Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- PM, CVX, GE

Reporting my weekly buys that went through yesterday.

This weeks purchases 1/28 (Dow 15,929):
  • $500 of PM at $80.77. Yield 4.66%.
  • $200 of CVX at $116.46. Yield 3.43%. 
  • $200 of GE at $25.54. Yield 3.45%.
 $900 of new capital invested adding $37.04 to my annual dividend income.


Note: In the middle of a bit of a market sell off with another big down day today (Dow -190, closing at 15,739).  PM looking more and more attractive as it approaches 5% yield.  I will continue to add at these levels.

First addition to GE in quite a while.  GE has sold off about 10% this month and looks somewhat interesting at these levels.

KO & TGT looking interesting as well.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- PM, CVX, MCD

Reporting my weekly buys that went through today.

Market closed at 16,414.

This weeks purchases:
  • $500 of PM at $83.64. Yield 4.50%.
  • $200 of CVX at $119.90. Yield 3.34%. 
  • $100 of MCD at $95.54. Yield 3.39%.
 $800 of new capital invested adding $32.54 to my annual dividend income.


Note: Same buys as last week.

PM purchase pushed me over $1000 go forward annual PM dividends.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- PM, MCD, CVX, KMR

Reporting my weekly buys that went through last week and today.

Last weeks purchases 1/7 (Dow 16,531):
  • $250 of PM at $84.65. Yield 4.44%.
  • $150 of KMR at $75.12. Yield 7.19%.
  • $150 of MCD at $96.73. Yield 3.35%. 
$550 of new capital invested adding $26.91 to my annual dividend income.


This weeks purchases 1/14 (Dow 16,374):
  • $500 of PM at $82.47. Yield 4.56%.
  • $200 of CVX at $119.19. Yield 3.36%. 
  • $100 of MCD at $95.24. Yield 3.40%.
 $800 of new capital invested adding $32.91 to my annual dividend income.


Note: I have meticulously kept track of all my purchases since 2010 on an excel spreadsheet and was interested in seeing how PM's current 4.56% yield has compared to my previous PM purchases.

My initial PM purchase was on 5/14/2010 and have made total of 69 additions to the position since (includes new capital and reinvested dividends).

High Yield: 5.30% (6/4/10)
Low Yield: 3.40% (7/12/12)
Average Yield: 4.17%

Of the 69 additions, only 11 were with initial yield higher then 4.56%.

So looking back at 3.5 years of purchases, today's current initial yield is obviously attractive.

Lastly, yield on cost of the 6/4/10 high yield purchase..8.58%.

Friday, January 10, 2014

December 2013 Update


Its a wrap on 2013! 

Great year in the market with Dow having best year since 1995 with a 26.5% gain.  The S&P was up nearly 30%, Russell 2000 up 37%, and NASDAQ 38.5%.

December's results:

Dividends Received

Total dividends received during the month were $1,253.46:
  • RDS.B $157.85
  • RDS.A $93.07
  • INTC $154.50
  • LMT $140.05
  • JNJ $115.93
  • EXC $98.19
  • TEVA  $96.97
  • AFL $78.58
  • BDX $73.47
  • FAF $65.20
  • MCD $67.92
  • CVX $60.58
  • EMR $31.98
  • GS $17.21
  • FTR $1.96


Sales

  • 131 shares of EGLRX at $23.04


Purchases

This months purchases:
  • $1400 of PM at $85.51. Yield 4.40%.
  • $900 of KMR at $73.88. Yield 7.31%.
  • $850 of KMI at $33.44. Yield 4.90%.
  • $100 of MCD at $96.84. Yield 3.35%.
Also reinvested all dividends.
 
$4,458.46 in total new capital added (including reinvested dividends) with initial yield of 4.80%. 

Dividend Increases

  • GE 16% raise. +$107.57 annual income.

All together, annualized dividend income increased by $309 from last months total of $11,348 to $11,657. This means my dividend stocks will pay $11,657 in dividends over the next 12 months.

Other

  • Lending Club interest received: $193.07
  • Bank interest received: $3.75

Total passive income: $1,450.28


Note: Originally bought EGLRX (international real estate equity mutual fund) back in 2007 when I was primarily a mutual fund investor chasing past performance. Finally got rid of this dog with roughly a 40% loss.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- PM, KMR, MCD

Reporting my weekly buys that went through 12/31.

Market closed at 16,555.

This weeks purchases:
  • $150 of PM at $86.96. Yield 4.32%.
  • $150 of KMR at $75.55. Yield 7.15%.
  • $100 of MCD at $96.84. Yield 3.35%.

$400 of new capital invested adding $20.56 to my annual dividend income.