Hello everyone! Today i want to share some trading analysis with you!1.Number of $Visa(V)$ cards vs. the number of $MasterCard(MA)$ cards and both are growing quickly as the world becomes less reliant on cash, about 8% growth per year. Do you own either of these stocks?2. $Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF(SCHD)$ is the darling dividend ETF but I think DRGO is just as good and maybe better. Do you own none, one or both of these dividend growth ETFs?3.10 years ago you could have invested in $Microsoft(MSFT)$ for a low of $29.24 or a high of $42.33.If you timed your entry just right and hit the absolute lowest price you'd have a re

SummaryI propose leveraging the stock selection criteria from the underlying index of SCHD to build a portfolio with a subset of Dividend Aristocrats.I am tracking two portfolios built using this process and comparing the results to NOBL and SCHD.Both portfolios started out trailing their benchmarks, December yielded positive results but the new year has started out pretty rough.DNY59/E+ via Getty ImagesQuick RecapOn October 18, 2022 I published anarticle that covered the stock selection methodology used by the Dow Jones US Dividend 100 Index, the underlying index for Schwab's U.S. Dividend Equity Fund (SCHD). In that article I proposed a theory, to leverage this stock selection process and apply it to the Dividend Aristocrat universe of stocks. On November 1st, 2022, I launched two m

SummaryI present my top 10 High Yield dividend stocks that are poised to offer strong future returns.The annualized rate of return for this watchlist is 14.43% over the past 28 months.The top 10 stocks for February lost 2.51% last month, outperforming VYM that posted a loss of 3.51% and finishing in line with SPY that also fell 2.51%.Since inception, the watchlist trails VYM by 2.50% and remains ahead of SPY by 4.19% on an annualized basis.greenbutterflyMarket Recap2023 kicked off on a bright note but the party quickly faded as equities lost steam in mid-to-late February. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (SPY) posted a strong gain of 6.29% in January and anot so great loss of 2.51% in February. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) is looking a little worse, only posting a gain of 2.37% in

Dividend KingsThe Dividend Kings are an elite group of companies that have all paid and increased dividends for at least 50 consecutive years. There are multiple lists of the kings on the internet, some that include more than 49companies. I have chosen to use the list that was updated on March 1, 2023, and includes one new dividend king this month. The newest dividend stock added to the list of Dividend Kings is Walmart (WMT). The list also included one deletion, V.F. Corporation (VFC) has been dropped from the list following its recent dividend cut.  $Wal-Mart(WMT)$ $VF Corp(VFC)$ The 49 companies on the dividend king list span 9 unique sectors, offer an average dividend yield of 2.62% and h