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February 2017 FrugalMaster Results

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Nothing much out of the ordinary here the Dividend Family Guy household except for saving 45% of my income.  I still plan on saving more once my son gets a job this summer and pays for his car insurance.  On top of that I will be dropping TV as soon as my contact expires in the summer.  Worst case I will get sling TV for the family at $20/month but I hope to convince them hobbies are better. Until then I will keep on saving as much as I can because in April I will be able to contribute to my 401k.  Once that starts I have 9 months to sock away 18K to max it out (and to collect the employer match).  They have yet to show me what funds are available but I am hoping for some low cost index fund choices. The only change this month was further simplification of my categories.  To simplify things (and match up to default categories in Mint), I combined groceries and eating out into one budget.  So for the month I was $89 over which is from additional purchases to create a month sup

March 2017 Dividend Growth Watchlist

Company Name Symbol Industry No. Years Dividend Yield Sector EPS% Payout AmTrust Financial Services Inc. AFSI Financial Services 11 2.96 Financials 29.31 Williams-Sonoma Inc. WSM Retail-Home Products 11 3.05 Consumer Discretionary 44.18 Donegal Group Inc. A DGICA Insurance 14 3.31 Financials 48.25 Span-America Medical Systems SPAN Medical Equipment 18 3.02 Health Care 43.54 Old Republic International ORI Insurance 36 3.67 Financials 47.50 Cracker Barrel Old Country CBRL Restaurants 14 2.86 Consumer Discretionary 55.09 Qualcomm Inc. QCOM Telecomm Equipment 14 3.75 Information Tech 64.63 T. Rowe Price Group TROW Financial Services 31 3.20 Fina

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