What now for Treasuries and their ETFs? Should you be buying even at record low yields? I’m adding shares of Vanguard’s 1-3 year Treasury ETF
I'd wager that almost nobody today is buying U.S. Treasuries for their yield. The yield on the 10-year Treasury broke below 1% to 0.9043% for the first time EVER. The 10-year finished the day with a yield of 1.01%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury fell to a low of...
Buying General Motors in my Dividend Portfolio
I don't think the coronavirus stock market rout is over, but I do believe you have to be opportunistic about snapping up dividend yield during this correction. Today shares of General Motor (GM) were down another 2.12% as of 2:40 p.m. New York time. That brings the...
Adding Hanesbrands as Pick #12 to my Special Report 12 Bargain Stock Picks NOW and to my Dividend Portfolio
Today, Thursday, February 20, I’m making Hanesbrands (HBI) my #12 and final choice for  my Special Report: 12 Bargain Stock Picks NOW that I began on December 12. (I’ll be adding Hanesbrands and my #9-11 picks as well to my Special Report later today tomorrow, Friday,...
I will be selling Microsoft out of my Dividend Portfolio on Friday, February 21
When I revised my Dividend Portfolio back on November 11, 2019, the idea was to add a few stocks that paid very low dividend yields now but that showed a likelihood of raising dividends substantially in the coming years. That way, you'd be buying future higher yields...
Raising target on Barrick Gold in Jubak Picks Portfolio and buying the shares for my Dividend Portfolio
Barrick Gold (GOLD) reported fourth quarter earnings of 17 cents a share on Wednesday, February 12. That beat the 14 cents a share estimate from Wall Street analysts for the quarter. A year ago the company earned 6 cents a share in the fourth quarter of 2018. But that...
AbbVie continues its run–picks up momentum from Allergan results
Shares of AbbVie (ABBV) tacked on another 1.32% today to a close at $96 continuing a run that began back on January 31 at $81.02. The trend picked up momentum on February 7 after the company reported fourth quarter earnings with better than expected sales for its...
Buying AbbVie today for my Dividend Portfolio with its 5.62% yield
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Dividend Portfolio member Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico up on USMCA news and November traffic
It certainly didn't hurt that House Democrats have agreed to support the revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, and to put it to a vote before the end of this session of Congress on December 20. But neither did Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico's (PAC) preliminary...
Notes You Need for December 6: Amazon shipping delays, home buyers aging, truck orders, AI, Apple 2020 products, Macao gaming, GE’s penny dividend, Qualcomm fine
In my daily trawling through the market I come upon lots of tidbits of knowledge that I think are important to investors but that don't justify a full post. I've decided to start compiling these notes here each day in a kind of running mini blog that I'm calling Notes...
Dividend Portfolio member Merck raises dividend by 11%
Merck (MRK) has announced that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 11% to 61 cents a share in the first quarter of 2020. The dividend will be paid on January 8, 2020 to shareholders of record on December 16, 2019. When I revised my Dividend Portfolio holdings last...A summary of the changes to my Dividend Portfolio in my Special Report 3 Ways to Higher Income in a Low Yield Desert
Just to put all the changes in my Dividend Portfolio in one list after my Special Report 3 Ways to Higher Income in a Low Yield Desert Here are the sells: Bank of America (BAC) as of November 1 ING Group (ING) as of November 1 Tapestry (TPR) as of November 1 Westpac...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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