Week in Review 41/20

 

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.

 

Received Dividends:

 

 

October 7, 2020

 

• € 99.76 – Tele2 AB

 

 

October 8, 2020

 

• € 92.38 – Kesko Corporation

 

 

Dividend income is reported after the deduction of taxes. Check more at my Monthly Dividend sheet.

 

 

My Portfolio's Transactions:

 

 

October 8, 2020

 

• I purchased 5 shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

 

 

Portfolio Holdings News:

 

 

October 6, 2020

 

• Telia Company reaches agreement to sell its carrier operation to Polhem Infra and proposes to reinstate the original dividend for 2019. Telia have reached an agreement with Polhem Infra for the sale of its international carrier business, Telia Carrier, for a value of SEK 9,450 million on a cash and debt free basis. The Board of Directors has also decided to propose an additional dividend of 0.65 SEK/share, bringing the total dividend for 2019 back to 2.45 SEK/share which was originally proposed in January this year.

 

• UPM-Kymmene Corporation seeks efficiency improvement in UPM Raflatac and in global functions. As a result of the weakening world economic outlook as well as the COVID-19 related restrictive measures and their consequences, UPM keeps taking action to decrease fixed and variable costs in its businesses and functions. UPM Raflatac plans to simplify its organisation and increase efficiency in operations and distribution. If implemented, the plans would reduce approximately 100 positions in UPM Raflatac’s global organisation, mainly in Europe. In addition, UPM aims to increase efficiency of its global functions in five countries. If implemented, the plans would decrease the number of positions in the functions by up to 70, mostly in Finland and in Germany.

 

• TD Bank Group (TD) confirms ownership stake in The Charles Schwab Corporation following completion of transaction. TD today confirmed that upon closing of the acquisition of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation by The Charles Schwab Corporation ("Schwab"), TD received an approximately 13.5% stake in Schwab, consisting of 9.9% voting common shares and the remainder in non-voting common shares which are convertible into voting common shares upon transfer to a third party.

 

 

October 7, 2020

 

• AbbVie Inc.: Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company, Acquires Innovative Luminera Dermal Filler Business

 

 

October 8, 2020

 

• McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend; MCD increases its quarterly per share dividend 3.2% to $1.29 from $1.25 payable on December 15, 2020 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 1, 2020. The company has raised its dividend for more than 40 consecutive years since first paying a dividend in 1976.

 

 

October 9, 2020

 

• ConocoPhillips (COP) Announces Increase in Quarterly Dividend; COP increases its quarterly per share dividend 2.4% from 42 cents per share to 43 cents per share payable on December 1, 2020 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 19, 2020.

 

 

 

 

Articles that caught my attention:

 

• Undervalued Dividend Growth Stock of the Week: Williams-Sonoma (WSM) by Jason Fieber, Mr. Free at 33, at Daily Trade Alert
• Canadian Utilities (TSE:CU) Dividend & Stock Analysis by Dan Kent at Stocktrades
• These are my best and worst performing stocks through the pandemic (so far) by John Kingham at UK Value Investor 
• Cisco: Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful by Jonathan Weber at Seeking Alpha
• Bank OZK Might Be Hiding UpTo $1 Billion In Bad Loans by Michael Dolen at Seeking Alpha
• Kinder Morgan Is Offering A Safe, 4-Year High Dividend Yield Of 8.5% by Aristofanis Papadatos at Seeking Alpha
• Dividend Aristocrats In The Sensitive Sectors by FerdiS at Seeking Alpha
• Every Wide Moat Stock in the USA by DGI&;R by Dividend Growth Investing & Retirement
• How to build an income portfolio using 12 simple steps by Mark at My Own Advisor
• Best Canadian Dividend Income Stocks by Dividend Earner
• Saving vs Debt Payoff: Should You Save Money or Pay Off Debt? by Reverse The Crush
• General Dynamics: Now Is A Good Time To Buy by Gen Alpha at Seeking Alpha
• Broadcom: The Best Dividend Growth Stock by Michael Fitzsimmons at Seeking Alpha
• Dividend Growth Investing Principles by Dividend Growth Investor
• Dividend Kings In Focus Part 18: Procter & Gamble by Nate Parsh at Sure Dividend
• How to Quickly Assess the Value of a Stock with the Earnings Multiple Approach to Valuation by DivGuy at Dividend Monk
• Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
• How To Make $1,000 A Month In Dividends by Tom at Dividends Diversify
• Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) Dividend & Stock Analysis by Dan Kent at Stocktrades

 

 

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