ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 10/09/18

Welcome to the Q3-2018 review of DivGro, my portfolio of dividend growth stocks. My quarterly reviews provide a summary of dividend income, dividend changes, and transactions executed in the past quarter. I also provide some charts showing various portfolio statistics. While these reviews ...

As I sit here in a Florida resort with summer coming to a close, I am contemplating what life will be like when my bride and I will be living off of our investments, and more specifically our dividends. It is likely that both of us have many good working years left to increase our nest egg fur...

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The most common messages that I get here at Seeking Alpha are those asking about my holdings. I’ve come to learn that readers, new and old, like to know what makes up contributors' portfolios. I don’t blame them; it’s nice to know that writers have a bit of skin in the g...

The portfolio expanded from 30 equities to 49 This is the third quarter review of my retirement income portfolio. It was a very active quarter that included a final pension rollover to my IRA. About half of the rollover funds have been deployed. Some existing positions were trimmed to ta...

GLENVIEW, Ill., Oct. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) will issue its third quarter 2018 results on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 7 a.m., CDT. Following the release, ITW will hold its third quarter earnings conference call at 9 a.m., CDT. To participate i...

What's New? After a calm August, the investment pendulum swung back to an active September. At a high level I have continued to pivot my portfolio more towards growth. In the transaction section I will highlight what has changed and why it did. Some slower growing dividend names have been cu...

(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, and watch lists. This is to avoid excessively long articles and maximize the utility to my readers. Th...

Investment Thesis Investing for Immediate income outperforms more conservative established investment within a 35 to 38-year time frame - longer than most find themselves actively investing or retired. I recast my projects and fine-tuned the process due to concerns about the previously inclu...

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...