Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 7/30/12 to 8/3/12

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 7/30/12 to 8/3/12. 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 8/4/12 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

General Electric Company(NYSE:GE) $20.92
Cummins Inc.(NYSE:CMI) $92.62
Verizon Communications Inc.(NYSE:VZ) $44.90
Visa Inc(NYSE:V) $129.14
Sanofi SA (ADR)(NYSE:SNY) $40.48
Honda Motor Co Ltd (ADR)(NYSE:HMC) $32.40
Phillips 66(NYSE:PSX) $36.52
Kimberly Clark Corp(NYSE:KMB) $87.32
TOTAL S.A. (ADR)(NYSE:TOT) $45.92
Target Corporation(NYSE:TGT) $61.52
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)(NYSE:POT) $45.59
Duke Energy Corp(NYSE:DUK) $67.46
Universal Health Realty Income Trust(NYSE:UHT) $43.60
Senior Housing Properties Trust(NYSE:SNH) $22.83
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc.(NYSE:PCL) $40.52
Lockheed Martin Corporation(NYSE:LMT) $90.20
France Telecom SA (ADR)(NYSE:FTE) $13.62
Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR)(NYSE:SAN) $5.93
HSBC Holdings plc (ADR)(NYSE:HBC) $42.12
BP plc (ADR)(NYSE:BP) $41.55

Stock prices as of 7/29/12

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General Electric Company - GE: A Dividend Champion!

General Electric Company, stock ticker GE, is a dividend champion. They have paid their shareholders a dividend since December 1st, 1987. GE sold for $58.12 on September 1st, 2000, paying a 16 cent per share dividend. GE currently sells for $20.92 at a dividend of 17 cents per share, a 3.25% dividend yield! Even though GE's price per share is almost 2 1/2 times less than 12 years ago their dividend has increased  1 penny. I like GE because they are a piece of America's industrial history and were able to weather the Great Recession storm.


General Electric Company is one of the best diversified technology and financial services companies on Earth. Their products and services range from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing, and household appliances to medical imaging, business and consumer financing and industrial products. General Electric serves customers in more than 160 countries.


Effective January 28, 2011, GE held a 49% interest in a media company that includes the NBC Universal businesses. GE's divisions include Energy Infrastructure, Aviation, Healthcare, Transportation, Home & Business Solutions and GE Capital. 


Effective January 1, 2011, it reorganized the Technology Infrastructure segment into three segments: Aviation, Healthcare and Transportation. In April 2012, GE Healthcare acquired SeqWright, Inc. In May 2012, GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE, acquired Xcellerex, Inc., a supplier of manufacturing technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry. In June 2012, GE Healthcare acquired XPRO.


GE cut their dividend from 31 cents per share to 10 cents per share on June 18th, 2009 due to the financial crisis, however they did not stop paying a dividend to their shareholders. I like companies who do not sell out their shareholders for corporate profits. Yes, their dividend was cut by 21 cents, however it has been increasing over the past four years.


In 2010, GE delivered solid results despite the tough economic climate with earnings of $12.6 billion. Industrial cash flow from operating activities for the year remained strong at over $14.7 billion.


GE traces its beginnings to Thomas A. Edison, who established Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. In 1892, a merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Electric Company created General Electric Company. GE is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896.


General Electric Current Statistics: 
52 week 14.02 - 21.00
Average Volume 51.80M
Mkt cap 221.49B
P/E 16.85
Div/yield $0.17/3.25%
EPS 1.24
Shares 10.59B
Beta 1.58
Inst. own 54%


GE has been able to be very resilient while facing alot of economic uncertainty. Last quarter profits totalled $3.11 billion, revenues rose 2% to $36 billion. GE is worth watching on a daily basis since they are a solid company back on the rise again. To that deluxe apartment in the sky! RIP Sherman Hemsley.


GE may be vast in their business endeavors, however they have a foothold in so many different industries. GE's home offices have a credit card division down one hallway, the power plant lighting your house down another, and your home refrigerator down a third. Not only is GE a strong DOW company with a good dividend, but it's been around for a long time. GE isn't going anywhere, and has plenty of room to move forward.


Overall, at around $20.00 per share, you can't go wrong by picking up a few shares at this level. This stock will increase in value over the next few years. Entering into a GE position would provide you with an excellent cost basis for your Roth IRA. Let the dividend compound for your working years then reap the benefits of a smart investing decisions during your retirement years. Feel free to watch the videos below to learn more about GE. Thanks for your time. Have a great day!

