Update: Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 10/1/12 to 10/5/12

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. It was a 18 for 20 week. 90% of my picks increased in value. It was a very profitable week for both the NYSE and NASDAQ. We made some serious cash from Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.(NYSE:GS) and St. Jude Medical, Inc.(NYSE:STJ). These stocks are stable companies who have been around for decades. 

It is not how many times you win short term, but rather which investments can provide you with a steady income stream over the long term. When investing in dividend paying stocks you are protecting yourself from stock market volatility. If the market goes down one quarter, the dividend payment will help recoup the losses. Let these companies work hard so they can maintain their dividend and increase it year over year. As a shareholder, it is like receiving a raise each year. Reinvest your dividends to maximize your profits!

Keep investing as much as you can on a daily or weekly basis. Perform your due diligence and invest in companies that you feel comfortable with. Do not risk your hard earned dollars by investing in unknown, unreliable companies.

Always remember, you are in charge of your financial life. Do not let anyone tell you how to spend your money. We all have the knowledge and smarts inside of us. Make smart investments! Until next time friends, Like Us on Facebook, Follow Us on Twitter and feel free to comment below. What are some of your favorite dividend paying stocks?

Company Name/Stock Ticker

Current Dividend Yield/Share Price as of 10/1/12
Current Dividend Yield/Share Price as of 10/5/12

General Electric Company(NYSE:GE)
2.99% $22.71
2.94% $23.12

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.(NYSE:GS)
1.62% $113.68
1.54% $119.31

George Weston Limited(TSE:WN)
2.28% $63.25
2.26% $63.75

Visa Inc(NYSE:V)
0.66% $134.28
0.63% $140.26

Hospitality Properties Trust(NYSE:HPT)
7.57% $23.78
7.58% $23.75

Universal Health Realty Income Trust(NYSE:UHT)
5.35% $45.98
5.11% $48.13

The J.M. Smucker Company(NYSE:SJM)
2.41% $86.33
2.41% $86.45

The Wendy's Company(NASDAQ:WEN)
1.77% $4.53
1.90% $4.20

Automatic Data Processing(NASDAQ:ADP)
2.69% $58.66
2.65% $59.53

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.(NYSE:NYB)
7.06% $14.16
6.69% $14.94

St. Jude Medical, Inc.(NYSE:STJ)
2.18% $42.13
2.11% $43.69

China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (ADR)(NYSE:LFC)
1.26% $43.37
1.23% $44.47

Valero Energy Corporation(NYSE:VLO)
2.21% $31.68
2.20% $31.89

The TJX Companies, Inc.(NYSE:TJX)
1.03% $44.79
1.01% $45.40

Brandywine Realty Trust(NYSE:BDN)
4.92% $12.19
4.87% $12.31

Honda Motor Co Ltd (ADR)(NYSE:HMC)
2.61% $30.90
2.64% $30.57

Hormel Foods Corporation(NYSE:HRL)
2.05% $29.24
2.04% $29.45

Chesapeake Energy Corporation(NYSE:CHK)
1.85% $18.87
1.82% $19.23

HSBC Holdings plc (ADR)(NYSE:HBC)
3.87% $46.46
3.73% $48.27

Exelon Corporation(NYSE:EXC)
5.90% $35.58
5.85% $35.91

Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 10/1/12 to 10/5/12

I hope everyone had a great weekend. October has arrived! How is your Retirement Stock Portfolio performing? Like a Bull? A Bear?

Listed below are my Dividend Stock investment selections for the Common Man's stock portfolio for the upcoming week of 10/1/12 to 10/5/12. Feel free to watch the hand picked video below each stock pick to learn more about these highly profitable corporations.Any one of these corporations will infuse a powerful wealth stream of cash into your Roth or Traditional IRA stock portfolio. It is fairly simple to invest your dollars into any one or all of these stocks by yourself, without the help of a Stock Broker, Financial Analyst or money hungry, high commission Wealth planners. Please take time to re-balance your retirement portfolio, as well as perform any necessary due diligence on dividend paying stocks that you may want to add to your Roth IRA. Please do yourself a favor and reinvest all of the dividends that you are currently receiving right back into each company. 

I will check back on 10/6/12 to determine how well or poor my picks performed. Continue to invest as much as you can each week to ensure that you have a solid dividend income stream to pay for your utilities, living expenses, etc. during your retirement years! Thank you for visiting DSIFTCM and I hope you had a profitable last week and have an even better week ahead. Please comment below and Like Us on Facebook, Follow Us on Twitter and Subscribe below! Thanks for your support!

