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DP.25 | Dividend Portfolio Update #25 — May 2026
May 2026 The portfolio is closing in on $8,000. As of this update, the account sits at $7,966.12, up from $6,655.32 last month — a gain of $1,310.80 (+19.7%) month over month. That number deserves a caveat before anything else: the move was a mix of new contributions, recurring buys, market appreciation, and dividend reinvestment, not pure returns.… Read more
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D.25 | PYPL / May 2026
If you want to understand PayPal in 2026, you have to understand that this is a company on its third life.The first life was as a startup. Confinity merged with Elon Musk’s X.com in 2000, took the PayPal name, and went public in February 2002 — the first consumer-internet IPO after the dot-com crash. Five… Read more
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DP.24 | Dividend Portfolio Update #24 (April 2026)
By zachgedal | Published on April 16, 2026 in (DP) Dividend Portfolio Updates, Uncategorized Spring Cleaning Continued: A Deep Audit, Massive MoM Gains & Historic Pay Raises Howdy, fellow investors! Welcome to the April 2026 portfolio update. First and foremost, I owe you all a quick apology: I know I’m about 6 days late getting… Read more
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D.24 | JNJ / April 2026
GEDAL NOTESD.24 | JNJ / April 2026By zachgedalPublished on April 13, 2026in Uncategorized Comprehensive Equity and Dividend Analytics Review: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) – April 2026 Hey fellow investors, As we roll into the second quarter of 2026, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) feels like it’s at one of those classic “end of one era,… Read more
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DP.23 | Dividend Portfolio Update #23 (March 2026)
By zachgedal | Published on March 2026 in Uncategorized Spring Cleaning: Streamlining the Orchard & Hitting the Target Howdy, fellow investors! Welcome to the March 2026 portfolio update. If January and February were about navigating unexpected shake-ups (like the sudden buyout of our small-cap bank FSFG), March has been a refreshing return to steady, predictable… Read more
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D.23 | (TGT) // Mar 2026
D.23 | Target (TGT): “Tarzhay” Through The Cycle // Mar 2026 By zachgedal Published on March 9, 2026 Howdy, fellow investor! Welcome back to Gedal Notes. If you’ve been following our Dividend Centurions series, you know we spend a lot of time hunting for pristine, straight-line compounding machines. We’ve looked at the ultra-predictable consumer staples… Read more
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