Five longtime dividend growers to put on your watch list now

From Dividend Growth Investor:

Over the past week, the boards of directors for several income stocks approved plans to boost investors’ dividends. Only five of these companies had boosted distributions for over five consecutive years.

In this article I have presented only the companies that passed the first screen, along with a brief analysis of each company. The companies include:

Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT), a security and aerospace company, engages in the research, [...]

How to prepare for crisis on a budget

From SHTFplan:

Special Note: Obviously, an entire book could be written on this subject, which is a task beyond the scope of this article. The purpose of the following piece is to give those with financial difficulty a foothold on prepping without added pain. It is meant to be a starting point, not a compendium.

A friend of mine took note recently that a large portion of activists involved in the Liberty [...]

The Poor Man’s Guide To Survival Gear

From Brandon Smith of Alt-Market

The Poor Man’s Guide To Survival Gear

Special Note:  Obviously, an entire book could be written on this subject, which is a task beyond the scope of this article.  The purpose of the following piece is to give those with financial difficulty a foothold on prepping without added pain.  It is meant to be a starting point, not a compendium.

A friend of mine took note recently that a [...]

Interesting: Mountain House says it’s not supplying government

Dear Valued Customers:

In response to the recent concern of FEMA purchasing Mountain House products:
FEMA posted the following RFI (Request for Information) on 1-20-2011. In the RFI, FEMA was asking for information for 14M/day for 10 days. They then withdrew the RFI on 1-27-11. The RFI is a request for information only. It is not an order. In addition, this RFI was never sent to Mountain House. This [...]

FEMA Requests Information on the Availability of 140 Million Packets of Food, Blankets, and Body Bags!

DHS specifically cites the states that it will be needed in. North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida. That’s right, the Gulf of Mexico. FEMA is also looking for Hydration Supplies for a disaster in the New Madrid Fault System just as they are looking for food, blankets, and underwater body bags.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procures and stores [...]