Update: Stock Picks for the week of 3/8/12 to 3/15/12

Welcome back to Dividend Stock Investing for the Common Man. Thank you stopping by and supporting the idea of investing in dividend paying stocks for the long term. I wanted to recap last week's picks for you since it is important to review all investments on a weekly, if not daily, basis.

As you can see below, it was a MONSTER eight days of gains in every sector. It was a 17 for 20 week. Three selections decreased in value while others had a pretty nice percentage gain for the week. SMG was the clear winner with a $6.20 gain. "Woo woo woo, you know it!"

PLD, KO, JCI, EBIX, PCL, and VWO all have more than a $1.00 gain this past week. The over all net gain for the week of 3/8/12 to 3/15/12 was $8.70. 

As a rule of thumb, always invest in high yielding dividend paying stocks for your retirement years. Continue to hold on to your stocks for the long term so the dividends have plenty of time to compound. Feel free to watch the videos below featuring The Coca-Cola Company, Johnson Controls, Inc., and Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. All three companies will inject your Roth IRA stock portfolio with stability and profits via quarterly dividends

Until next time, happy investing, reinvest those dividends and let your smart investment decisions work for you!

Stock/Stock Ticker.. Quote @ 3/8/12..  Quote @ 3/15/12..  Gain of $18.86

Viacom, Inc.(NASDAQ:VIAB) $47.43 $47.62 +$0.19
Prologis Inc(NYSE:PLD) $33.90 $35.26 +$1.36
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd.(NASDAQ:CKSW) $11.49 $12.12 +$0.63
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc.(NYSE:PCL) $39.52 $41.43 +$1.91
Health Care REIT, Inc.(NYSE:HCN) $54.20 $54.81 +$0.61
The Coca-Cola Company(NYSE:KO) $68.79 $70.16 +$1.37
Universal Health Realty Income Trust(NYSE:UHT) $38.76 $38.68 -$0.08
Comcast Corporation(NASDAQ:CMCSA) $29.24 $29.50 +$0.26
Xerox Corporation(NYSE:XRX) $8.09 $8.32 +$0.23
AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T) $30.88 $31.59 +$0.71
Chevron Corporation(NYSE:CVX) $109.46 $110.28 +$0.82
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co(NYSE:SMG) $46.95 $53.15 +$6.20
Johnson Controls, Inc.(NYSE:JCI) $31.28 $32.66 +$1.38
ConocoPhillips(NYSE:COP) $77.22 $77.18 -$0.04
ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fd(NYSE:IGR) $7.76 $7.99 +$0.23
Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(NYSEARCA:VWO) $43.45 $44.45 +$1.00
Vodafone Group Plc (ADR)(NASDAQ:VOD) $26.85 $26.41 -$0.44
Ebix Inc(NASDAQ:EBIX) $21.77 $23.11 +$1.34
General Mills, Inc.(NYSE:GIS) $38.46 $38.83 +$0.37
Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O) $37.12 $37.93 +$0.81