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The Best Dividend Reads This Week 📚
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The Best Dividend Reads This Week 📚
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04/07 Update — email me anytime: max@maxdividends.app
Alright partners, there’s quite a bit to talk about this week.
At the core, nothing really changes — I keep investing and reinvesting. So far this year, 14 companies have already raised their dividends. That adds up to +$197 per year in dividend income, or about +2% to my annual income — and we’ve only just finished the first quarter.
Not bad for doing absolutely nothing, right? But that’s the strategy. These are exactly the kinds of companies I choose.
I operate with three levers, and their proportions gradually shift over time:
- Lever #1 — My own investments
- Lever #2 — Reinvesting dividends received
- Lever #3 — Dividend increases from the companies themselves
Right now, Lever #1 is doing most of the heavy lifting. But here’s the interesting part — soon I’ll effectively have a “13th month” of investing.
I’m getting close to crossing $1,000 per month in dividend income, or $12,000 per year. That’s exactly how much I invest annually each month. Which means at some point, one additional “month” of my investing will be fully covered by dividends generated from the portfolio itself.
For a long time, Lever #3 will be the least noticeable. But over time — it becomes the main driver.
Now, about this week’s purchases.
It was a shorter trading week, so I made my buys on Thursday. I do that sometimes — if Friday is busy, or we’ve got weekend plans with the family, I simply shift the buying day. No big deal.
This week I continued adding to Mueller Industries and Virtus Investment Partners. I also reinvested dividends into 4 shares of Snap-on. All of these are Dividend Eagles or names from my watchlist.
But there was one new addition — and I’m genuinely happy to start building this position:
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Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
Let me spend a minute on this one.
- First, it’s a Dividend King — over 50 consecutive years of dividend increases. That tells me management and I are aligned. That matters.
- Second, the business is exactly what I want to see at the time of purchase. Financial score 90+, and it passes all 5 quality criteria in the MaxDividends Income System.
- Third, the company is currently undervalued. My MaxRatio is close to 10 — which I see as a strong entry signal.
Across the board — this is exactly the kind of candidate I’m always looking for. But there’s another reason this deal stands out right now.
I keep an eye on the sector balance of dividend payers in my portfolio. At the moment, the main contributors are Industrials, Consumer, and Financial Services.
So I’ve been looking for opportunities in other sectors to balance things out. That’s not always easy — especially when I stick to strict valuation and quality criteria — but this time, it worked out.
ADP is a technology sector company that fits my requirements today. That allows me to both open a new position and increase my exposure to tech.
So, the decision to start a position in ADP comes down to:
- Consistent dividend growth (50+ years of increases)
- Fully aligned with the MaxDividends Income System framework
- Currently in Dividend Income Eagle territory (MaxRatio ~10, yield above 3%, ~60% payout ratio)
- Undervalued relative to peers based on my internal valuation
- Adds exposure to the Technology sector
Looking ahead to next week — same plan, same focus.
On my radar: Tractor Supply, Mueller Industries, Automatic Data Processing, Williams-Sonoma, and undervalued opportunities in Healthcare, Basic Materials, and Technology — as long as they meet the strict criteria of the MaxDividends Income System.
The system stays the same. Capital stays disciplined. We keep building. Steady steps. Clear roles. Long horizon. That’s the rhythm.
The MaxDividends Income System — combined with selecting high-quality dividend companies using our 5-step secret formula, and supported by the MaxDividends app — allows me to build my own path toward financial freedom.
Every week I place another brick into the foundation of that future freedom. And today those bricks are already hard to miss. The results are becoming visible. They are becoming tangible.
The most remarkable thing about this seemingly simple formula for success is that it’s repeatable. I invest in businesses I genuinely like. I choose companies I trust. And my passive dividend income keeps growing.
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This Week’s Best Reads 💡
Dividend Deep Dives & Investing Gold
Why Buffett would trash most investment fees today, a defense contractor’s 23-year hikes at 2.27% yield with $194B backlog, Coca-Cola’s $28B Buffett love story paying every 18 months, and a regional bank’s 25-year streak at 3.98% growing loans and EPS through cycles.
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- Why Warren Buffett Would Hate Most Investment Fees Today
- 2.27% Dividend Yield, 23 Years of Dividend Hikes – A Defense Contractor With A Record $194B Backlog
- Coca-Cola and Buffett: The $28 Billion Love Story That Pays Every 18 Months
- 3.98% Dividend Yield, 25 Years of Dividend Hikes – A Regional Bank That Grows Loans And EPS Through Cycles
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- I want a legacy for my kids
- I love seeing the snowball grow
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