Dividend raises are main attraction, but on the other hand when a companies share value increases exponentially now that is a great news for shareholders. Not only you are receiving your dividends, but now the value of your investment is growing even further. I am sure every investor has had those one or two stocks that come out of no where and shot right up.
My main purpose of this post is that I would like to nominate my top performing stock for the year of 2013, Lockheed Matin Corporation. I have purchased the stock at the end of May 2013 for $105.48 and ended the year at about $147 per share. This is an increase of 38% over about six month period ending before the new year. That is phenomenal stock performance which topped all my other holdings. As I do not primarily focus on major price growth for my dividend stocks, this was a really nice surprise, in which I will take it any day. But it did not stop there, as it is still going strong now in 2014. Wow, LMT what a year!