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Update: Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 7/23/12 to 7/27/12

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 17 for 20 week. 85% of my picks increased in value. Although we made some serious cash this week 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!


Until next time friends, keep investing as much as you can on a 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.


Feel free to watch the great videos below, featuring some of this week's winners!


Company Name/Stock Ticker/Current Price/7/23/12 Price/7/27/12 Price (end of day)



American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC) $34.33 $35.38
LTC Properties Inc(NYSE:LTC) $35.78 $35.77
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.(NYSE:NLY) $17.04 $17.44
Health Care REIT, Inc.(NYSE:HCN) $60.47 $61.83
Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O) $41.53 $41.29
Fifth Third Bancorp(NASDAQ:FITB) $13.64 $14.23
Darden Restaurants, Inc.(NYSE:DRI) $51.10 $51.99
Macy's, Inc.(NYSE:M) $35.60 $36.54
HCP, Inc.(NYSE:HCP) $45.19 $47.17
Entertainment Properties Trust(NYSE:EPR) $43.37 $45.53
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(NYSE:LVS) $40.74 $36.76
Carnival Corporation(NYSE:CCL) $32.91 $33.80
Intel Corporation(NASDAQ:INTC) $25.52 $26.02
The Coca-Cola Company(NYSE:KO) $77.03 $80.01
Automatic Data Processing(NASDAQ:ADP) $56.10 $57.60
Diageo plc (ADR)(NYSE:DEO) $105.50 $107.21
H.J. Heinz Company(NYSE:HNZ) $54.97 $55.27
The Gap Inc.(NYSE:GPS) $29.20 $29.21
SPDR S&P 500 ETF(NYSEARCA:SPY) $136.47 $138.80
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF(NYSEARCA:VIG) $57.37 $58.22

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It is becoming increasingly more and more difficult to determine when you should retire. I surely hope not to be working at age 70. No matter what age you are, now is the time to plan for an event which some describe as stressful and difficult to understand. 

Sit back, take a deep breath and hopefully time is still on your side. Become more comfortable by watching the handpicked Retirement related YouTube videos below. As you know by now, Dividend paying stocks are the way to go if you ask me. Compound your monthly or quarterly dividends via dividend reinvestments and you will have a moat of cash on hand during your retirement years. Hey, you may even be able to pass along your wealth to future generations! Have a great day today!

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Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 7/23/12 to 7/27/12

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 7/23/12 to 7/27/12. 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 7/28/12 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

American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC) $34.33
LTC Properties Inc(NYSE:LTC) $35.78
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.(NYSE:NLY) $17.04
Health Care REIT, Inc.(NYSE:HCN) $60.47
Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O) $41.53
Fifth Third Bancorp(NASDAQ:FITB) $13.64
Darden Restaurants, Inc.(NYSE:DRI) $51.10
Macy's, Inc.(NYSE:M) $35.60
HCP, Inc.(NYSE:HCP) $45.19
Entertainment Properties Trust(NYSE:EPR) $43.37
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(NYSE:LVS) $40.74
Carnival Corporation(NYSE:CCL) $32.91
Intel Corporation(NASDAQ:INTC) $25.52
The Coca-Cola Company(NYSE:KO) $77.03
Automatic Data Processing(NASDAQ:ADP) $56.10
Diageo plc (ADR)(NYSE:DEO) $105.50
H.J. Heinz Company(NYSE:HNZ) $54.97
The Gap Inc.(NYSE:GPS) $29.20
SPDR S&P 500 ETF(NYSEARCA:SPY) $136.47
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF(NYSEARCA:VIG) $57.37

Stock prices as of 7/22/12

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DirecTV vs. Viacom - Don't Mess With Distributors!

The fee dispute among DirecTV and Viacom has been settled. DirecTV agreed to a $600 million per year Viacom payment. The agreement is for 7 years, that's a 20% increase from their previous agreement. The squabble has ended and 30 Million plus DirecTV subscribers can continue to watch Snooki (MTV), SpongeBob Squarepants (Nick) and all of their favorite Viacom characters. 

Viacom and DirecTV's issues will most likely be remembered as a turning point in distributor-programmer negotiations. The distributor, DirecTV, won the battle. DirecTV stood tall and were willing to have a blackout of Viacom channels to prove their point. DirecTV and their subscribers are not willing to pay more for channels in which they were already receiving as part of their normal bill. DirecTV was not willing to be bullied and pass along the increase in Viacom's rates to their subscribers.  

