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30 Days of Increased Dividends and Counting…

30 Days of Increased Dividends and Counting… With Monday’s dividend announcement by both Game Stop Corp (ticker: GME) and ITC Holdings (ticker: ITC) we’ve now seen 33 straight days of dividend increases! In 2012 alone, we’ve seen well over 500 dividend increases with a number of companies announcing multiple increases. Improving Economy? The fact that [...]

Time for some Christmas Shopping

Over the last few weeks I’ve done a bit of holiday shopping  for the Daily Dividend Investor portfolio. While I wouldn’t say that I scored any real bargains, I added a few new positions to the portfolio that should really help increase my income stream in 2012 and beyond. As I add positions to the [...]

Top 5 Dividend Picks for 2012

The DDI Top 5 Dividend Picks for 2012 2011 is drawing to a close and it’s been a great year for the Daily Dividend Investor portfolio. My goal for the portfolio this year, was to grow it to the point where it would generate $500/month in totally passive income. Even though the DDI portfolio falls [...]

Just TRY s#!7 – it’s OK to fail

I fail a LOT! Let me say that again….I FAIL A LOT! Sometimes people ask me why I buy this stock or that stock or even why I’m even invested in stocks at all? The stock market is a casino, it’s rigged, it’s a scam. It’s true, not every investment you make is going to [...]

Bought: Investors Real Estate Trust (ticker: IRET)

Looking for niche plays In continuing to “top off” many of my existing positions I went ahead and added 75 shares of Investors Real Estate Trust (ticker: IRET) to the DDI portfolio today. Investors Real Estate Trust is probably one REIT you’ve never heard of because it focuses on a very small niche, owning properties [...]