If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I’m heavy into dividend growth investing. Most of these stocks are well-established blue chip companies and have been paying rising dividends for 25+ years. I follow this strategy because it has historically beaten the S&P, is favorable from a tax perspective, and it provides solid quarterly … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2019
Recent Buy: Honeywell
With commission free trades taking over the marketplace, investors can now average in on a daily basis. A few weeks ago, I purchased Altria, only to watch the share price fall 15% in a very short period of time. The Juul vaping scandal came out of nowhere and absolutely destroyed the stock (for a while). Had I averaged in and … [Read more...]
Commission Free Trades
Over the course of this blog I’ve discussed how my goal was to deploy $2000 into the stock market. This typically took the form of one position, maybe two. However, in the past few days TD Ameritrade opted to eliminate its $6.95 trading fee. Schwab initially cut its trading fee to $0 to better compete with Robinhood. Other brokers, including … [Read more...]