ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 06/19/19

Considering the Taxable account saw its highest month of dividend income ever, it can be a little depressing to see such a mediocre month of dividends in Jane's retirement accounts. To be fair, Jane's assets heavily favor companies that paid their dividends in April or June and therefore make ...

Nordson (NASDAQ: NDSN ) appoints Sundaram Nagarajan as its new President and CEO effective Aug. 1, succeeding Michael Hilton, who previously announced his plans to retire. More news on: Nordson Corporation, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Read more ...

It was barely a month ago when it looked like everything was rosy. The economy and the GDP were humming along nicely with record high employment. Everyone believed that the US-China trade deal was almost a done deal. The steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico were done away with. Even...

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 gener...

Because of 3M Company’s ( MMM ) recent weakness, I’ve been doing a lot of work on the stock. It’s rare for dividend aristocrats to experience such weakness and I don’t want to miss out on an opportunity to add shares of what could be a rarely undervalued blue chip d...

It's hard to top a month like March (my article can be found here ) when it produced a massive amount of dividend income and eight companies paid increased dividends. So when April produced even more dividend income and had an additional seven companies that raised their dividend, I couldn't ...

Photo Source Illinois Tool Works ( ITW ) was founded in 1912 and has a long history of being a conglomerate in the industrial segment. It has over the years acquired company after company, making it a powerhouse within its various operating segments. With operations in automotive equ...

Bullish in the face of multiple risk factors I'm generally bullish. When I entered the stock market in 1982, the DJIA was below 800 and every stock I studied was undervalued. There were dips, corrections, a dot.com bubble and one very deep bear market, but the general trajectory has been u...

After four months of continued growth in the stock market we are finally seeing what could potentially be the sign of the first significant sell-off of 2019, triggered by the never-ending "trade war." Through April, the S&P 500 posted an astounding +17.51% return, a few days into May the i...

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...