Update: Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 4/1/13 to 4/5/13

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 hope everyone had a great week!

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 11 for 20 week. 55% of my picks increased in value. It was a nice week to invest in dividend paying stocks for both the NYSE and NASDAQ. Most of my stock picks increased in value. Now would be a good time to pick up these Dividend Aristocrats! Continue to pick up multiple shares these proven winners on any pull backs and hold for long haul. I am a long term bull!

See below for more details... as well as some wonderful YouTube videos pertaining to Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O), which rose $0.62 in share price this past week. O is a consistent investment which will provide great returns in the future. Check out the Realty Income Corp. videos below. Also, check out the books below. Very interesting reads!

DSIFTCM is NOT affiliated with any of these companies. I am not a professional stock picker and am only providing my personal opinions of some of the greatest dividend paying companies!

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 3/31/13
Current Dividend Yield/Share Price as of 4/6/13

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.(NYSE:GS)
1.36% $147.15
1.39% $143.69

Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O)
4.80% $45.35
4.72% $46.03

Salem Communications Corp(NASDAQ:SALM)
2.52% $7.93
2.22% $9.00

SLM Corp(NASDAQ:SLM)
2.93% $20.50
3.03% $19.80

CVS Caremark Corporation(NYSE:CVS)
1.64% $54.99
1.62% $55.64

United Parcel Service, Inc.(NYSE:UPS)
2.89% $85.90
2.97% $83.54

Mastercard Inc(NYSE:MA)
0.44% $541.13
0.45% $531.60

The Kroger Co.(NYSE:KR)
1.81% $33.14
1.87% $32.04

KKR & Co. L.P.(NYSE:KKR)
6.31% $19.32
6.38% $19.12

Rio Tinto plc (ADR)(NYSE:RIO)
3.56% $47.08
3.66% $45.72

The Southern Company(NYSE:SO)
4.18% $46.92
4.15% $47.19

Illinois Tool Works Inc.(NYSE:ITW)
2.49% $60.94
2.47% $61.57

Cincinnati Financial Corporation(NASDAQ:CINF)
3.45% $47.22
3.44% $47.36

AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T)
4.91% $36.69
4.73% $38.02

Host Hotels and Resorts Inc(NYSE:HST)
2.29% $17.49
2.29% $17.45

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NYSE:WMT)
2.51% $74.83
2.46% $76.39

Coach, Inc.(NYSE:COH)
2.40% $49.99
2.40% $50.10

Wells Fargo & Co(NYSE:WFC)
2.70% $36.99
2.69% $37.15

Nucor Corporation(NYSE:NUE)
3.19% $46.15
3.36% $43.76

TOTAL S.A. (ADR)(NYSE:TOT)
6.32% $47.98

7.76% $48.18

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Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 4/1/13 to 4/5/13

Listed below are my Dividend Stock investment selections for the Common Man's stock portfolio for the upcoming week of 4/1/13 to 4/5/13. 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 4/6/13 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 3/31/13


Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.(NYSE:GS)
1.36% $147.15

Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O)
4.80% $45.35

Salem Communications Corp(NASDAQ:SALM)
2.52% $7.93

SLM Corp(NASDAQ:SLM)
2.93% $20.50

CVS Caremark Corporation(NYSE:CVS)
1.64% $54.99

United Parcel Service, Inc.(NYSE:UPS)
2.89% $85.90

Mastercard Inc(NYSE:MA)
0.44% $541.13

The Kroger Co.(NYSE:KR)
1.81% $33.14

KKR & Co. L.P.(NYSE:KKR)
6.31% $19.32

Rio Tinto plc (ADR)(NYSE:RIO)
3.56% $47.08

The Southern Company(NYSE:SO)
4.18% $46.92

Illinois Tool Works Inc.(NYSE:ITW)
2.49% $60.94

Cincinnati Financial Corporation(NASDAQ:CINF)
3.45% $47.22

AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T)
4.91% $36.69

Host Hotels and Resorts Inc(NYSE:HST)
2.29% $17.49

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.(NYSE:WMT)
2.51% $74.83

Coach, Inc.(NYSE:COH)
2.40% $49.99

Wells Fargo & Co(NYSE:WFC)
2.70% $36.99

Nucor Corporation(NYSE:NUE)
3.19% $46.15

TOTAL S.A. (ADR)(NYSE:TOT)
6.32% $47.98

Stock Picks for the Week of 6/25/12 to 6/29/12

Greetings! 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 6/25/12 to 6/29/12. 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. I will check back on 6/30/12 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! I can't stress this enough.

