Kimberly-Clark: High Risk Dividend Growth Stock
on Nov 19, 2009 in Analysis Dividend Growth dividend investing dividends Kimberly-Clark KMB risk to dividends The strength of KMB is that it has a diversified product portfolio with each business segment contributing 10% to 20% of the revenue. The flat revenue, EPS, and cash flow trends are the reflection of the fact that demand for its products (personal ca...

Dividend Tree Potpourri – November 8, 2009
on Nov 8, 2009 in Potpourri During the week I participated in blog carnivals and continue to read articles from fellow bloggers. I am listing some of the articles that I enjoyed reading. Economy, Finance, Investing.….. Impact of dividend policy of shareholder’s wea...

Waste Management Inc – Stock Analysis for Dividend Growth Portfolio
on Nov 5, 2009 in Analysis Dividend Growth dividend potential domestic equity potential dividend growth waste management inc. WM WM raised its annual dividend for 2009 from $1.08 to $1.16 per share. This increase shows corporation’s confidence in its free cash flow. For 2009, I believe this increase is ably supported by its cash flow. The stocks risk-to-dividend number is 2.

Monthly Progress Update – October 2009
on Nov 3, 2009 in Progress abbott laboratories ABT AFL aflac inc. Dividend Growth Summary for October 2009 is that I did buy two stocks to increase my annualized dividends. In addition, I also continued to add to my existing positions because I have automatic dividend re-investments for almost all of the stocks. Attached below is...

Kelloggs Company– Stock Analysis for Dividend Portfolio
on Oct 30, 2009 in Analysis Dividend Growth dividends domestic asset class domestic equity K kelloggs kelloggs corporation sustainable dividends Kellogg is stable and slow growth company. It is expected to continue to have a good cash flow over next few years. It is not typical dividend growth company where dividends grow in excess of 10%. However, one can expect K to provide stability of div...

Indian Economy – A Better Destination in Emerging Markets
on Oct 28, 2009 in Emerging Equity BRIC emerging markets EPI indian economy growth SENSEX index I believe, individual investors should use ETF based investment vehicles for India (or any other emerging markets) which invest in array of companies and have less fees and commissions. Keeping with this thought process, I use Wisdom Tree India based...

Managing Trading Process for Income Generation
on Oct 23, 2009 in life experience sharing income generation trading process trading strategy There are numerous ways to generate an income and make a decent living. I have observed that many folks consider it a panacea to discussing about investing and trading with little bit intelligence. Irrespective of whether there is substance behind it...

Role of Exchange Traded Funds in Investor’s Portfolio
on Oct 22, 2009 in Asset Allocation Emerging Equity alternative asset class ETF ETF structure ETFs for broad exposure exchange traded funds I believe ETFs are good vehicles depending upon how/why an individual investor uses in its portfolio. The simplicity with which you can buy and sell an ETF makes it even more difficult to understand how it is structured, what are its constituents, et...

Dividend Tree Potpourri – October 18, 2009
on Oct 18, 2009 in Uncategorized During the week I participated in blog carnivals and continue to read articles from fellow bloggers. I am listing some of the articles that I enjoyed reading. Economy, Finance, Investing.….. Dividend vs. Growth ETFs? Why dividends have outperf...

Investing in ETF – Know What You are Investing In
on Oct 15, 2009 in Asset Class Commentary BIK BKF BRIC EEM emerging market ETF emerging market hedge emerging market investments emerging markets EPI IFN INP MSCI BRIC Index PIN VWO In last few years, we have been told that the simple and easiest way to invest in new growing emerging markets is use emerging market ETFs and/or funds. There are so many different funds with so many different themes that we should understand whether...