ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 11/06/18

October turned out to be a volatile month. News tried to trick investors to panic and sell their shares, that the bear market was finally here and now was the time to accumulate cash and wait for the asset prices to come down. Market sell-off shares parallels with 1987 crash, strategist say...

Well, that was fun. Did you folks like October? Many investors are probably licking their wounds after that month, and while the value of my portfolio also took a beating, I remain upbeat with my eyes on the ultimate prize: Financial independence through dividends. This was a busy month. I t...

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...

Last month, I posted my quarterly results and said that I would try and do a better job of posting regular portfolio updates for those readers/followers who don’t track Seeking Alpha on a daily basis and miss my trade-related stock talks. Well, here we go. October was a crazy month fo...

3M’s ( MMM ) stock price dropped recently as low as the mid-$180s in late October and concurrently the dividend yield increased to almost 3%, but the investment thesis for dividend growth investors has not changed. 3M reported slowing sales growth and also missed revenue and EPS estimat...

As the calendar shows November, it is time, once again, to highlight some of my potential stock buys for the upcoming month. Are we having fun yet? Are any of you making sense of the market these days? I can honestly tell you that I have zero idea about what's going on and where we'll be in ...

GLENVIEW, Ill., Nov. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) declared a dividend on the company's common stock of $1.00 per share for the fourth quarter of 2018. The dividend equates to $4.00 per share on a full-year basis. The dividend wi...

Investment Thesis September marks the seventh month 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 August 31st of 2018 have demonstrated the following income characterist...

Since I have free trades for a few more months, I was able to make a series of small purchases over the last several weeks. With Mr. Market being moody, there were plenty of positions that I wanted to add to or begin establishing. There is one new name on this list, and I was able to add this ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In new independent research reports released early this morning, Fundamental Markets released its latest key findings for all current investors, traders, and shareholders of Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), Reinsurance Group of America, I...