US Dividends Aristocrats thread

[Mr. Wood]

Qualcomm Acquires Remaining Interest in RF360 Holdings
Sept. 16, 2019

Qualcomm Incorporated announced a significant milestone in its 5G strategy and leadership by completing the acquisition of the remaining interest in RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd., a joint venture with TDK Corporation

Together with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., the joint venture has produced RF front-end (RFFE) filters which enable Qualcomm Technologies to deliver complete 4G/5G RFFE solutions. With this acquisition, Qualcomm Technologies is able to provide customers a complete end-to-end solution from modem to antenna, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 5G Modem-RF System, including the world's first commercial 5G NR sub-6 and mmWave solutions, integrating power amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, antenna tuning, LNAs, switching and envelope tracking products.

Keep America and Japan Great!

 

[Mr. Wood]

Digital Realty Collaborates With Mapletree Investments And Mapletree Industrial Trust On $1.4 Billion North American Data Center Portfolio
Sep 16, 2019

Under the terms of the agreements, Mapletree Investments and Mapletree Industrial Trust will acquire the Powered Base Building® portfolio from Digital Realty for a total purchase price of approximately $557 million. These 10 properties are fully leased and are expected to generate 2020 cash net operating income of approximately $37 million, representing a 6.6% cap rate. Digital Realty will provide transitional property management services for the Powered Base Building® portfolio for one year from the closing date at a customary market rate.

Make Singapore Great again!

 

[Mr. Wood]

The Top 8 Defense Stocks Now, Ranked In Order
September 17th, 2019

The Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) has returned more than 31% year-to-date and more than 105% over the past five years. Over the same periods of time, the S&P 500 Index has increased 20% and 50%, respectively. Investing in companies in this sector has been a big win for shareholders.

war makes some pple rich.

 

[Mr. Wood]

FedEx Corp. Reports First Quarter Earnings
September 17, 2019

Outlook

FedEx is unable to forecast the fiscal 2020 year-end mark-to-market (MTM) retirement plan accounting adjustment. As a result, the company is unable to provide a fiscal 2020 earnings per share or effective tax rate (ETR) outlook on a GAAP basis.

FedEx is lowering its fiscal 2020 earnings forecast as the company’s revenue outlook has been reduced due to increased trade tensions and additional weakening of global economic conditions since the company’s initial fiscal 2020 forecast in June. The company’s revised outlook also reflects increased FedEx Ground costs and August’s loss of FedEx Ground business from a large customer. In addition, the FedEx ETR is now expected to be 24% to 26% before the year-end MTM retirement plan accounting adjustment, due to lower-than-expected earnings in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions.

 

[Mr. Wood]

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)FORM 4 | Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership



sabo Buffett?

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) FORM 4 | Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership
Sep. 16, 2019

On September 16, 2019, Mr. Lemann acquired 3,496,503 of the Issuer's common stock in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144(g) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Following the reported transaction, Mr. Lemann's ownership in the Issuer's common stock increased from 19,946 to 3,516,449.

 

[DukeCS33]

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) FORM 4 | Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership
Sep. 16, 2019

KHC has been struggling to find a bottom.... most consumer staple stocks have turned up while this counter is still languishing... something is not right. Just wondering if Mr buffet may have been quietly selling.

 

[Mr. Wood]

KHC has been struggling to find a bottom.... most consumer staple stocks have turned up while this counter is still languishing... something is not right. Just wondering if Mr buffet may have been quietly selling.

possible. he only need to declare at the end of the quarter, right?

 

[Mr. Wood]

Microsoft announces quarterly dividend increase and new share repurchase program
Annual shareholders meeting set for Dec. 4, 2019

Sep 18, 2019

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.51 per share, reflecting a 5 cent or 11% increase over the previous quarter's dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 12, 2019, to shareholders of record on Nov. 21, 2019. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 20, 2019.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Target Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend and Announces New $5 Billion Share Repurchase Program
Sep 19, 2019

Target Corporation today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 66 cents per common share. The dividend is payable December 10, 2019, to shareholders of record at the close of business November 20, 2019. The 4th quarter dividend will be the Company's 209th consecutive dividend paid since October 1967 when the Company became publicly held.

 

[Mr. Wood]

cheaper borrowings cause more share buybacks?

 

[stl_67]

Investing in retirement or investing to fund your future retirement can get very complicated. But it doesn't have to.

That's because at its core, retirement investing is actually very simple.

In retirement, you no longer have your primary job related income stream. It's not retirement if you are still working 40+ hours a week, after all.

That means you must replace your income stream from working without actually working.

And the sad reality is that in many cases social security will not cover the normal retirement expenses and standard of living of most retirees. Getting bogged down into why or how that is doesn't change economic reality.

Retirement is when your savings and investments get to shine. The purpose of a retirement portfolio is to replace your income stream from your job.

That's where income producing securities come into play...

Perhaps the most straightforward way to generate income - without trading your time for money - is to invest your savings into income producing securities.

At Sure Dividend, we believe dividend paying stocks (and closely related REITs and MLPs) are the best way to invest your assets to create a growing income stream.

That's because publicly traded equities have the following favorable characteristics:
• Stocks have generated the strongest returns of any major asset class over the long run - and it isn't close. I cannot emphasize this point enough - you want as much of your money as possible in the stock market over the long run so long as you understand and can tolerate the steep declines the market occasionally goes through.

• The cost of buying and selling individual securities is cheap now - and holding stocks after purchasing them is free (no management fees is a good thing). This means more money left in your account to compound and pay you income, instead of going to a financial institution.

