Looking for a tech stock for earnings season: Think Qualcomm
Update September 20, 2016 Going into the third quarter earnings season, Wall Street analysts had pegged the information technology sector of the Standard & Poor’s 500 as the only sector where estimates for the third quarter had climbed since June 30. That...
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...
Navistar/Volkswagen hookup no big deal for Cummins
Update September 12. When on September 6 Volkswagen announced that it would take a 16.6% stake in Navistar International (NAV) for $256 million, it sent competitors in the truck market slipping lower. Shares of Cummins (CMI) fell 2.6% from September 8 to September 9...
Current yields for the stocks in my Dividend portfolio
A number of readers have asked me to start providing 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...
Trend toward tougher rules on emissions and fuel efficiency continues–with Cummins as a key beneficiary
Update August 17, 2016. New rules proposed by the Obama administration that would require up to a 25% reduction in carbon emissions from heavy-duty trucks over the next 10 years are good news in the long run for Cummins (CMI.) The proposed rules are 10% tougher than...
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...
Cummins ups dividend to annual $4.10
Cummins (CMI) announced today that it would increase its dividend to a quarterly $1.025 from the previous $0.957 payable on September 1 to shareholders of record as of August 22. That brings the foreword dividend yield to 3.45% from today’s closing price of...
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...
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...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...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...Now you can follow every stock, every buy, and every sell in my Dividend Income portfolio
2009 wasn’t too bad a year for income investors. 2010 looks challenging. 2011 and beyond look terrible. And that’s why I re-launched my Dividend Stocks for Income Investors portfolio with this October 9 post...My dividend stock portfolio: income and less risk too
Today I’m re-launching my Dividend Stocks for Income Investors portfolio. By the end of this post, you’ll know why I think a dividend income stock portfolio is something all income investors need to consider as part of their total income portfolio how the portfolio I...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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