Anonymous wrote:Dividends are for people who don't understand stocks. Just keep this in mind.

Anonymous wrote:If you can stomach an oil and gas stock, look at Petrobras. (PBR). Another stock worth looking at is ACV.

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Anonymous wrote:What dividend yielding stocks are folks holding these days? Our portfolio is/has been comprised of growth stocks for the last 30 years, and now that I am looking to possibly retire early (I'm 52 and DW is 49) in the net year or so, I am looking to transition our a portion of investment holdings to also include a somewhat significant share of dividends. Our investment portfolio is currently at ~$4.3m mostly in individual holdings and some ETFs. Ideally we would like to have the dividends provide at least in the range of $50k-75k of income per year, thereby allowing us to avoid having to draw down too much on the principle investments (all significant LT capital gains). We've done all of this ourselves to date, and have not used a financial advisor - I've been leery of paying someone a %of my assets for things that I can do pretty reasonably myself (and we've been pretty successful all things considered).

I would defer drawing on the pension for another 10-13 years - and which currently stands at about $3m (and would continue to grow on investment allocation but w/o any additional contributions once I retire and before I draw on it).

Grateful for any advice folks here might have. Thanks!

If you can liquidate $1M, start buying 30 year treasuries. They were yielding 4.7% today and were yielding 5.1% mid-week, last week. Let's say you invest $1M into them at an average yield of 5%, that's 50K and you don't have to worry about losing capital. Best case scenario, rates fall to 2% or below and your bond value skyrockets. Worst case scenario, rates go up from here, maybe double or triple, but you keep getting your 5% a year. When 30 years are up (you guys will be 82/79), you get to collect the $1M. No stock on earth can guarantee that. Talk to a financial advisor to figure out how to implement this.

What's your current income? Monthly expenses? Also, how did you derive the $3M value for your pension?

Anonymous wrote:What dividend yielding stocks are folks holding these days? Our portfolio is/has been comprised of growth stocks for the last 30 years, and now that I am looking to possibly retire early (I'm 52 and DW is 49) in the net year or so, I am looking to transition our a portion of investment holdings to also include a somewhat significant share of dividends. Our investment portfolio is currently at ~$4.3m mostly in individual holdings and some ETFs. Ideally we would like to have the dividends provide at least in the range of $50k-75k of income per year, thereby allowing us to avoid having to draw down too much on the principle investments (all significant LT capital gains). We've done all of this ourselves to date, and have not used a financial advisor - I've been leery of paying someone a %of my assets for things that I can do pretty reasonably myself (and we've been pretty successful all things considered).

I would defer drawing on the pension for another 10-13 years - and which currently stands at about $3m (and would continue to grow on investment allocation but w/o any additional contributions once I retire and before I draw on it).

Grateful for any advice folks here might have. Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:Dividend payers. Tobacco sector PM and MO. Energy XOM, DVN, and ENB. Utilities DUK. Healthcare MRK and AMGN. Financials RF HBAN Ally Citi bought in 2009 and during pandemic swoon. Food sector KHC MDLZ. Tech AVGO Telecom VZ

Some dividend payer ideas, some timely and a few not timely. You could use ETFs to get more diversification. Sectors out of favor today are Tobacco and most financials. MDLZ just reported great earnings and AVGO is my core Tech dividend payer. GL

DP. I am ashamed to admit I have MO and PM. I'm such a hypocrite because I hate cigarettes, but those dividend yields are great. If you don't have a problem with sin stocks, take a look at VICI and IIPR. Funny enough PP, I also have XOM, DVN, ENB and PXD. DVN has been a dog with poor management, and I would not advise purchasing that now. I chose ABBV and GILD over AMGN. Key and NYCB over HBAN. I wish I had DUK because I got slaughtered with NEP. Love, love AVGO for growth, but the yield is low. I wish AVGO stock would split. It ran up so damn fast. SPG and O are good stocks to take a look at OP. If all else fails, take a good look at JEPQ and JEPI.

I’m in on JEPI because I don’t think the market is going to move much for a while, but you have to balance that out with growth stocks/funds since the upside is muted.

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Anonymous wrote:Dividend payers. Tobacco sector PM and MO. Energy XOM, DVN, and ENB. Utilities DUK. Healthcare MRK and AMGN. Financials RF HBAN Ally Citi bought in 2009 and during pandemic swoon. Food sector KHC MDLZ. Tech AVGO Telecom VZ

Some dividend payer ideas, some timely and a few not timely. You could use ETFs to get more diversification. Sectors out of favor today are Tobacco and most financials. MDLZ just reported great earnings and AVGO is my core Tech dividend payer. GL

DP. I am ashamed to admit I have MO and PM. I'm such a hypocrite because I hate cigarettes, but those dividend yields are great. If you don't have a problem with sin stocks, take a look at VICI and IIPR. Funny enough PP, I also have XOM, DVN, ENB and PXD. DVN has been a dog with poor management, and I would not advise purchasing that now. I chose ABBV and GILD over AMGN. Key and NYCB over HBAN. I wish I had DUK because I got slaughtered with NEP. Love, love AVGO for growth, but the yield is low. I wish AVGO stock would split. It ran up so damn fast. SPG and O are good stocks to take a look at OP. If all else fails, take a good look at JEPQ and JEPI.

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Anonymous wrote:Dividend payers. Tobacco sector PM and MO. Energy XOM, DVN, and ENB. Utilities DUK. Healthcare MRK and AMGN. Financials RF HBAN Ally Citi bought in 2009 and during pandemic swoon. Food sector KHC MDLZ. Tech AVGO Telecom VZ

Some dividend payer ideas, some timely and a few not timely. You could use ETFs to get more diversification. Sectors out of favor today are Tobacco and most financials. MDLZ just reported great earnings and AVGO is my core Tech dividend payer. GL

DP. I am ashamed to admit I have MO and PM. I'm such a hypocrite because I hate cigarettes, but those dividend yields are great. If you don't have a problem with sin stocks, take a look at VICI and IIPR. Funny enough PP, I also have XOM, DVN, ENB and PXD. DVN has been a dog with poor management, and I would not advise purchasing that now. I chose ABBV and GILD over AMGN. Key and NYCB over HBAN. I wish I had DUK because I got slaughtered with NEP. Love, love AVGO for growth, but the yield is low. I wish AVGO stock would split. It ran up so damn fast. SPG and O are good stocks to take a look at OP. If all else fails, take a good look at JEPQ and JEPI.