
Breathe, take it easy. After months of predictable increased prices and dropping yields, the market finally went into correction this last week of February. And in classic dividend investor style, I bought into the panic. I still have a *little* cash left on hand for any more stomach twisting drops ahead, but I think the bears (and the algorithms) have had their way. Looking forward to a good jobs report, and a bullish market for another 4 years...?

As of this writing, the virus has not really affected the USA too much, and China has been crippled by it. It will be interesting to see if the panic in the market is at all justified. Ok, now on to the data:
Dividend Increases & Special Payouts
Old Republic (NYSE:ORI) declares $0.21/share quarterly dividend, 5% increase from prior dividend of $0.20.
Home Depot (NYSE:HD) declares $1.50/share quarterly dividend, 10.3% increase from prior dividend of $1.36.
Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) declares $0.43/share quarterly dividend, 6.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.405.
February Purchases:
GIS | 13 |
T | 8 |
MAIN | 45 |
NNN | 6 |
SO | 6 |
ORI | 14 |
ADM | 4 |
CVX | 14 |
O | 7 |
ABBV | 9 |
IP | 13 |
HRL | 26 |
OKE | 1 |
WSO | 5 |
Here's hoping March, coming in like a lion, will come out like a lamb...