• The stock market's combination of transparency (readily available financials) and liquidity reduce uncertainty relative to more opaque and illiquid investments (like hedge funds or your second cousin's 'brilliant' CBD for cows idea).
The big drawback of the stock market is volatility and market declines... But that isn't a real drawback with income investing.

That's because volatility affects prices, not dividends.

There's a difference between the stock price and the dividends the stock pays. One fluctuates based on market whims. The other is based on the earnings power of the actual business.

If stock prices fall by 10% or 50% your income doesn't (assuming you are invested in strong businesses likely to increase their dividend rather than reduce it). So price declines don't impact the reason of investing; income.

But price declines do mean that putting new money into the market from any source (like reinvested dividends) is invested at more attractive rates.

Example: A stocks costs $100 per share and pays $3 per share in dividends for a 3% yield. If a recession occurs (and this is a recession safe company), the stock price may go down to $50 per share, but the dividend stays at $3 per share. This brings the yield up to 6%. Putting money to work at 6% is better (twice as good in fact) as putting it to work at 3%.

When you invest for income you get to profit from market volatility by choosing when you buy and sell.

That's why we believe income investing makes sense for many retirees and those preparing for retirement.

But this hasn't touched on an important part of retirement and pre-retirement investing; what specific securities to invest in.

Individual securites have the advantage of not costing anything to hold, unlike ETFs and mutual funds, which charge annual fees. Again, the more money in your account to invest and grow your income stream, the better.

Picking exactly what to invest in can get complicated and time consuming) but it doesn't have to be time-intensive and uncertain.

The financial industry has a wide variety of options that range in cost from asset managers and active mutual funds which can cost more than 1% of your assets under management annually, to investing directly in individual securities which is free after paying nominal brokerage fees (usually ~$5 per trade).

Example: 1% of assets under management doesn't sound like a lot, but if you do the math, it adds up. If you had a $500,000 portfolio you would pay $5,000 every year. $5,000 over a 20+ year retirement comes to $100,000 or more. Maybe I'm 'too cheap', but there aren't a lot of services I'd like to pay 6 figures for.

And it actually gets worse than that because typically an advisor will put you in funds that also charge based on assets under management, so you may well be paying closer to 1.5% than 1%.

The less you pay in investing fees, the more money is left in your investment account to grow and produce income for you.



“The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that’s always been my investing philosophy.”
- Peter Lynch

Comparing buying corporate bonds vs Mutual Funds would it be more advantages in terms of fees.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Franklin Templeton Expands Active Fixed Income ETF Lineup with Launch of Franklin Liberty U.S. Core Bond ETF
September 19, 2019

active or passive?

 

[Mr. Wood]

UTC technology chief Eremenko steps down
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The chief technology officer of United Technologies Corp, Paul Eremenko, has stepped down, just under two years after moving to the U.S. conglomerate from Europe’s Airbus.

ok lah, 2yrs not consider job hopper

 

[Mr. Wood]

McDonald's Raises Quarterly Cash Dividend By 8%
Sep 19, 2019

Quarterly cash dividend increases 8% to $1.25 per share - the equivalent of $5.00 annually

- Through August 2019, the Company returned a cumulative $21 billion against its three-year cash return to shareholders target of about $25 billion, which will be completed this year

i'm lovin it

 

[Mr. Wood]

Visa B2B Connect Expands to 32 New Countries and Announces Integration With Infosys

September 20, 2019

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced that its Visa B2B Connect network has doubled its reach – from 30 global trade corridors at launch in June 2019, to 62, with the goal to expand to over 100 countries in 2020.

In addition, Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, is integrating with the Visa B2B Connect network to bring Visa B2B Connect platform access to their participating financial institutions worldwide.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Jeff Bezos unveils sweeping plan to tackle climate change
THU, SEP 19 2019

KEY POINTS
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils a sweeping new plan to tackle climate change.
Bezos says Amazon is committed to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement 10 years early.

As part of the plan, Amazon has agreed to purchase 100,000 electric delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian.

Bezos expects 80% of Amazon’s energy use to come from renewable sources by 2024, before transitioning to zero emissions by 2030.

ang mo a lot visionaries.

 

[Mr. Wood]

TI to return more cash to shareholders with 17% dividend increase
Sep 19, 2019

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today said it will raise its quarterly cash dividend by 17%, from $0.77 per share to $0.90, or $3.60 annualized. The higher dividend will be payable November 18, 2019, to stockholders of record on October 31, 2019, contingent upon formal declaration by the board of directors at its regular meeting in October.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Dominion Energy Announces Largest Offshore Wind Project in US

Sep 19, 2019

- Proposal includes more than 2,600 megawatts of wind energy by 2026 off Virginia coast

- More than 220 wind turbines would power 650,000 homes at peak

- Project supports commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030

no more scared drone strike oil field.
now scared only drone strike wind farm.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Comparing buying corporate bonds vs Mutual Funds would it be more advantages in terms of fees.

generally mutual funds I think will incur higher expense ratio, fees. not to mention oso platform fee, maintenance fees, commissions.

only until recently, decent corporate bonds are reserved for AIs.
nikko am has corporate bond fund ETF gives decent returns so far.
https://www.nikkoam.com.sg/etf/sgd-investment-grade-corp-bond
but this is mainly in Sg corporations. if alrdy long STI, not a wise diversification instrument.

is this wht u asking?

 

[stl_67]

Yes. about there.

For Niko ETF, I saw that the unit price has gone up. is it still advisable to buy now?

thanks.