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My topic: INCOME INVESTING IS FACING A CRISIS New strategies for generating income and for retirement investing-and why we need them! Watch my presentation live from 10:50 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. ET During MoneyShow’s next Virtual Expo, October 5-7, I’m joining Dr....
A summary of the changes to my Dividend Portfolio as a result of my Special Report 3 Ways to Higher Income in a Low Yield Desert
Back at the beginning of November I published a Special Report on my subscription JubakAM.com site that revised the Dividend Portfolio I track on all my sites. The changes in the portfolio were an attempt to respond to a changed environment for yield–what I...
I’m adding Citigroup to my Dividend Portfolio
Citigroup (C) is among the big banks that passed the most recent stress test from the Federal Reserve. That means the bank can go ahead with its plans to raise its quarterly dividend to 45 cents from 32 cents and to buyback $17.6 billion in shares. The plan would take...
Canadian government buys Trans Mountain Pipeline and removes huge albatross from neck of Kinder Morgan
Yesterday the Canadian government announced that it will buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan Canada for CAD$ 4.5 billion. Kinder Morgan (KMI), a member of my Dividend Portfolio, owns a 70% stake in Kinder Morgan Canada. The sale, which certainly...
Bye,bye MLP: OKE to acquire master limited partnership OKS
It’s not exactly an uncommon kind of transaction these days: General partner ONEOK (OKE) will acquire Master Limited Partnership ONEOK Partners (OKS) for $9.3 billion in stock. (For example, Targa Resources (TRGP) rolled up its MLP Targa Resources Partners this...
Energy MLP and Dividend Portfolio member Western Gas Partners increases distribution
Western Gas Partners (WES), a master limited partnership (MLP) that’s a member of my Dividend Portfolio, announced today that it would pay a quarterly distribution of 86 cents per unit for the fourth quarter of 2016. That brings the total distribution for 2016...
Yield on the stocks in my Dividend Portfolio as of January 12
A number of readers have asked me for updates on the current yields of the stocks in my Dividend portfolio. That’s a good idea: The big rally in dividend paying stocks in 2016 has had a serious impact on yields with many once high-yielding stocks appreciating in...
Sell CMI: After a 55% gain in 2016 Cummins no longer yields enough to stay in my Dividend portfolio
After a 55.3% gain in 2016, shares of Cummins (CMI) no longer pay enough to remain in my Dividend portfolio. The huge appreciation of 2016 means the stock now yields just 2.98% and in this portfolio I look for yields of 4% or more. (With 5% as the ideal–but hey...
Sell INTC: At a yield of 2.98% Intel doesn’t earn a place in my Dividend portfolio
It’s not that shares of Intel (INTC) had such a stellar 2016–the gain for the year was just 5.3%. But the company continues to struggle with declining demand in its core PC market and faces strong resistance from competitors to its efforts to break into...
My Dividend Portfolio returned 26.79% in 2016
If you had bought the stocks in my Dividend Portfolio on December 31, 2015–or when I added them to this portfolio during 2016 in the cases of Coach (COH), Qualcomm (QCOM), VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities (excluding Financials) ETF (PFXF), and Kinder Morgan...
Adding Coach to my dividend portfolio; keeping it in long-term 50 Stocks list
And to think that in 2015 I was thinking of dropping Coach (COH) from my long-term Jubak 50 Stocks portfolio. In mid-2015 the stock was languishing at $28.48 (September 25, 2015) and seemed to be floundering with stagnant sales, falling margins, and a loss of pizzazz...
Intel raises third quarter guidance; now up 94% since I added it to my Dividend portfolio
Update September 16, 2016 In new guidance today Intel raised its outlook for third quarter revenue to $15.6 billion, $300 million above previous guidance. The midpoint forecast for gross margin climbed to 63% versus the earlier midpoint forecast of 62%. None of this...
Targa Resources can climb from here but the attraction is the 8% dividend
Last year prices for natural gas liquids fell even faster than oil prices did. Hard as that may be to believe. Which is why the price for shares of Targa Resources (TRGP) are down 23.16% for the last twelve months This year natural gas liquids have recovered faster...
Qualcomm: Now that’s a surprise
Update July 21. After the close of the market yesterday, July 20, Qualcomm (QCOM), the biggest maker of chips that run mobile phones, reported net income of 97 cent a share for the quarter that ended on June 26. That beat the 73 cents a share earned in June quarter of...
