Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases

Catch up post. Reporting my weekly buys that went through this month.  

 8/6 Purchases (Dow 15,519):
  • $250 of RDS.A at $64.19. Yield 5.60%.
  • $200 of CAT at $82.40. Yield 2.91%. 
  • $200 of PM at $88.81. Yield 3.83%
$650 of new capital invested adding $27.51 to my annual dividend income.

 
8/13 Purchases (Dow 15,451):
  • $200 of INTC at $22.46. Yield 4.01%.
  • $200 of PM at $87.86. Yield 3.87%.  
  • $200 of KMI at $37.01. Yield 4.32%.
 $600 of new capital invested adding $24.41 to my annual dividend income.


Today's Purchases (Dow 15,001):
  • $250 of KMR at $79.27. Yield 6.66%.
  • $250 of PM at $84.87. Yield 4.01%.  
  • $200 of RDS.A at $64.01. Yield 5.62%.
 $700 of new capital invested adding $37.91 to my annual dividend income.

9 comments:

  1. How are you purchasing those shares ? They seem too large to be drip purchases and too low to be paying a $7-10 fee on each one. Just curious.

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  2. Woops, it was in the title. How'd I miss that? Well that's quite an impressive amount of DRIP there. WOW

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  3. Capt Dividend,

    Thanks for stopping by. These purchases are not a real "Drip", I just call it that. These are contributions through a plan with Sharebuilder.com where I get 12 orders each month for $12. The cavaet is that the purchases go through on Tuesdays of every month. Before each Tuesday, I decide how much I will invest and in which companies.

    I have been using this Sharebuilder service for almost 3 years and have been happy with the service and strategy.

    cheers,
    AA

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  4. Nice growth man! I like the consistency of adding new money to your portfolio and growing it this way. It pushes me further too.

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  5. Thanks for this article. It is very nice to hear that Sharebuilder has this $12 monthly deal for 12 buying trades.

    It might be ideal for someone just starting out, or for someone who wants to allocate as many companies as possible in their Roth/Regular IRA, while minimizing investment costs.

    By the way, how easily can you cancel the monthly subscription?

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  6. I'm looking to buy some stocks and think AFL looks cheap at about 8x earnings and a 2.4% dividend with a low payout ratio...what am I missing hear?? Does it look to cheap to you?? (It also has nice dividend growth over the past years)

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  7. Martin, thanks man! I am still watching O and will start a position if I can get 6% initial yield. Keep up the good work youself!

    cheers,
    AA

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  8. DGI, thanks for stopping by. Like I said, I have been very happy with the Sharebuilder service and have built up a decent size portfolio with it. I can say those the weekly purchases really do add up over some time. I also have accounts with Etrade, TradeKing, and Fidelity.

    There is no obligation with the Sharebuilder service and I can discontinue the plan with a click of the button.

    cheers,
    AA

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  9. Tom,
    I also like AFL and am long. I think it is attractive here but even though I am wrong in my thinking, sometimes I have a hard time adding to positions when my cost basis is significantly lower then current price. Last div increase in Oct 12 was a little light (6%). Hopefully its better this Oct.

    cheers,
    AA

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