Dividend Growth Machine

A new article of mine has been published on the investing website Seeking Alpha. The article is entitled A Real Dividend Growth Machine: Q2 2014 Review and it provides a review of my dividend growth investing progress in the second quarter of 2014.
As indicated by my review, I continue to build and maintain my portfolio, but I do not have time for regular blogging anymore. However, I am still around and I try to stay updated on what is happening with my fellow dividend growth investors....

Upon checking my portfolio this morning, I noticed that I had my first double -- a stock with an unrealized capital gain of 100%:
The stock is Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a diversified machinery company that is a Dividend Champion. My one and only purchase of ITW occurred in November 2011 when I was in the process of transitioning to a 100% dividend growth stock portfolio. At the...

A new article of mine has been published on the investing website Seeking Alpha. The article is entitled A Real Dividend Growth Machine: Q1 2014 Review and it provides a review of my dividend growth investing progress in the first quarter of 2014.
I hope this quarterly review provides my blog readers with a decent update of my investing over the past few months. My job continues to absorb much of my time, but I am making good progress at work in terms of both research and teaching, so I think...

Some of you may have noticed lately that I have been slow to respond to comments, my posts about new purchases are delayed, and I have been generally inactive in commenting on the blogs of other dividend growth investors. The reason: I have been very...