Dividend Income Report for February 2016

And so ends February. Here in the great Pacific Northwest, February saw a modest warming and some trees and foliage have started to bloom already. But this February "false spring"…

My Latest Buys: CODI, FGB

With the new month came some new dividend stock buys. However, this month I didn't buy into anything new and just bought additional shares of stocks that I already have.…

Dividend Income Report for January 2016

January 2016, one-twelfth of the new year, is finished. How did that happen? To quote the wise sage Ferris Bueller: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look…

My Latest Buys: EDF, CODI

When my cash reserve had built back up after December's dividend payouts and some matching cash transferred, I started January well equipped to make one or two stock buys. The…

Matching Program 2015

Now that 2015 is over and done, I can report on my "Matching Program" that I started in 2014. Throughout 2015 I aimed to match every dollar of a previous…

2015: The Year In Review

Wow, is it 2016 already? 2015 is over? Jeez, the months flew by. It seems like just last week that I was enjoying the summer sunshine and putting in some…

Dividend Income Report for December 2015

December is over, and with it 2015 as well (which will be covered in more depth in the forthcoming Year in Review post). Here in the Pacific Northwest, December was…

My Latest Buy: CHW

There really isn't much to say about my latest buy of Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund (NASDAQ: CHW), a closed-end fund that's widely invested in individual companies, convertables, and corporate…

Dividend Income Report for November 2015

Happy Holidays! Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas shopping season is getting into full swing, with cash registers ringing across the land in celebration of holiday sales. For stock holders…

Turkey Layoffs Continue
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Turkey Layoffs Continue

A turkey is fed for 1,000 days by a butcher, and every day confirms to the turkey and the turkey's economics department and the turkey's risk management department and the…