Update: Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 8/6/12 to 8/10/12

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 11 for 20 week. 55% of my picks increased in value. Although we made some serious cash this week from  Tiffany & Co.(NYSE:TIF), Rio Tinto plc (ADR)(NYSE:RIO) and Johnson Controls, Inc.(NYSE:JCI) 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.

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

Company Name/Stock Ticker/Current Price

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.(NYSE:NLY) $17.25 $16.87
American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC) $34.83 $33.89
Chimera Investment Corporation(NYSE:CIM) $2.16 $2.38
LTC Properties Inc(NYSE:LTC) $35.75 $33.67
Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O) $41.41 $40.58
The Coca-Cola Company(NYSE:KO) $80.83 $78.79
The Procter & Gamble Company(NYSE:PG) $65.50 $66.77
Unilever plc (ADR)(NYSE:UL) $36.42 $35.81
Entertainment Properties Trust(NYSE:EPR) $45.57 $45.06
HCP, Inc.(NYSE:HCP) $46.43 $45.45
General Electric Company(NYSE:GE) $20.96 $21.10
Johnson Controls, Inc.(NYSE:JCI) $24.59 $26.11
H.J. Heinz Company(NYSE:HNZ) $55.54 $55.06
The J.M. Smucker Company(NYSE:SJM) $75.75 $76.70
Diageo plc (ADR)(NYSE:DEO) $106.65 $107.22
Darden Restaurants, Inc.(NYSE:DRI) $52.45 $52.85
Rio Tinto plc (ADR)(NYSE:RIO) $47.59 $50.70
Target Corporation(NYSE:TGT) $62.36 $62.84
Tiffany & Co.(NYSE:TIF) $54.74 $58.48
Automatic Data Processing(NASDAQ:ADP) $56.93 $57.61

Johnson Controls, Inc.(NYSE:JCI) 

Obama at Johnson Controls

Rio Tinto plc (ADR)(NYSE:RIO): Mine of the Future!

Diageo plc (ADR)(NYSE:DEO)

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

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

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 7/16/12 to 7/20/12. 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 7/21/12 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

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

Stock prices as of 7/15/12

BP CEO on Gulf Coast Response & Regaining America's Trust

Hershey's CEO Welcome

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Conversation

Stock Picks for the Week of 6/18/12 to 6/22/12

Greetings! I would like to thank you for revisiting DSIFTCM! I hope you had a profitable last week and enjoyable weekend.

Listed below are my dividend stock investment selections for the Common Man's stock portfolio for the upcoming week of 6/18/12 to 6/22/12. 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 6/23/12 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.

See below for videos which include Metlife, Smucker's, and a tour of a Waste Management Philadelphia facility.

Company Name/Stock Ticker/Current Price

Wells Fargo & Company(NYSE:WFC) $32.45
The J.M. Smucker Company(NYSE:SJM)) $75.77
United Technologies Corporation(NYSE:UTX)) $74.49
Microsoft Corporation(NASDAQ:MSFT) $30.02
CommonWealth REIT(NYSE:CWH) $18.07
The Wendy's Company(NASDAQ:WEN) $4.51
Johnson Controls, Inc.(NYSE:JCI) $28.21
Coach, Inc.(NYSE:COH) $61.21
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co(NYSE:DD) $50.24
Waste Management, Inc.(NYSE:WM) $32.50
Brandywine Realty Trust(NYSE:BDN) $11.59
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc.(NYSE:PCL) $37.62
Metlife Inc(NYSE:MET) $29.96
Lowe's Companies, Inc.(NYSE:LOW) $28.05
Principal Financial Group Inc(NYSE:PFG) $25.40
Unilever plc (ADR)(NYSE:UL) $32.69
International Business Machines Corp.(NYSE:IBM) $199.10
CA, Inc.(NASDAQ:CA) $26.31
NIKE, Inc.(NYSE:NKE) $101.75
Eli Lilly & Co.(NYSE:LLY) $41.99
Abbott Laboratories(NYSE:ABT) $62.50
Philip Morris International Inc.(NYSE:PM) $87.73
Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) $574.13
American Water Works Co., Inc.(NYSE:AWK) $33.70
Applied Materials, Inc.(NASDAQ:AMAT) $10.99
Teleflex Incorporated(NYSE:TFX) $59.29
Public Storage(NYSE:PSA) $137.78
The Chubb Corporation(NYSE:CB) $71.52
American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC) $33.60
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation(NYSE:ANH) $6.84
Duke Energy Corporation(NYSE:DUK) $23.26
Monsanto Company(NYSE:MON) $78.70
State Street Corporation(NYSE:STT) $43.85
HSBC Holdings plc (ADR)(NYSE:HBC) $43.08
Dicks Sporting Goods Inc(NYSE:DKS) $45.80

Note: Stock Quotes as of 6/17/12

Metlife

Smucker's

Waste Management - Philadelphia Tour

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

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

Listed below are my top dividend stock investments for the Common Man for the week of March 8th, 2012 to March 15th, 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 16th, 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! Have a great week!

Additionally, enjoy these hand picked YouTube videos below, which include Realty Income Corp, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., and Ebix, Inc.


Viacom, Inc.(NASDAQ:VIAB)
Prologis Inc(NYSE:PLD)
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd.(NASDAQ:CKSW)
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc.(NYSE:PCL)
Health Care REIT, Inc.(NYSE:HCN)
The Coca-Cola Company(NYSE:KO)
Universal Health Realty Income Trust(NYSE:UHT)
Comcast Corporation(NASDAQ:CMCSA)
Xerox Corporation(NYSE:XRX)
AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T)
Chevron Corporation(NYSE:CVX)
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co(NYSE:SMG)
Johnson Controls, Inc.(NYSE:JCI)
ConocoPhillips(NYSE:COP)
ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fd(NYSE:IGR)
Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(NYSEARCA:VWO)
Vodafone Group Plc (ADR)(NASDAQ:VOD)
Ebix Inc(NASDAQ:EBIX)
General Mills, Inc.(NYSE:GIS)
Realty Income Corp(NYSE:O)


Note: Stock prices as of 3/7/12