RECENT BUY (NYSE: VTR)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING

VENTAS Inc (VTR)

Purchased 6 shares of VTR on 10/28/2015 at $55.20
Total Spent: $331.20

This morning, with Ventas Inc (VTR) seemingly this month's ASK THE READERS pick, we decided to place an order to buy 6 shares of VTR.  In case you missed it, we asked our readers to pick a stock between Ventas Inc (VTR), Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI), and Potash Corp (POT).  At the time of this write up, the final tally was: VTR- 5, KMI- 2, and POT- 1.  

Company Description

From Google Finance:

“Ventas, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company has a portfolio of seniors housing and healthcare properties located throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Company operates through three segments: triple-net leased properties, senior living operations and MOB operations. The triple-net leased properties segment invests in seniors housing and healthcare properties throughout the United States and the United Kingdom and lease those properties to healthcare operating companies under triple-net or absolute-net leases that obligate the tenants to pay all property-related expenses. The senior living operations segment invests in seniors housing communities throughout the United States and Canada and engages independent operators, such as Atria and Sunrise, to manage those communities. The MOB operations segment, acquires, owns, develops, leases, and manages MOBs throughout the United States. It invests in seniors housing and healthcare properties.”

Thank you all who voted for this month's Ask the Readers post. We do not currently own shares of VTR so we were happy to be adding 6 shares of VTR (Ventas Inc) to our family's dividend stocks portfolio. With our new purchase this morning, our estimated forward dividends grew another $17.52, putting our yearly dividends at approximately $3,575/year (excluding our Edwards Jones account) and $3,932/year (including our Edward Jones account). 

Since we did not previously own VTR, the purchase now means that our family's dividend stocks portfolios (WF and EJ Accounts) is now mode up of a total of 48 different dividend paying stocks/ETFs and also 4 companies that either don't pay a dividend our has currently suspended their dividends.

Our family's dividend stocks portfolio may be found

by clicking on the link below:

DIVIDEND STOCKS PORTFOLIO

We also maintain an extensive list of stock analysis

that can be access through the link below:

COLLECTION OF STOCK ANALYSES

We also just started a list of Recent Buys by other bloggers

that can be access through the link below:

COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

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

Ventas Inc (VTR)

P/E: 44.10
Payout Ratio: 207.6%
Dividend Yield: 5.3%
5 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 9/11/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. - 12/11/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1999 (16 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 18.3 Billion
52-week high: $71.74
52-week low: $52.03
Purchased Price: $55.20

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