Company Name/Stock Ticker

Current Dividend Yield/Share Price as of 9/23/12


General Electric Company(NYSE:GE)
2.99% $22.71

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.(NYSE:GS)
1.62% $113.68

George Weston Limited(TSE:WN)
2.28% $63.25

Visa Inc(NYSE:V)
0.66% $134.28

Hospitality Properties Trust(NYSE:HPT)
7.57% $23.78

Universal Health Realty Income Trust(NYSE:UHT)
5.35% $45.98

The J.M. Smucker Company(NYSE:SJM)
2.41% $86.33

The Wendy's Company(NASDAQ:WEN)
1.77% $4.53

Automatic Data Processing(NASDAQ:ADP)
2.69% $58.66

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.(NYSE:NYB)
7.06% $14.16

St. Jude Medical, Inc.(NYSE:STJ)
2.18% $42.13

China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (ADR)(NYSE:LFC)
1.26% $43.37

Valero Energy Corporation(NYSE:VLO)
2.21% $31.68

The TJX Companies, Inc.(NYSE:TJX)
1.03% $44.79

Brandywine Realty Trust(NYSE:BDN)
4.92% $12.19

Honda Motor Co Ltd (ADR)(NYSE:HMC)
2.61% $30.90

Hormel Foods Corporation(NYSE:HRL)
2.05% $29.24

Chesapeake Energy Corporation(NYSE:CHK)
1.85% $18.87

HSBC Holdings plc (ADR)(NYSE:HBC)
3.87% $46.46

Exelon Corporation(NYSE:EXC)
5.90% $35.58

Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 8/27/12 to 8/31/12

I would like to thank you for revisiting DSIFTCM! I hope you had a profitable last week and an enjoyable weekend. Listed below are my dividend stock investment selections for the Common Man's stock portfolio for the upcoming week of 8/27/12 to 8/31/12. Any one of these companies will infuse a powerful wealth stream of cash into your Roth or Traditional IRA stock portfolio. It is fairly simple to invest your dollars into any one or all of these stocks by yourself, without the help of a Stock Broker, Financial Analyst or money hungry, high commission Wealth planners. I will check back on 9/1/12 to determine how well or poor my picks performed. Continue to invest as much as you can each week to ensure that you have a solid dividend income stream to pay for your utilities, living expenses, etc. during your retirement years!

Company Name/Stock Ticker/Current Price


Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) $51.72
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) $23.25
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) $49.56
The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) $21.81
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) $2.45
Avon Products, Inc.(NYSE:AVP) $15.56
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) $56.96
Prologis Inc (NYSE:PLD) $33.43
BHP Billiton plc (ADR)(NYSE:BBL) $61.12
KKR & Co. L.P.(NYSE:KKR) $14.17
Realty Income Corp (NYSE:O) $42.35
Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) $12.20
Ralph Lauren Corp (NYSE:RL) $159.58
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) $663.22
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYB) $13.16
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) $64.03
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) $19.20
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) $96.25
Triangle Capital Corporation (NYSE:TCAP) $23.64
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (NYSE:PCL) $40.53

Stock prices as of 8/26/12

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Stock Picks for the week of 3/26/12 to 3/30/12

Listed below are my top dividend stock investments for the Common Man for the week of March 26th, 2012 to March 30th, 2012. Any one of these stocks always make an excellent addition to your Roth IRA stock portfolio. They are reliable dividend payers and I am a huge fan of each company. It is fairly simple to invest your dollars into any one or all of these stocks. I will check back on March 31st, 2012 to determine how well or poor my picks performed.

Feel free to make a comment on this post. Let me know if you own any shares of these companies. Why did you invest? What do you like about the company?

Please continue to invest as much as you can each week to ensure that you have a solid dividend income stream of wealth! Enjoy these hand picked YouTube videos below, which include Whole Foods Market, Inc., World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Altria Group, Inc. and Bank of Hawaii Corporation.

BlackRock, Inc.(NYSE:BLK) $201.11
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) $7.27
BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) $30.99
The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) $4.93
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) $83.45
American Tower Corp (NYSE:AMT) $61.75
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) $32.01
LTC Properties Inc (NYSE:LTC) $30.86
Simon Property Group, Inc (NYSE:SPG) $143.62
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) $38.71
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) $89.77
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:RGC) $14.14
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) $45.59
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) $8.79
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYB) $13.63
Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) $44.55
Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) $37.64
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) $34.95
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) $30.40
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) $39.87
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) $60.52
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) $70.74
Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE:BOH) $47.82

Note: Stock prices as of 3/23/12

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. - NYB

One of my favorite bank stocks is New York Community Bancorp, Inc., stock ticker NYB. With assets of $40.6 billion at June 30, 2011, NYB is the holding company for New York Community Bank, a New York State-chartered savings bank serving customers throughout Metro New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, and Arizona; and New York Commercial Bank, a New York State-chartered commercial bank serving consumers and businesses in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester – all in New York.

NYB has paid a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share since their 4:3 stock split on February 18th, 2004. Even during the Great Recession! CEO Joseph Ficalora is committed to the $0.25 quarterly dividend. NYB's pipeline remains optimistic for new bank loans. At $12.89 per share, as of close on Friday, NYB is a bargain! They pay a great, consistant dividend and are buying other banks, expanding their reach.    

Yes, bank stocks are still pretty risky and most have cut their dividend, but NYB has stayed strong. Who knows when the real bank recovery will begin? I would rather have a strong position in NYB now versus when it begins to fly! Now is the time to invest in solid companies which have been around for decades and healthy dividend payers. NYB may not be the best bank out there, however collecting a quarter ($0.25) per share each and every three months for the rest of your life sounds like an excellent deal.
I am very bullish on this stock. NYB is a great way to diversify your Roth IRA stock portfolio by including a great New York based community bank conglomerate. Click here to visit their website. Also, feel free to watch this recent, insightful interview with NYB's CEO Joseph Ficalora. Enjoy! Have a great day!