by Robert Hodges | Jan 11, 2020 | Portfolio Updates
As a dividend growth investor, I narrow the universe of stocks I’m willing to consider for investment to only those stocks which have demonstrated a commitment to increasing their dividend every year, year after year. The Dividend Aristocrats is a group of stocks,... 
by Robert Hodges | Jan 9, 2020 | DGI Education
At PTI we have focused on the Dividend Aristocrats and the Dividend Champions as the two universes of stocks from which we look for individual investments, because we believe that these stocks demonstrate the strength and quality we are looking for when investing. We... 
by Robert Hodges | Jan 4, 2020 | Portfolio Updates
At PTI we use a stock’s PAAY (Percentage Above its Average Yield) to determine if a stock is undervalued, overvalued, or fairly valued. We will never buy a stock that is overvalued, so PAAY is very important for telling us which stocks to NOT buy. And it also helps... 
by Robert Hodges | Jan 4, 2020 | DGI Education
As the decade closes, we at PTI thought it would be a good idea to review the decade in terms of the Dividend Aristocrats, and how well they have performed over the past 10 years. We are doing this to demonstrate how well a portfolio can do with no other... 
by Robert Hodges | Jan 4, 2020 | Portfolio Updates
Year over year dividend growth is the engine that drives our returns. So, it is important to keep track of the dividend increases for the companies we follow. This is a list of the dividend increases announced for all the companies we follow, during the month of... 