Viacom, Inc, stock ticker VIAB on the Nasdaq pays a sweet 2.37% dividend yield, 28 cents per share and a market cap of 24.5 billion dollars. 

DirecTV, stock ticker DTV on the Nasdaq does not pay a dividend, however their market cap is 31.66 billion dollars. 

DTV has agreed to pay VIAB 600 million dollars for 

If you would like to sign up for DirecTV today, please click here or on the link below. They are a great company and should be supported! Please reference Account# 50518350 when signing up for one of their sweet channel package deals. Thanks!

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Feel free to watch the DirecTV/Viacom related YouTube videos below, discussing the dispute and resolution.

Update: Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 7/16/12 to 7/20/12

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 13 for 20 week. 65% of my picks increased in value. Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) and Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF) really popped with excellent weekly gains.  E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD),  Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) and Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) were also the big winners of the week. 


Although we made some serious cash this week 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!


Until next time friends, keep investing as much as you can on a 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.


Feel free to watch the great videos below, featuring some of this week's winners!


Company Name/Stock Ticker/Current Price/7/16/12 Price/7/20/12 Price (end of day)

Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) $604.97 $604.30
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) $47.63 $48.87
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) $18.98 $18.60
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) $11.63 $12.36
Masco Corporation(NYSE:MAS) $14.05 $14.15
Microsoft Corporation(NASDAQ:MSFT) $29.39 $30.11
Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN) $47.94 $48.10
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) $24.86 $25.54
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) $40.95 $41.55
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF) $52.16 $55.97
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) $8.42 $8.26
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) $43.13 $42.71
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) $68.61 $68.63
Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) $31.23 $34.39
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) $48.19 $48.59
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) $72.54 $71.26
Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) $33.64 $35.60
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) $77.48 $75.88
Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI) $27.56 $25.28
FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) $49.34 $50.37

Mattel

Macy's

Dupont

Prospect Capital Corporation - PSEC

Prospect Capital Corporation (Prospect Capital), NASDAQ stock ticker PSEC, is a financial services company that lends to and invests in middle market privately-held companies. Prospect Capital is a closed-end investment company. PSEC's investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. They focus on making investments in private companies and invest primarily in first and second lien senior loans and mezzanine debt, which in some cases includes an equity component. First and second lien senior loans generally are senior debt instruments that rank ahead of subordinated debt of a given portfolio company.

PSEC's investments include other equity investments, such as warrants, options to buy a minority interest in a portfolio company, or contractual payment rights or rights to receive a proportional interest in the operating cash flow or net income of such company. Its investment adviser is Prospect Capital Management LLC.

Today's share price provides a good entry point for long term growth and their dividend looks solid. PSEC has an excellent management team and pays a very healthy dividend. PSEC is a conservative loan underwriter with large collateral positions and equity provisions.

That being said, PSEC makes for a sound loan portfolio. It has been noted that their management team has made significant purchases of their own stock, which makes this company a go to stock for dividend yield and capital gains.

I suggest picking up some shares of PSEC under $12.00 and hold for life! Watch your cost basis improve and exceed all expectations over time. Always reinvest your dividends!

Recent PSEC Statistics:
52 week 7.41 - 12.00
Open 11.25
Vol / Avg. 1.65M/2.41M
Mkt cap 1.81B
P/E 6.66
Div/yield $0.10/10.94%
EPS 1.67
Shares 162.88M
Beta 0.85
Inst. own 24%

PSEC In The News:

• Prospect Capital Provides $28 Million in Senior Secured Financing to Support Acquisition of Total Fleet Solutions by CI Capital Partners, Resulting in Nearly $800 Million in Originations to Date in Calendar Year 2012
• PSEC Named Top 10 Financial at Dividend Channel With 11.14% Yield
• Prospect Capital Named Top Dividend Stock With Insider Buying

Check out PSECs current portfolio as of 12/31/11, here!

What Can A Roth IRA Do For Me?

Hi everyone! I hope you have had a successful and profitable week thus far. Posted below are some of my favorite Roth IRA related YouTube videos. It is very important to invest in stocks within a Roth IRA. Feel free to click here to read more about the best retirement tool on the planet Earth. 

Sit back and enjoy the videos below. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for your interest and support!