Week in Review 6/18

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

My Portfolio's Transactions:

February 6, 2018

• Purchase 15 shares of WEC Energy Group, Inc. (WEC)

Portfolio Holdings News:

February 5, 2018

• Nutrien Ltd.: Nutrien Provides 2018 Guidance and Announces Agrium and PotashCorp Fourth-Quarter Earnings

February 6, 2018

• Archer Daniels Midland Company: ADM Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings of $1.39 per Share, $0.82 per Share on an Adjusted Basis
• Archer Daniels Midland Company: ADM Directors Vote to Increase Cash Dividend
• Emerson Electric Co.: Reports First Quarter 2018 Results and Raises Full-Year Sales and EPS Guidance
• Gilead Sciences, Inc.: GILD Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Financial Results
• Gilead Sciences, Inc.: GILD Announces 10 Percent Increase in First Quarter 2018 Dividend

February 7, 2018

• Neste Corporation: Neste's Financial Statements Releasefor 2017
• Sampo plc: Sampo Group's Results for 2017
• Orion Corporation: Orion Group Financial Statement Release for 2017
• AT&T Inc.: AT&T to Explore Initial Public Offering of Minority Interest in DIRECTV Latin America
• Flowers Foods, Inc.: FLO Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2017 Results

February 8, 2018

• Sampo plc: Sampo participates in the recommended mandatory cash offer on Nordax
• TELUS Corporation: TELUS reports strong results for fourth quarter 2017
• BCE Inc.: BCE reports 2017 Q4 and full-year results, announces 2018 financial targets - 5.2% dividend increase to $3.02 per year
• Philip Morris International Inc.: PMI Reports 2017 Results; Excluding Currency & Tax Items, Full-Year 2017 Adjusted Diluted EPS Growth of 10%; Provides 2018 Earnings Per Share Forecast
• Cardinal Health: CAH Reports Second-quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2018
• CVS Health Corporation: CVS Reports Fourth Quarter Results and Updates 2018 Full-Year Outlook for Investments from Tax Reform
• Qualcomm Incorporated: QCOM Board of Directors Unanimously Rejects Revised Broadcom Proposal

February 9, 2018

• Unilever NV: Unilever has received a binding offer from Dr.Oetker to acquire the Alsabaking and dessert preparation business
• AT&T Inc.: AT&T Completes Acquisition of FiberTower Corporation
• Qualcomm Incorporated: QCOM Extends Cash Tender Offer for All Outstanding Shares of NXP
• Emera Inc.: Emera Reports 2017 Earnings and Significant Strategic Progress

Articles that caught my attention:

• Undervalued Dividend Growth Stock of the Week: Ventas Inc. (VTR) by Jason Fieber, Mr. Free at 33 at Daily Trade Alert
• The Best Growth Stocks For Dividend Investors by Nicholas McCullum at Sure Dividend
• Retirement Income for Life – Review and Giveaway by Mark at My Own Advisor
• Ford Motor (F) Dividend Stock Analysis by Ken Faulkenberry at Dividend Value Builder
• Visa: Dividend Stock Analysis by Dividend Diplomats at Seeking Alpha
• Kimco Realty: Understand Why This Yields 7% by Julian Lin at Seeking Alpha
• Where's The Love For Starwood Property Trust? by Brad Thomas at Seeking Alpha
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
• Your future retirement income is on sale by Dividend Growth Investor
• Gilead Sciences (GILD) Dividend Stock Analysis by Ken Faulkenberry at Dividend Value Builder
• Diageo: Shiny Bottles Lead to Shiny Dividends by DivGuy at Dividend Monk
• Why I've Been Selling Consumer Staples by Nicholas Ward at Seeking Alpha
• This Dividend Growth Stock Looks 15% Undervalued by David Van Knapp, at Daily Trade Alert
• Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
• Should Dividend Investors Worry About Rising Interest Rates? by Dividend Growth Investor
• Realty Income To Drop 30-45%? - A Closer Look by Ian Bezek at Seeking Alpha
• 10 Lessons I Learned From 4 Months Of Unemployment by Retire Before Dad
• Top Canadian Blue Chip Stocks by Dividend Earner
• Cardinal Health: Earnings Beat Shows Accelerating Momentum For This Dividend Aristocrat by Robert Ciura at Sure Dividend
• If You’re Looking for a Growing Dividend That’s Almost Bulletproof, This is It by Jason Fieber, Mr. Free at 33 at Daily Trade Alert
• The Consider Equity REITs for Your Next Investment Series: Ventas by Dirk S. Leach at Sure Dividend

Thanks for stopping by, have a nice next week!

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