll stand by my decision for a while yet.