Update: Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 11/12/12 to 11/16/12

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 an 8 for 20 week. 40% of my picks increased in value. It was a decent week for both the NYSE and NASDAQ. We made some profits from BBT, DIS, COST, K, ALL, CB, AGNC and FL. Check out the videos below to learn more about one of my favorite dividend paying companies, BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT)! 

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 11/11/12
Current Dividend Yield/Share Price as of 11/17/12

Weyerhaeuser Company(NYSE:WY) 
2.58% $26.31
2.68% $25.38

Sony Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:SNE)
2.88% $10.86
3.09% $10.12

CME Group Inc(NASDAQ:CME)
3.31% $54.31
3.32% $54.24

Microsoft Corporation(NASDAQ:MSFT)
3.19% $28.83
3.47% $26.52

Nuveen California Quality Inc' Mun. Fund(NYSE:NUC)
5.99% $17.53
6.06% $17.33

Duke Energy Corp(NYSE:DUK)
4.94% $61.96
5.02% $60.90

BB&T Corporation(NYSE:BBT)
2.90% $27.55
2.85% $28.04

The Walt Disney Company(NYSE:DIS)
1.27% $47.06
1.27% $47.42

Costco Wholesale Corporation(NASDAQ:COST)
1.15% $95.46
1.15% $95.69

Tiffany & Co.(NYSE:TIF)
2.10% $60.99
2.15% $59.54

Whole Foods Market, Inc.(NASDAQ:WFM)
0.87% $91.57
0.88% $90.54

Kellogg Company(NYSE:K)
3.29% $53.48
3.25% $54.17

The Allstate Corporation(NYSE:ALL)
2.27% $38.73
2.26% $38.92

The Chubb Corporation(NYSE:CB)
2.19% $74.75
2.17% $75.41

TOTAL S.A. (ADR)(NYSE:TOT)
6.15% $48.15
6.25% $47.43

American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC)
16.22% $30.82
16.13% $30.99

Universal Corp(NYSE:UVV)
4.16% $48.12
4.19% $47.73

The Boeing Company(NYSE:BA)
2.40% $73.25
2.49% $70.77

Lockheed Martin Corporation(NYSE:LMT)
5.11% $89.98
5.20% $88.46

Foot Locker, Inc.(NYSE:FL)
2.21% $32.59

2.16% $33.27

Dividend Stock Picks for the Week of 11/12/12 to 11/16/12

Listed below are my Dividend Stock investment selections for the Common Man's stock portfolio for the upcoming week of 11/12/12 to 11/16/12. 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 11/17/12 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 11/11/12


Weyerhaeuser Company(NYSE:WY) 
2.58% $26.31

Sony Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:SNE)
2.88% $10.86

CME Group Inc(NASDAQ:CME)
3.31% $54.31

Microsoft Corporation(NASDAQ:MSFT)
3.19% $28.83

Nuveen California Quality Inc' Mun. Fund(NYSE:NUC)
5.99% $17.53

Duke Energy Corp(NYSE:DUK)
4.94% $61.96

BB&T Corporation(NYSE:BBT)
2.90% $27.55

The Walt Disney Company(NYSE:DIS)
1.27% $47.06

Costco Wholesale Corporation(NASDAQ:COST)
1.15% $95.46

Tiffany & Co.(NYSE:TIF)
2.10% $60.99

Whole Foods Market, Inc.(NASDAQ:WFM)
0.87% $91.57

Kellogg Company(NYSE:K)
3.29% $53.48

The Allstate Corporation(NYSE:ALL)
2.27% $38.73

The Chubb Corporation(NYSE:CB)
2.19% $74.75

TOTAL S.A. (ADR)(NYSE:TOT)
6.15% $48.15

American Capital Agency Corp.(NASDAQ:AGNC)
16.22% $30.82


Universal Corp(NYSE:UVV)
4.16% $48.12

The Boeing Company(NYSE:BA)
2.40% $73.25

Lockheed Martin Corporation(NYSE:LMT)
5.11% $89.98

Foot Locker, Inc.(NYSE:FL)
2.21% $32.59

Update: Stock Picks for the week of 1/9/12 to 1/13/12

Greetings! I hope you are having a great new year so far. 2012 should be a fantastic year for the market. Please click here for a quick pep talk if you are having the stock market blues. Stay consistent and follow your Roth IRA portfolio business plan. Don't let the market fluctuation stop you from getting your piece of the pie. Investing in dividend paying stocks will keep your Roth IRA healthy.

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 profitable 10 for 18 week, however it was a roller-coaster ride. Some selections decreased in value while others had a pretty nice percentage gain for the week. BBT, O, CSC and JPM were this past week's clear winners, however GIS was looking healthy. The over all net gain for the week of 1/9/12 to 1/13/12 was $1.60.

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 Realty Income Corp and General Mills. Both will inject your Roth IRA stock portfolio with stability and profits. Until next time, happy investing, reinvest those dividends and let your smart investment decisions work for you!


