Chatter Around the World is a weekly link update of economics, investing, dividends and personal finance articles that have caught my eye. In these weekly updates, I also capture my blog updates and news related to my holdings.
New Blog Posts
Let dive into the links that caught my attention this week.
Updates from My Portfolio Holdings
- [KMI] Kinder Morgan announces $1B CO2 expansion
- [O] Realty Income prices 12M shares of common stock at $39.96 per share
- [QCOM] Deutsche Bank’s top 5 wireless stocks; raises QCOM PT to $86 from $78
- [QCOM] Jefferies raises QCOM PT from $86 to $95
- [WFC] Wells Fargo & Co proposes increasing dividends by 16.7%
General Reads
- 4 Things that turned me into a successful investor by Dividend Growth Stock Investing
- BlackRock cuts iShares ETF prices from Money Sense
- Cash Flow: How passive are your investments? by FIFighter
- Everything you ever wanted to know about property taxes from Torontoist
- Is there any value out there? by Financially Integrated
- Lessons from a 50 year old multi-millionaire by Million Dollar Journey
- Ontario burdened by more debt than California from Fraser Institute
- Rise of the robots from The Economist
- Should you worry about inflation affecting your stock returns? by A Wealth of Common Sense
- The equity buyback puzzle by Bond Economics
- Why biofuel mandates link agriculture prices to the energy sector from Market Realist
Dividend Reads
- 13 Dividend growth stocks with good yield/growth mix by Dividends4Life
- 20 Favorite dividend growth stocks from 20 dividend growth bloggers by Dividend Growth Stock Investing
- [IBM, XOM, BNS, EIX] Four companies paying dividends for over 100 years by Dividend Growth Investor
- Selective dividend reinvestment vs DRIP by Dividend Mantra
- Should dividend investors invest in index funds? by Dividend Growth Investor
Dividend Stock Analysis
- [MCD] McDonald’s Corp by Passive Income Pursuit
- [PEP] PepsiCo: A balanced behemoth by Income Surfer
- [WAG] Walgreen Co by Dividend Growth Stocks
- [WEC] Wisconsin Energy Corp by Dividend Engineering
- [XOM] Exxon Mobil Corp by Dividend Growth Stocks
Have a wonderful weekend.
Image Source: JPMorgan Asset Management’s 2014 Guide to Retirement
Thanks for the mention!
You are welcome, JC.
Have a good wknd.
Hi R2R. Thanks for the inclusion! I hope your weekend is going great. We’re exhausted but doing great with our new addition.
-Bryan
Hi Bryan,
Im sure you have your hands full 🙂
Im having a great wknd – hope you are too.
Best wishes
Keep up the good work, R2R. I really enjoyed this roundup!
Glad you enjoyed it, Addison.
Thanks for stopping by.
regards