ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 12/06/18

Introduction Welcome to my monthly portfolio review covering all of the activity over the past month. 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 401( K ) plan. The goal...

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GLENVIEW, Ill., Nov. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) announced the company will webcast its annual Investor Day which will be held on Friday, December 7, 2018. ITW will webcast senior management presentations beginning at 9 a.m. (EST). To view ITW’...

(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 October marks the eighth month that Jane's retirement (Traditional and Roth IRAs) have been established and received a steady flow of dividend income. Up to this point, Jane's retirement accounts from January 1st to September 30th of 2018 have demonstrated the following inc...

In Part 1 of this article , I presented a virtual portfolio of the top holdings of 47 dividend ETFs. Using a proportional scoring system that favors larger investments and larger ETFs, I calculate an aggregate score for each ticker in the top 25 holdings of the dividend ETFs. Sorting the aggr...

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It's dividend income update time. One of my favorite times of the month, as I get to review my previous month of passive income received from my dividend income portfolios. After going through a roller coaster of a month, it seems that November is shaping up to be more of the same. Increased v...

(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...

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...