Today I logged two new positions in my Trading World: Amcor PLC ( AMCR ) and Sonoco Products ( SON ) . Both reside in the packaging sector and both are meaningful additions to the income augmentation portion of my portfolio. Packaging is a business I’ve always viewed as deceptively powerful. It has necessity, it has real industrial value, and it has stickiness across food, beverage, consumer goods, medical, pharmaceutical, personal care – all of the supply chain areas that are never going out of style. What changes is who executes well, who maintains margins, who scales responsibly, and who rewards shareholders. In this category, AMCR and SON stood out to me as ideal contrasts and complementary positions. Amcor immediately caught my eye for yield. The dividend yield hovering above 6% is hard to ignore. It signals an opportunity to amplify my income flow, especially given my focus on making income more consistent and more meaningful as I continue investing more seriously, now that I n...
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