ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 05/12/19

May is off and running. The market has had some very hot and very cold days. It looks like there may be some more buying opportunities on the horizon (finally). Before I get too excited looking ahead, let's look back at April and see how dividend income I received. Lanny kicked this off on our...

We know what time it is. This is one of the best months to be a dividend investor, as we wrap up a quarter-end. The market finished off an impressive note, closing up 13% for the year, thus far. The weather is finally warming up, as I believe we reached 60 degrees one day or two in the month. ...

With much-improved performance in the residential business and decent growth in commercial foodservice, Middleby ( MIDD ) has come back into investors’ good graces, with the shares up better than 25% over the past year. I liked Middleby better when the restructuring efforts were sti...

It's dividend income update time. One of my favorite times of the month, as I get to review my previous month of passive income received from my dividend income portfolios. Without rehashing the wild ride we experienced in the market the last few months, I could find comfort in one thing, my...

Introduction Welcome to my monthly update for my dividend growth portfolio. This article series covers my investing journey as a father of two towards my eventual retirement. Any specific stocks or amounts are particular to my self-directed 401K plan. The goal of my portfolio is to generat...

This article was longer than expected but the reason why is because so many companies paid increased dividends during the month of March (I think we can all agree that this is a great reason for an article to be longer than normal). We continue to see mixed reports with a number of companies...

A weak, and poorly-received, fourth quarter put Stanley Black & Decker ( SWK ) in a hole, and while the shares have lagged industrial peers over the last year, the performance since my last update has been noticeably better. With a strong first quarter driven in very large part by the ...

Situations like the one Lincoln Electric ( LECO ) presents to investors today are why investing isn’t easy – the business has clearly slowed and there are valid reasons to think it may slow further. And yet, as seen in industry segments like Japanese automation, the market ofte...

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Predict 13.3% To 23.3% Aristocrat Net Gains To May 2020 Six of the ten top Aristocrats by yield were verified as being among these top ten gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1-year target prices. (They are tinted gray in the chart below). T...

(Source: imgflip ) Due to reader requests, I've decided to break up my weekly "Best Dividend Stocks To Buy This Week" series into two parts. One will be the weekly watchlist article (with the best ideas for new money at any given time). The other will be the portfolio update. To also ...