Company Name/Stock Ticker/Current Price

Molson Coors Brewing Company(NYSE:TAP) $38.96
Cincinnati Financial Corporation(NASDAQ:CINF) $36.90
The Home Depot, Inc.(NYSE:HD) $52.02
The Procter & Gamble Company(NYSE:PG) $59.83
Eli Lilly & Co.(NYSE:LLY) $42.07
The Wendy's Company(NASDAQ:WEN) $4.54
Dunkin Brands Group Inc(NASDAQ:DNKN) $34.72
Lockheed Martin Corporation(NYSE:LMT) $85.35
The Boeing Company(NYSE:BA) $71.96
Waste Management, Inc.(NYSE:WM) $32.37
Diageo plc (ADR)(NYSE:DEO) $99.41
Exxon Mobil Corporation(NYSE:XOM) $82.11
Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O) $40.10
Rio Tinto plc (ADR)(NYSE:RIO) $46.53
The Coca-Cola Company(NYSE:KO) $74.94
Intel Corporation(NASDAQ:INTC) $26.93
Kraft Foods Inc(NYSE:KFT) $38.85
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.(NYSE:NM) $3.24
BHP Billiton Limited (ADR)(NYSE:BHP) $63.31
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(NYSE:LVS) $44.66
Honeywell International Inc.(NYSE:HON) $55.51
Abbott Laboratories(NYSE:ABT)) $62.32
GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR)(NYSE:GSK) $45.89
United Parcel Service, Inc.(NYSE:UPS) $77.71
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ADR)(NYSE:BUD) $70.29
Cenovus Energy Inc (USA)(NYSE:CVE) $30.71
British American Tobacco PLC (ADR)(NYSEAMEX:BTI) $100.10
Royal Bank of Canada (USA)(NYSE:RY) $50.70
BB&T Corporation(NYSE:BBT) $30.39
The Bank of Nova Scotia (USA)(NYSE:BNS) $51.65
SPDR S&P Dividend (ETF)(NYSEARCA:SDY) $54.82
Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund(NYSE:AOD) $4.13
LTC Properties Inc(NYSE:LTC) $34.95
Emerson Electric Co.(NYSE:EMR) $45.71
AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T) $35.17


Stock Price as of 6/24/12

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Update: Stock Picks for the week of 5/7/12 to 5/11/12

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.

You win some and then you lose some! It was a rough week for the NYSE and Nasdaq as a whole. As you can see below, it was a weak 5 days in every sector. Overall, it was an 11 for 26 week. A great week overall for Energy related stocks, as well as my favorite coffee hang out, Dunkin Brands Group, Inc., who announced an expansion of their business in India.

As a rule of thumb, always invest in high yielding dividend paying stocks for your retirement years. Much like the stocks listed below, you will be covered with quarterly dividends if the stocks just so happen to drop in value. 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 Dunkin Brands Group, Inc., Kimberly Clark Corp., and Verizon Communications, Inc. All three companies will inject your Roth IRA stock portfolio with stability and profits via quarterly dividends

Until next time.. I wish you nothing but the best during your investing years. Perform your due diligence for each of these quality dividend payers below. Happy investing, reinvest those dividends and let your smart investment decisions work for you!

Stock/Stock Ticker.. Quote @ 5/6/12..  Quote @ 5/12/12


Waste Management, Inc.(NYSE:WM) $33.97 $33.48
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) $43.48 $43.36
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) $95.87 $91.90
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) $39.79 $39.75
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) $53.17 $53.50 
Westar Energy Inc (NYSE:WR) $28.18 $28.48
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) $6.49 $6.54
Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) $27.41 $25.51
Eli Lilly & Co.(NYSE:LLY) $41.28 $41.26
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) $80.69 $79.07 
Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE:RAI) $40.37 $40.50
Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) $78.29 $79.39
Altria Group, Inc.(NYSE:MO) $32.43 $31.79
Cincinnati Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CINF) $36.15 $36.08
FirstEnergy Corp.(NYSE:FE) $46.97 $47.81
Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) $32.09 $31.66
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) $83.39 $84.60
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR)(NASDAQ:TEVA) $44.44 $41.81
Tiffany & Co.(NYSE:TIF) $65.95 $63.04
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.(NASDAQ:ARLP) $61.63 $58.38
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE:KMP) $81.98 $81.21
Verizon Communications Inc.(NYSE:VZ) $40.26 $41.16
Dunkin Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DNKN) $32.18 $33.53
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) $20.02 $19.55
American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC) $31.66 $32.33
SPDR S&P 500 ETF(NYSEARCA:SPY) $136.96 $135.56

