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Dividend Stock Wednesday: Abbott Labs (ABT-NYSE)

Stock Analysis

This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. As a holder of Pfizer, I am not in the market for another pharmaceutical company. However, with the strong dividend growth that Abbott Labs has seen in the past 10 years, I would be tempted if the price was right. Let's have a look at ABT to see how it shapes up in the fundamentals and …

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A Valuation Exercise: The Dividend Aristocrats

Stock Selection

We all know that there are 1000's of dividend stocks that are potential investments, but it is difficult to find ones that are truly worthy of further analysis. One trick I like to use to generate a smaller list of investments to further analyze is to start with the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats list and do some quick valuation screens on them to better understand where to spend my time. Let me explain how this works so that you can do it one your own. Getting a List of Stocks to …

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Dividend Stock Wednesday: The Home Depot (HD-NYSE)

Stock Analysis

This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. I have been a shareholder of The Home Depot since 2004 when I purchased my initial shares at around $35. The share price has dropped since then as the company had some difficulties with revenue and EPS growth as well as the previous CEO being absolutely dreadful at working with shareholders. …

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My Current Effective Dividend Yield: General Electric

Dividend Growth

I buy dividend stocks that increase their dividends year after year. When I initially buy these stocks, I am adding them to my portfolio at a particular dividend yield. For example, when I buy a $20 stock with a dividend of $1 my dividend yield is 5%. However, the stocks I purchase are dividend growth stocks that increase their dividends year after year. As a result of these dividend increases, I often find that my effective dividend yield on these stocks increases over time. Let me provide …

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Dividend Stock Wednesday: Johnson Controls (JCI-NYSE)

Stock Analysis

This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. Johnson Controls has been one the stocks that tends to be on dividend investor's lists primarily because of its very good track record of dividend increases. Add to that a number of years of good performance and you have a stock that has done well for investors. I wanted to see if the …

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Carnival of Financial Goals IV – Investing Video Edition

Site Introduction

Another month has gone by and it is once again time for the Carnival of Financial Goals. There were a lot of submissions this month and not every one was included, but I tried my best to ensure those that were truly goal related. As I am following brip blap from last month, I thought I needed to get somewhat creative and decided to go with a theme of investing videos. Spread throughout this edition are various investing videos I have seen on YouTube - some are good and some are total garbage …

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