Profile

Name; JCInvestor
Age; 52
About;  IT technician, hobbies are chess, welding, machining, auto mechanics, small engines, property maintenance - and investing. I am thinking of starting a blog on machine design to include easy projects and instructions.


Buy and Hold dividend investor, still building a portfolio (hold cvx,cop,kmi,pg,jnj,t,f,ge,aapl,cat, gild, krft)

Dividend investing makes sense to me. Markets and individual stocks go up and down daily based on people's emotions or based on algorithms. Dividend rates change more slowly and are based on management's assessment of a company. If a company's dividends have risen for 20 consecutive years regardless of market crashes, it is probably not due to luck or prevailing market mood. It is due at least in part to earnings growth. This is a dependable place to invest and it is where I start to consider investing in a company.

Companies I am considering (some are speculative);
PGH, NLY, AT, CTL, XOM, DE, TGH