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Stock Picks for the week of May 7, 2012 to May 11, 2012

Hello, how are you today? I hope you are having a nice weekend and that you had a solid week of gains last week.

Listed below are my highly rated dividend stock investments for the Common Man! (week of May 7th, 2012 to May 11th, 2012).

Any one of these stocks will infuse a powerful wealth stream of cash into your Roth or Traditional IRA stock portfolio. Each company listed below offers a reliable dividend and I remain 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 May 12th, 2012 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 of wealth!

Additionally, enjoy these hand picked YouTube videos below, which include American Eagle Outfitters and  Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Have a great start to the week! It's almost Monday already! (see Video below)

Waste Management, Inc.(NYSE:WM) $33.97
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) $43.48
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) $95.87
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) $39.79
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) $53.17
Westar Energy Inc (NYSE:WR) $28.18
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) $6.49
Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) $27.41
Eli Lilly & Co.(NYSE:LLY) $41.28
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) $80.69
Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE:RAI) $40.37
Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) $78.29
Altria Group, Inc.(NYSE:MO) $32.43
Cincinnati Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CINF) $36.15
FirstEnergy Corp.(NYSE:FE) $46.97
Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) $32.09
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) $83.39
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR)(NASDAQ:TEVA) $44.44
Tiffany & Co.(NYSE:TIF) $65.95
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.(NASDAQ:ARLP) $61.63
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE:KMP) $81.98
Verizon Communications Inc.(NYSE:VZ) $40.26
Dunkin Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DNKN) $32.18
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) $20.02
American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC) $31.66
SPDR S&P 500 ETF(NYSEARCA:SPY) $136.96

Note: Stock prices as of 5/6/12

CINF - Cincinnati Financial Corporation

Would you like to invest in shares of a company which pays a dividend of $0.40 per share with a current yield of 6.18%? How about a company which has paid a consistent dividend since June 18th, 1990 with six stock splits since May 18th, 1992? OK, great. Then look no further than Cincinnati Financial Corporation, stock ticker CINF. Cincinnati Financial Corporation engages in property casualty insurance in which they market through independent insurance agents in 39 states. CINF owns three subsidiaries 1) The Cincinnati Insurance Company 2) CSU Producer Resources Inc., and 3) CFC Investment Company and currently operates in five segments:

• Commercial lines property casualty insurance
• Personal lines property casualty insurance
• Excess and surplus lines property casualty insurance
• Life insurance
• Investments

CINF's standard market property casualty insurance group includes two subsidiaries:

• The Cincinnati Casualty Company
• The Cincinnati Indemnity Company

These subsidiaries write a range of business, homeowner and auto policies. Other subsidiaries of The Cincinnati Insurance Company include the Cincinnati Life Insurance Company and the Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company. As you can see they are loaded with growth potential and pay you to purchase their stock.

CINF is a strong dividend aristocrat. They pay a healthy quarterly dividend and there will always be a need for insurance! Cincinnati Financial is definitely a seasoned vet is any economy, and has been rewarding their shareholders year after year after year. My personal opinion is that it is hard to go against the insurance business. If one's underwriting is conservative, which CINF's is, then insurance is one of the most profitable business models in existence.

CINF lost 3.7% in their stock price during the past 12 months. CINF has a market cap of $4.2 billion, P/E ratio of 14.1 and total debt/equity ratio of 0.17. More and more reasons to invest in this solid company. CINF should outperform the market even during the current market volatility.

Click here to visit Cincinnati Financial Corporation's website, and here to visit their Investor Relations page. Also, feel free to watch the video below. I strongly recommend investing your hard earned dollars into CINF. It will be a rock within your Roth IRA portfolio. I would not steer you wrong!