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@msf - the bonus required me to charge $1K to the card during the first 90 days after registering the card. I used the money to pay for half of my RT flight to Sydney. Good deal!
Actually I think one can have both dividend growth and dividend yield if one has a plan, and has the patience to execute it. Trust the process:
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4117315-trust-process?uprof=46&isDirectRoadblock=false
Some on thi…
While at first glance it appears nasty please note the date(s) the semiannual report covers. Often there is at least a 3-month lag between when you actually see/receive the report and the time period which the report covers.
Price action is negative as Ted mentioned. Dividend action, at least in the MLP entities I own, has been steady and rising. No complaints, I know the cycle.
The issue that prompted this is that I can never enter more than one letter, For example, if I enter M (for Minnesota) I get the selections as outlined by Maurice above. If I enter the M and try to follow it with an N for the Minnesota abbreviation …
Mo, consider yourself considered but even an Apple addict such as myself will not be paying $1000 for ANY cellphone no matter who makes it. I barely make use of 25% of the features on my iPhone 6.
I can confirm that just calling and asking can reap benefits/rewards. My primary account has always been with Fidelity. I also had a smaller account at Scottrade (
That's okay Ted, it's probably a non-event. Despite having substantial holdings with Scottrade I haven't heard one peep or word from them or TDA during the whole process. Everything I learned I gained from other news sources.
p.s. I transferred al…
GOV (a REIT) invests in government buildings and is the most common one mentioned but there is a newer player in that area called Easterly Government Properties (DEA).
Let's accept this joke for what it is. The republicans don't care if they have a better plan or any plan at all for that matter. All they truly care about is repealing the plan that is on the books so that they can tell their base that they got rid …
Technically true Derf but it's just a feel good thing. From Wikipedia:
Shareholder rights
"Even though it is referred to as "common stock" in corporate offering documents, a share of Packers stock does not share the same rights traditionally assoc…
Please tell me what company or business owner doesn't aspire to do exactly what Mr. Buffett had done. The legacy of the Koch brothers will be spoiled wasteland wherever they set up shop. I'll take door No. 1 every time.
I do not want to take this discussion off Mark's topic but too bad we can't get those same congressional folks on the same sinking healthcare/health insurance plan boat as well.
Not frozen at all Hank. I have a plan and I've been pretty much sticking to it. Geez, if I reacted every time some talking head said get in or get out or buy now or sell now the string on my yo-yo would have broken a long time ago.
Like Jerry I'm …
My totally clueless guess is that we will continue to see more and more of these smaller shops disappear as many of today's investors shovel money into index funds. I'm also guessing than M&N doesn't have a significant presence in company 401k p…
Thank you for linking this Mo. As a dividend growth investor I find this info very appealing and in fact I have picked up two from that list recently (SKT & TGT).
Really Ted, if you and others are that upset by "Off Topic" posts take it up with management. In the meantime stop reading them, stop looking at them, stop posting your own off topic discussions. It's really that simple. Ignore them like you would a…
Likewise Mo, but Fidelity, or the issuing financial institution (Elan etc.) led me to believe the the problem was systemic and not just on my account alone. One of the primary reasons I don't want my accounts to be strictly online, that and a comput…
@BenWP - if they knew my friends they for sure wouldn't bother.
To Hank's original post, how is it that Equifax could take SO long before informing everyone about the breach? That doesn't seem right at all. Scottrade did a similar thing awhile back…
Amex - superb customer service from my experiences with the one I held through Costco. Only downside was that it was not accepted in as many places but that may have to do with the higher fees they charged the merchants.
This story changes all the …
@Maurice - It is my understanding that the difference is due to something called the "dividend access mechanism." The B shares have the dividend access mechanism, while the A shares do not. What the dividend access mechanism allows B shareholders to…
