June 28, 2018.  We have been trying to buy HCAPZ but the price kept going up beyond what we were willing to pay.  Finally, last Thursday, we gave up and cancelled the orders. Today the ask is $25.35 and this is actually not a bad price to pay for this business development company paying 6%-especially […]

June 27, 2018.  The stock market has been essentially flat so far this year.  SPY is actually a little down vs. early January. But we are less concerned about stocks and more interested in high yield instruments that give us good dividends/income.  We have been selling low yielding bonds, and looking for higher paying positions. […]

The satisfaction rate, which Gallup has measured at least monthly since 2001, has now topped 35% three times this year — a level reached only three times in the previous 12 years (once each in 2006, 2009 and 2016). _____ June 21, 2018.  We are selling the stock WPC.  (We are keeping the WPC Corporate […]

Now in the 6th year of Dividend Income Investor. Before buying any investment, go to Core Portfolio for a listing of current positions. June 18, 2018.  So far in 2018 we have been trying to reduce the number of holdings in the Core Portfolio.  There are just too many to monitor, and we have missed, […]

Now in the 6th year of Dividend Income Investor. Before buying any investment, go to Core Portfolio for a listing of current positions. June 14, 2018,  We added to BSL position at $17.85 Still trying to buy HCAPZ at $25.40 Trying to add to ECCY position at $25.21.  Went ex-dividend today. _____ A stunning story […]

June 13, 2018.  We sold the Sunoco Corporate Bond due to low yield.  HCAPZ, mentioned yesterday, popped up in price and it is too expensive for us.  We are maintaining the Limit Order in case the price drops. Here are some buy prices for other positions that you can buy…..WAIT until tomorrow after they go […]

Now in the 6th year of Dividend Income Investor. Before buying any investment, go to Core Portfolio for a listing of current positions. June 12, 2018.  We sold the low yield Wells Fargo Corporate Bond.  The total return is positive:  the price has declined but we have received numerous dividends. We also sold the low […]

June 11, 2018.  As mentioned before, we are selling low-paying bonds in the 3-4% range….and will be buying higher paying positions. We sold Motorola Solutions which gave us a nice total return:  price appreciation plus dividend payments.  (the coupon is 3.75%) If you are happy with the yield of this bond, there is no need […]

June 8, 2018,  We bought a Tailored Brands Corporate Bond in Feb 2017.  This was a distressed junky high risk bond.  Well, the bonds did go up, and in addition we have been receiving the dividends.  Essentially this was a ‘trade’. Altho the Company is doing ok, we do not want to hold on.  When […]

Welcome to the 6th year of Dividend Income Investor. Before buying any investment, go to Core Portfolio for a listing of current positions. June 5, 2018.  UTF is in the Core Portfolio and pays almost 8%    We saw a very positive article in seekingalpha.com today which talks about this holding.  We bought at a […]