ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 01/03/19

My goal is to design and manage a diversified portfolio that provides a growing, relatively safe dividend stream to supplement retirement income. You can follow the development of my retirement income portfolio by reading the Q3 Portfolio Review and two subsequent articles that highlighted...

(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 the new "best stocks to buy right now" series. This is to avoid excessively long articles and maximize the utility to my readers. ...

As 2018 comes to a close, I like to think about stocks to place on my watch list for the New Year. The broad market declines since end of September 2018 has led to some values for dividend growth stocks. The S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 2000, and Dow Jones are all in or near bear market terr...

(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 the new "best stocks to buy right now" series. This is to avoid excessively long articles and maximize the utility to my readers. ...

The sharp market downturn has raised many questions Three recent Seeking Alpha articles about the current downturn aimed to help investors who have watched their portfolio values shrink. This is new territory for those who entered the market after the bottom in March, 2009. Victor Dergun...

For the past two months, the markets have been in turmoil and are down significantly from their all-time highs. It has tested the 10% correction a few times (and still remains in the correction territory as we write this), and there's a classic battle between bulls and bears going on. There's ...

GLENVIEW, Ill., Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) has been notified of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Corporation (“ TRC ”) to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of ITW common stock, representing approximately 0.30% of the out...

(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 the new "best stocks to buy right now" series. This is to avoid excessively long articles and maximize the utility to my readers. ...

Investment Thesis November marks the ninth 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 October 31st of 2018 have produced a total dividend inco...

(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...