ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 07/23/19

Before you decide to leave a comment calling me a market-timer, I would love it if you would simply hear me out. I know this is a controversial subject for dividend growth investors (DGIs), but I believe it is important to regularly review a portfolio and sell the highest cost shares of select...

Ian's Million Fund "IMF" is a real-money portfolio that I've written about monthly since January 2016 here at Seeking Alpha. The portfolio is a largely buy-and-hold group of ~120 stocks. Each month, I buy 10-25 of the most compelling stocks available at then-current prices, deploying $1,000 o...

A modest gain in Q2 The 13.66% Q1 gain after the December lows was followed by a more modest 2.72% Q2 gain, for a year-to-date increase of 16.38%. My spreadsheet records the portfolio's ongoing progress, with one cell calculating the gain since 12/31/15. On June 28, 2019, my eye was drawn to...

Introduction The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts, and the latest edition may be found here . However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Fu...

GLENVIEW, Ill., July 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) will issue its second quarter 2019 results on Friday, July 26, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. CDT. Following the release, ITW will hold its second quarter earnings conference call at 9:00 a.m. CDT. To register for ...

In June of 2015, I started a series of articles in which I highlight the stocks from the Dividend Champions list that have the highest and the lowest Percent Above Average Yield (PAAY) over the past year and over the past five years. PAAY is a measure of how much a stock is above (high PAAY, u...

I ntroduction 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 g...

David Van Knapp presented a simple and seemingly effective quality scoring system in this article on high-quality, high-yield dividend growth stocks. The system employs five widely used quality indicators from independent sources and assigns 0-5 points to each quality indicator, for a ma...

Introduction The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts, and the latest edition may be found here . However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Fu...

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 ...