Covered Calls, Dividends & Passive Income

I would like to start off by saying I am a big proponent of dollar cost averaging. Why, because it is a way for individuals to invest a small amount in stocks and EFTs without having to commit a large sum of money for an initial investment. Most individual investors do not have [...]

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Here are the stocks I currently have in my portfolio that pay dividends:

Company
Symbol
Annual Dividend
June 2008

Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$1.84 APY 2.80%

Microsoft
MSFT
$0.44 APY 1.60%

3M
MMM
$2.00 APY 2.60%

Nucor
NUE
$1.28 APY 1.70%

Taiwan Semi Conductor
TSM
$0.36 APY 3.10%

Worthington Industries
WOR
$0.68 APY 3.60%

Piedmont Natural Gas
PNY
$1.04 APY 3.90%

Vanguard Emerging Mkts
VWO
TBD APY 1.90%

I will post my dividend paying stock portfolio on a quarterly basis. It doesn’t [...]

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