Stock/Stock Ticker.. Quote @ 1/9/12..  Quote @ 1/13/12..   Net Gain of $1.60

BP plc (BP) $44.07, $43.77, -$0.30
TOTAL S.A. (TOT) $51.25, $49.63, -$1.62
Intel Corporation (INTC) $25.46, $25.14, -$0.32
Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) $38.39, $38.32, -$0.06
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) $46.59, $47.36, +$0.77
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (CAG) $26.42, $26.85, +$0.43
Royal Bank of Canada  (RY) $50.61, $50.88, +$0.27
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) $32.94, $33.40, +$0.46
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) $33.91, $33.80, -$0.11
Realty Income Corp (O) $34.79, $35.67, +$0.88
Enerplus Corp (ERF) $25.34, $24.53, -$0.81
Universal Corporation (UVV) $45.68, $46.09, +$0.41
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) $23.37, $24.15, +$0.78
Unilever plc (UL) $33.04, $31.50, -$1.54
General Mills, Inc. (GIS) $39.96, $40.64, +$0.68
Sanofi SA (SNY) $35.79, $35.32, -$0.47
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) $35.25, $35.92, +$0.65
BB&T Corporation (BBT) $25.73, $27.23, +$1.50

Universal Corporation - UVV

Universal Corporation, stock ticker UVV, is where it's at. A current 4.23% dividend yield, $0.49 cents per quarter and a market cap of 1.08 billion dollars is enough to get excited about. Your Roth IRA needs a company like this one. Most recently, UVV announced that the Board of Directors approved a program for the repurchase of up to $100 million of Universal Corporation common stock. They currently have 23.2 million common shares outstanding. UVV's board also increased the regular quarterly dividend on the common shares of UVV by one cent to $0.49 per share. Hey, a penny saved is a penny earned. Each dividend increase is something to be happy about. The current dividend increase is payable February 13, 2012, to common shareholders of record at the close of business on January 9, 2012.

Before we get ahead of ourselves, let's discuss more about the company. UVV is a global leaf tobacco merchant and processor. Universal’s primary subsidiary is Universal Leaf Tobacco Company. The company involves buying, processing, packing, storing, shipping, and financing leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products throughout the world. UVV operates in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Dark Air-Cured, Oriental, and Special Services. They are primarily involved in flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco operations for supply to cigarette manufacturers. Also, dark air-cured tobacco principally to manufacturers of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products, and Oriental supplies oriental tobacco to cigarette manufacturers. If you would like to learn more about UVV's history then click here. They have been around since World War I and have had many, many years of profits.

UVV is an inexpensive quality business that is consistently profitable in an industry that will stick around well beyond your working career and retirement years. That is pretty much all there is to a long equity investment.

If you invest in UVV expect solid dividends in this tobacco stock which has no tobacco litigation risk! You may ask, why is that? Well, because UVV sells leaf to manufacturers and does not sell to the consumer market. The company is internationally diversified and provides a broad base of services to tobacco farmers.
UVV is one of those long running, what I like to call, boring stocks. Much like those rotisserie ovens, all you have to do is purchase this stock, then Set it and Forget it! Let it grow in your Roth IRA for years.

UVV has increased their dividend payout for 40 years, which makes this company a dividend aristocrat! It is low priced based on earnings and book value. Not bad for a boring stock! This company has low leverage and great fundamentals - both when comparing the share price with the income statement and balance sheet. UVV generates plenty of cash from operations to sustain this great dividend.

If you feel bad or uncomfortable when investing in tobacco companies then please feel free to disregard this analysis and do what's right for you, but remember it's all about creating a safe nest egg for your retirement years. When investing in UVV or even MO, consider this! Many people will choose to smoke regardless of any warning labels that the FDA may regular and much of UVV's income comes from outside the United States.

Enjoy the video below and thanks for your time and support. Have a great remainder of the weekend and a profitable week! Reinvest those dividend and continue to invest as much as you can now for unlimited gains and wealth for your retirement years.

Stock Picks for the week of 1/9/12 to 1/13/12

I hope the new year has been profitable for you so far! Welcome back to Dividend Stock Investing for the Common Man. Listed below are the newest dividend paying stock selections for the Common Man's portfolio for the week of January 9th, 2012 to January 13th, 2012. Any one of these stocks will safeguard your Roth IRA stock portfolio with solid dividends, or what I like to call it free cash! I am bullish long term on each of these companies and I believe in their financials. I'll check back in next Friday to determine how well or poor these picks performed.

Continue to invest as much as you can each week to ensure that you have a solid dividend income stream of wealth! I must remind you that I am only a fan of these stocks and am not pumping them for my own personal gain. I just enjoy sharing which stocks I believe are dividend aristocrats and should be seriously considered when investing your hard earned dollars. Feel free to check out the videos below, which include BP, CSC and MRK. Have a great weekend!


BP plc (ADR)  (Public, NYSE:BP)
TOTAL S.A. (ADR)  (Public, NYSE:TOT)
Intel Corporation  (Public, NASDAQ:INTC)
Merck & Co., Inc.  (Public, NYSE:MRK)
Starbucks Corporation  (Public, NASDAQ:SBUX)
ConAgra Foods, Inc.  (Public, NYSE:CAG)
Royal Bank of Canada (USA)  (Public, NYSE:RY)
Waste Management, Inc.  (Public, NYSE:WM)
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.  (Public, NYSE:BMY)
Realty Income Corp  (Public, NYSE:O)
Enerplus Corp (USA)  (Public, NYSE:ERF)
Universal Corporation  (Public, NYSE:UVV)
Computer Sciences Corporation  (Public, NYSE:CSC)
Unilever plc (ADR)  (Public, NYSE:UL)
General Mills, Inc.  (Public, NYSE:GIS)
Sanofi SA (ADR)  (Public, NYSE:SNY)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  (Public, NYSE:JPM)
BB&T Corporation  (Public, NYSE:BBT)


Note: Stock prices as of 1/6/12