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Suzan Dziubinski from Morningstar shares three quick hit dividend stocks for March 2026 that look attractive. [Link to article]

Video I'm Watching

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Gen X Dividend Investor goes deep into a high yield ETF, and it almost makes me want to invest! Rather than ruin the surprise, I'll let you click and see if you can guess which one it is. 😎

Podcast I'm Listening To

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This one's a rabbit hole. Turns out there are people out there making bank off of wars and chaos β€” and most of us have never heard of them. Worth a listen. And, Javier Blas' book is high up on my reading list!

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And now, here is this week's portfolio activity...

Dividends Received This Week ~$79.10

  • Zoetis (ZTS) | $55.65
  • Visa (V) | $23.45

Dividends Received 2026 (Schwab Only)~

$613.67

Stocks Sold (AVERAGE)

None.

Stocks Bought (AVERAGE)

  • 10 Ares Capital (ARCC) | $18.65 / I'm adding dribs and drabs of Ares when it falls below its last reported NAV (Net Asset Value) of $19.94.
  • 8 Amplify Intl. Dividend Income ETF (IDVO) | $40.65

πŸ’° GOING EX-DIVIDEND THIS WEEK πŸ’°

  • 3/9 Brown-Forman (BF.B), 3.66% | 90VS
  • 3/9 UnitedHealth (UNH), 3.09% | 80S
  • 3/9 Alphabet (GOOGL), 0.28% | 80S
  • 3/10 Canadian National Railway (CNI), 2.54% | 97VS
  • 3/10 Elevance Health (ELV), 2.38% | 90VS
  • 3/11 NVIDIA (NVDA), 0.02% | 89VS
  • 3/12 Home Depot (HD), 2.60% | 87VS
  • 3/12 Pool Corp (POOL), 2.34% | 69S
  • 3/13 Automatic Data Processing (ADP), 3.01% | 90VS
  • 3/13 Coca-Cola (KO), 2.75% | 80S
  • 3/13 Waste Management (WM), 1.54% | 80S
  • 3/13 Domino's Pizza (DPZ), 1.95% | 55BS
  • 3/13 Ares Capital (ARCC), 10.25% | 59BS

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