Economy and financial markets point in different directions ahead of Wednesday’s Fed meeting
Pity the poor Federal Reserve. In making decisions about interest rates–in this case about whether or not to raise interest rates at its June, July or September meetings–it has to consider the condition of both the real economy and the financial markets. And right now...
What are the chances that the Brexit polls are wrong?
To anyone getting all warm and cozy with the polls showing that voters will decide to stay with the European Union in Thursday’s Brexit vote, I’ve got just one word of warning: Michigan. Remember the Michigan primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders this...
Buy Verizon (VZ)
Tomorrow, October 23, I will add shares of Verizon (VZ) to my Dividend Income Portfolio. Verizon’s shares closed at $45.89 on October 22 with a 5.06% yield. Verizon reported third quarter earnings on October 20. By and large the numbers were so-so. Earnings of $1.04 a...
Buy Cummins (CMI) for my dividend portfolio
Cummins (CMI) is a cyclical that’s good at being a cyclical. Which is why I’ll be adding the stock to my JubakPicks Dividend Portfolio tomorrow. The shares closed today, October 12, at $111.98, down from the top of its 52-week range at $151 (and not too far off the...
Buy NGLS
I added Targa Resources Partners (NGLS) to my Dividend Income portfolio https://jubakpicks.com/jubak-dividend-income-portfolio/ on January 11 because the units offer a really attractive potential for dividend growth and capital gains. The current dividend, at 6.81% on...
General Electric (GE)
In my February 3 post https://jubakpicks.com/2012/02/03/looking-for-higher-dividend-yields-and-dividend-growth-here-are-three-picks/#more-8475 I added three stocks to my dividend income portfolio https://jubakpicks.com/jubak-dividend-income-portfolio/ and dropped...And thoughts of bank dividends danced in their heads
One more test, and, if you pass, you can start paying dividends. That’s what the Federal Reserve told the 19 big banks that were the subject of the original stress test during the financial crisis. Financial statements and capital plans for the new test are due by...Want a stock rocket? Try a high dividend telephone stock. Really. I'm not kidding.
The Federal Reserve—with a big helping hand from the global financial crisis and the central banks of much of the rest of the developed world—has turned income investing upside down. The Fed’s near 0% short-term interest rate target has sent short-term yields for...Update ONEOK Partners (OKS)
As bad news goes, this isn’t a big dose of bad news, but it should be a reminder to investors looking for extra yield in today’s ultra-low yield environment that higher yields always come with higher risk. ONEOK Partners (OKS) is one of my favorites for getting a good...Sell American Electric Power (AEP)
There’s certainly something very attractive about a utility stock that pays a 4.6% dividend yield when the 10-year U.S. Treasury is paying just 2.8%. But investors in American Electric Power (AEP) need to realize that if the U.S. economy is speeding up rather than...Buy Intel (INTC)
Shares of Intel (INTC) have been hammered on news showing that PC sales to consumers have been soft in the current back to school quarter. I think that sell off ignores the company’s strengths in other markets, such as servers, that show no signs of slowing growth,...Lots of dividends but very little yield: An add and a drop for the Dividend Income portfolio
It’s raining dividends. Or at least thoughts of dividends. First time ever dividends from companies that have never offered dividends. On September 14, Cisco Systems (CSCO) CEO John Chambers said the company is considering a 1% to 2% dividend for the fiscal year that...Buy Total (TOT)
I’m sure this one is going to be popular. (Yeah, right.) Today, May 28, I’m adding Total (TOT) to the Jubak Dividend Income portfolio. That’s right a European (gasp) oil (shudder) stock. Total’s shares have dropped from $65 at the beginning of 2010 to $45 now....Sell du Pont (DD)
I’m selling E.I. du Pont (DD) out of the Jubak Dividend Income Portfolio today, May 28, for the same reason that I just sold Rayonier (RYN). The stock has held up so well that the 4.5% yield doesn’t compare favorably to the higher yields offered by stocks that have...The selloff has created big bargains in dividend stocks–I'm adding two to my income portfolio
Once upon a time, I worked in an office beneath a sign that read: “We’re a non-profit company…but we didn’t plan it that way.” I feel a similar emotion as I write today about all the wonderful buys this market correction has created for dividend income investors. I’m...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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