RECENT BUY - (NYSE : POT)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING

POTASH CORP OF SASKATCHEWAN INC (POT)

Purchased 20 shares of POT on 8/13/2015 at $25.88
Total Spent: $517.60

On Thursday, we decided to pick up 20 shares of POT (Potash Corp of Saskatchewan), the worlds largest fertilizer company by capacity. With our purchase of POT, we added another new company to our family's dividend stocks portfolio. 

Company Description

From Google Finance:

“Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS) is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. The Company operates in three segments: potash, phosphate and nitrogen. The Company owns and operates five potash mines in Saskatchewan and one in New Brunswick. Its phosphate operations include the manufacture and sale of solid and liquid phosphate fertilizers, phosphate feed and industrial acid, which is used in food products and industrial processes. The Company also has a phosphate mine and two mineral processing plant complexes in northern Florida and five phosphates feed plants in the United States. It produces phosphoric acid at its Geismar, Louisiana facility. The nitrogen operations involve the production of nitrogen fertilizers and nitrogen feed and industrial products, including ammonia, urea, nitrogen solutions, ammonium nitrate and nitric acid. It has nitrogen facilities in Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio and Trinidad.”

With the recent purchase Potash Corp (POT), our estimated forward dividends grew another $30.40, putting our yearly dividends at approximately $3,047/year (excluding our Edwards Jones account) and $3,405/year (including our Edward Jones account).

As mentioned previously, our recent purchase of POT added a new holding to our family's dividend stocks portfolio. So we now have a total of 45 different dividend paying stocks/ETFs in our family's dividend stocks portfolios (WF and EJ Accounts).  We also own stocks in 4 companies that either don't pay a dividend our has currently suspended their dividends

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HERE IS A QUICK FACT SHEET FOR THE STOCK I JUST PURCHASED:

POTASH CORP OF SASKATCHEWAN INC (POT)

P/E: 14.37
Payout Ratio: 79.17%
Dividend Yield: 5.81%
4 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 7/8/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. - 10/8/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1990 (25 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 21.7 Billion
52-week high: $37.60
52-week low: $26.03
Purchased Price: $25.88

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