Most of my promotions involved some money, but in reality my stress, hours increased to the point where my marginal hourly rate actually decreased

The best investment strategy is the one you can stick to

Intrinsic Value Price is what you pay, value is what you get

Intrinsic Value

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What did you do ;-)

I take recent dividend increases in consideration when I decide whether I should invest in a security. This is a step during my review process.

If a dividend increase stands out, and surprises me, it's always a good learning opportunity for further research

While dividend signaling is not going to be right 100% of the time, all the time, it has been right more often than not.

I guess I have looked at a lot of dividend increases over the decades, so perhaps things start jumping at me...

Dividend signaling works best when looked together with trends in earnings per share, dividends, payout ratios

Sometimes a company may raise dividends by too much, too fast too however. Sometimes a good looking thing may be a sign of desperation. Hence, why I view dividend signaling as a signal with positive correlation, sometimes the inverse can be true too.

A company that slows down on dividend growth is telling me about clouds on the horizon

A company that picks up on dividend growth is signaling confidence in their business prospects

A company that keeps on delivering at a steady clip is somethign to admire too, as it doesn't happen that often

Dividend increases offer strong signaling power, more often than not

I review dividend increases as part of my monitoring process.

There were 25 dividend increases over the past week

Six of those companies have raised dividends for at least 10 years in a row.

The companies include:

There were over 30 companies raising dividends last week.

Only nine of them have managed to raise dividends for at least a decade.

The companies include:

Ultimately I lean more towards manual reinvestment. I like the control of where I can allocate my cash & risk management aspect of allocating elsewhere & the fact that I can focus on ROI

In general I pool new capital with dividends received so I try to allocate into best opportunities I find today

In a world of zero fee investing, manual reinvestment does make sense

In the past, I did automatic reinvestment, especially as there were fees to buy/sell stocks and fractional share purchases were largely unavailable. It does take some time however, so one has to balance that as well

Manual reinvestment allows me more control into what I invest in, as I target ROI. It also allows me to reduce and manage risk away from original position

The downside is that my ROI estimate may be way off

Thanks everyone for sharing

I've done a mixture of both DRIPs and manual reinvestment

Drips allow automatic reinvestment, regardless of conditions and how I feel, which is superior behaviorally

The downside is that I may end up DRIPping into situations that may not be best from an ROI perspective

Which broker do you use?

Do you reinvest dividends automatically (DRIP) or reinvest into other companies?

There were 55 companies that increased dividends last week

17 of them have managed to increase dividends for at least ten years in a row

The list is below:

Diversification Some people out there want to beat the market.

Diversification

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Deere & Co (DE) Dividend Stock Analysis Deere & Company (DE), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry equip...

I analyzed this company twelve years ago

You will never guess what happened next

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February 2026 Dividend Growth Investor Newsletter Good Morning,

February 2026 Dividend Growth Investor Newsletter

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There were a record 76 companies that increased dividends last week

33 of these companies have also managed to increase dividends for at least a decade

The companies include:

Trading I am a long-term passive buy and hold investor.

Trading

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Overweight I build my portfolio on solid ground.

Overweight

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Charlie Munger Quotes on Investing and Life Charlie Munger  would have turned 101 today. Sadly, he passed away in November. While that is sad news, the knowledge he shared with the wor...

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"The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting" - Charles Munger

This is a rhetorical question

Twitter freaks out after every 2% decline

I wonder if they'd stick to stocks if we get another lost decade like 2000 - 2011?

Dividend Growth Investor - Recent Investment for February 9th Good Morning,

Dividend Growth Investor - Recent Investment for February 9th

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