August Update and Recent Buys

I have been busy for the last month with other tasks, but I have made some additions to my portfolio. I also have removed some positions. I will report on the progress of last month as well.

Roth IRA:
I have removed 20-21 shares of KMR since I felt my position was overweight.
I then bought 44 more shares of O (O share price has fallen greatly).
I have added 500 dollars of cash to my Roth IRA. I am going to add 2000 more to my Roth IRA in the coming months to max my contribution. Once the cash settles I will buy more shares of REITs (I am eyeing ARCP and HCP right now).

Taxable:
My taxable account ran out of free trades today. So I did a lot of trading to balance my portfolio more to my liking.

I started new position in the following positions:
  -SO
  -UNP

I added more to my existing positions:
  -BAX
  -AAPL
  -T
  -PEP
  -KO
  -MCD
  -GIS
  -KMB
  -CMCSA

I removed some shares from these positions:
  -ROST
  -KMI

I no longer hold these positions:
  -DE
  -SDRL

The final portfolio of my Roth IRA + Taxable is shown below. The portfolio has recently crossed the $40k mark and now provides over ~$100 a month in dividends. I am quite happy with the dividends that I am receiving this month (September). The dividend amount is constantly growing and it is getting more noticeable. I am not able to pay all my utility bills using dividends.

Ticker	Sector	Value	PE	Yield	Annual Divs	Beta	Weight
AAPL	Technology	$2,221.12	16.31	1.86%	$41.31	0.88	5.38%
BAX	Healthcare	$1,668.42	20.43	2.87%	$47.88	0.71	4.04%
CHD	Staples	$1,761.19	25.14	1.77%	$31.17	0.47	4.27%
CMCSA	Telecom	$1,021.32	19.98	1.59%	$16.24	1.21	2.47%
COP	Energy	$1,863.76	12.41	3.62%	$67.47	1.03	4.51%
CVX	Energy	$1,888.10	11.91	3.43%	$64.76	1.09	4.57%
GIS	Staples	$1,959.10	18.18	3.20%	$62.69	0.14	4.75%
JNJ	Healthcare	$2,935.30	19.96	2.59%	$76.02	0.59	7.11%
KMB	Staples	$1,069.30	19.2	3.14%	$33.58	0.21	2.59%
KMI	Energy	$1,734.82	33.02	4.53%	$78.59	0.67	4.20%
KMR	Energy	$1,130.66	60.14	5.96%	$67.39	0.61	2.74%
KO	Staples	$1,051.25	22.49	2.90%	$30.49	0.50	2.55%
MCD	Discretionary	$1,429.95	17.09	3.43%	$49.05	0.36	3.46%
MO	Staples	$2,081.65	20.73	4.27%	$88.89	0.52	5.04%
PEP	Staples	$1,125.48	21.17	2.79%	$31.40	0.41	2.73%
PG	Staples	$1,617.50	21.6	3.04%	$49.17	0.39	3.92%
PM	Staples	$2,244.89	17.01	4.40%	$98.78	0.91	5.44%
ROST	Discretionary	$1,512.97	18.33	1.06%	$16.04	0.65	3.66%
SO	Utilities	$1,092.25	17.41	4.81%	$52.54	0.19	2.65%
T	Telecom	$1,205.98	10.43	5.19%	$62.59	0.44	2.92%
TJX	Discretionary	$1,073.70	19.62	1.17%	$12.56	0.60	2.60%
UNP	Industrial	$1,202.96	21.32	1.83%	$22.01	1.05	2.91%
V	Financial	$216.25	24.63	0.74%	$1.60	0.77	0.52%
VZ	Telecom	$352.45	10.69	4.21%	$14.84	0.43	0.85%
WMT	Staples	$850.58	16.08	2.50%	$21.26	0.48	2.06%
XOM	Energy	$684.65	12.37	2.84%	$19.44	0.87	1.66%
O	REIT	$3,291.50	53.32	5.20%	$171.16	0.57	7.97%
Cash	Cash	$996.00
.	..	Total Sum (with cash)	…	Avg Yield (no cash)	Annual Divs	….	…..
		$41,283.10		3.30%	$1,328.92

Since I have added more into REIT, utilities, healthcare, a bit into industrials, and removed some of my positions in energy, I was able to balance my sector weightings closer to my goal. I still want to keep the majority of my portfolio in staples since I prefer to be more conservative.

Below is a graph showing the weightings of the various companies that I hold. I am happy that I am now less weighted towards the Kinder Morgan companies (nothing against the company though!). My weighting in O is currently very high but that will decrease as I continue to add to other companies in the coming months.

I continue to contribute to my company 401k and here is the list of Vanguard index funds that I still hold. The value of the funds has crossed the $10k mark.

Ticker	Sector	Market Value	Weight	Yield	Annual Divs
VBTIX	Bond Index	$993.58	8.92%	2.62%	$26.03
VIIIX	Large Index	$7,713.59	69.24%	1.87%	$144.24
VMCPX	Mid Index	$1,665.52	14.95%	1.14%	$18.99
VSCIX	Small Index	$768.14	6.89%	1.29%	$9.91
.	..	Total:	…	Avg Yield	Annual Divs
		$11,140.83		1.79%	$199.17