ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 09/30/18

Over the past 5+ years, I have been posting my KISS portfolio on Seeking Alpha. During that time, I have used my PAAY system to reinvest my dividends. PAAY stands for Percentage Above Average Yield. My theory behind the system is that when a dividend growth stock is trading at a price which gi...

I sold my shares in Illinois Tool Works ( ITW ) in February of last year, as I felt the company had become overvalued. At the time, shares were trading at 22.7 times earnings. This had pushed the forward dividend yield down to only 2.0%. After I sold, shares in ITW continued to climb, reachi...

Investment Thesis August marks the six months that Jane's retirement (Traditional and Roth IRAs) have been established and received a steady flow of dividend income. Jane's retirement account from February 1st to July 31st of 2018 have demonstrated the following income characteristics: T...

I write monthly pulse articles that are strategy-focused and that monitor the health of my portfolio. My overall aim is to reduce portfolio risk and to further diversify DivGro's holdings. In the third quarter of 2018, I'm focusing specifically on strengthening my portfolio's risk profile. T...

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Brokers Project Top Ten 'Safer' Dividend Aristocrats Stocks to Net 8.93% to 19.77% Gains To September 2019 Three of ten biggest yield "safer" Dividend Aristocrats (tinted in the chart above) showed up in the Top ten gainers for the coming year based on analys...

(Source: imgflip ) Note that due to reader requests, I've decided to break up my weekly portfolio updates into three parts: commentary, economic update, and portfolio summary, stats, & watch lists. This is to avoid excessively long articles and maximize the utility to my readers. ...

(Source: imgflip ) Note that due to reader requests, I've decided to break up my weekly portfolio updates into three parts: commentary, economic update, portfolio summary, stats, & watch lists. This is to avoid excessively long articles and maximize the utility to my readers. This...

Last Saturday, I published the September edition of my 10 Dividend Growth Stocks series. The top-ranked stock this month is Comcast ( CMCSA ), one of five Consumer Discretionary sector stocks in the 10 top-ranked stocks. I rank a selection of the CCC stocks every month and present 10 s...

(Source: imgflip ) Note that due to reader requests, I've decided to break up my weekly portfolio updates into three parts: commentary, economic update, portfolio summary, stats, & watch lists. This is to avoid excessively long articles and maximize the utility to my readers...

This article has been written by Olivier Gélinas for Dividend Stocks Rock. Illinois Tool Works ( ITW ) has been around for over a century. This manufacturing company is one of the few that is diversified throughout 7 different segments. ITW is a dividend king, now on its 54th year of ...