Nestlé Dividend Day 2016
Nestlé dividend day has come and gone for both the owners of the Swiss shares directly in Zurich and the holders of the ADR here in the United States. The board continued its tradition of hiking the dividend.
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When a company distributes cash, stock, or property to its shareholders, the payment is called a dividend. There are several different types of dividends and entire investment strategies have been built around dividend investing. Properly structured, a portfolio of dividend stocks could allow you to live off your money without ever having to work. This collection of dividend articles and guides will explain basic concepts such as dividend yield, dividend taxes, and much more. It’s a great place to start if you are ready to enter the world of income investing.
The Black and White Burgers of McDonald’s Taipei
Long story short, I’ve been looking into Taipei for various reasons and, in the process, discovered that McDonald’s serves limited edition White and Black burgers there. Besides the fact it warms this American’s heart to know that I’m collecting New Taipei dollars (McDonald’s dividend day was last week and, with the exception of my two sisters, I have practically every member of my family holding shares somewhere, so the deposit is fresh on my mind as I saw it come in across the accounts), I would very much like to try these out of sheer curiosity.
A History of The Clorox Company and a Case Study of the 26-Year Investment Record
One of the additions I have been considering adding to the KRIP is The Clorox Company. However, it appears somewhat overvalued right now, offering a lower earnings yield and slower sales growth compared to the S&P 500 if you view the index itself as a single stock, which doesn’t bode well on a relative basis. That…
Reinvesting Dividends vs. Not Reinvesting Dividends: A 50-Year Case Study of Coca-Cola Stock
Last week, I posted on a 50-year investment history of shares of The Coca-Cola Company. As I was publishing this month’s About.com content, I began writing a piece that I called The Dividend Dilemma that focused on whether you should reinvest your dividends or not. Around the same time, one of the readers, Matt Nix,…
Change the Way You Think About Business Ownership and You Can Change Your Life
Shortly after World War I, Raymond Poincaré, the Prime Minister of France, decided against partnering with Royal Dutch Shell to fund the energy needs of the French people. One of his military commanders, Colonel Ernest Mercier, worked with 90 banks and businesses to establish a new oil company called French Petroleum Company (er, technically, Française des Pétroles Compagnie since they weren’t speaking English). The name might sound prosaic but keep in mind this was the era of “General Electric” and “Standard Oil”. The new undertaking began operations on March 28th, 1924. Today, that business is known as Total, S.A. and it is one of the six supermajor oil powers on the planet.
The Monopoly Stock Exchange Add-On Is the Only Way to Play
In 1936, Parker Brothers released an add-on to the popular Monopoly board game called the Stock Exchange. Although the core Monopoly game had two asset classes – real estate and a few common stocks in the form of the four railroads and two utility companies – the Stock Exchange add-on brought the experience to a…
Building a $250,000 Coca-Cola Portfolio By 35 Through the Coca-Cola Direct Stock Purchase Plan
Aaron and I were sitting in a sandwich shop trying to flavors in the new Coca-Cola Freestyle machine, when I began to wonder what it would take to build a $250,000 stake in a company like Coke by the time a person reached 35 years old. It was a fun academic thought experiment.
The Basics of How to Analyze an Investment Portfolio of Individual Stocks or Other Securities
I thought it might be useful to show you how I’d analyze an investment portfolio and calculate a reasonable estimate of not only expected growth in capital but the overall economic characteristics of the holdings.
How to Measure Your Wealth
Years ago, I vaguely remember hearing someone comment that it was interesting how differently we measure wealth today compared to British society at the end of the 19th century. This made me realize that most people don’t even know there is a difference; that there are primarily two ways you can think about measuring your wealth and which you choose for your own household will influence how you behave, the capital structure you employ, and even how you think about risk.
How Dividend Yield Can Drive Stock Price Changes
I’ve been writing quite a bit about dividends and dividend investing over at Investing for Beginners at About.com. One of the things I wanted to explain, but I feel is still advanced for that particular readership base, is something known as the dividend discount model, or rather a back-of-the-envelope adaptation of it. (Please note that…