ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 10/16/19

Overview In this article I present an analysis of a modified list of the Dividend Champions. I analyze all stocks in the list except the Dividend Kings. I track these companies separately due to their long-term success in growing dividends. You can read my recent analysis update on the...

Since my last KISS portfolio update in early August, it’s been a weak two months for the market. Over that time, it’s been down almost 2%. But the KISS portfolio is actually up during that time. I’ll discuss the details later on in the article, but this is another demonstr...

Every day produces a new headline about the risk of recession and at this point, it seems like everyone has an opinion and a number of sectors have benefitted from this while others have suffered. While most sectors are up year-to-date, this is due to the major market selloff that occurred ...

I believe that anybody looking to invest in stocks must pay attention to the quality of the stocks and the valuation. A poor-quality stock should never be bought, and you shouldn’t pay too much for any stock, even a good quality one. There are many ways to define quality, but for me the...

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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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...

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...

GLENVIEW, Ill., Oct. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) will issue its third quarter 2019 results on Friday, October 25, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. CDT. Following the release, ITW will hold its third quarter earnings conference call at 9:00 a.m. CDT. To register for...

As I sit at my kitchen counter the evening of September 30th writing my August update article, I reflect again on one of the beauties of dividend growth investing. I believe you can be as active or as passive as you want to be (within reason on both sides of it) if you select high quality di...

Illinois Tool Works ( ITW -0.1% ) shares recover to breakeven after opening sharply lower following Goldman Sachs' downgrade to Sell from Neutral with a $144 price target. More news on: Illinois Tool Works Inc., Read more ...

Another month is in the books and 2019 continues to fly by at a record pace. Baseball season is winding down and football season is starting up again. Plus, we are approaching fall, which is my wife's favorite season. It'll be even more special now that we can celebrate it with our daughter fo...