Thursday, October 31, 2019

October 2019 Portfolio Summary

I am going to start to title my monthly reports using the month that I am writing in, instead of writing about last month's status, since I usually end up writing my monthly report at the end of every month. This summary will detail how my portfolio is doing for October 2019, as now is close to end of October.

I'll start with the two most important charts, which show the progress of my saving and investing strategy.


Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Recent buy: ADP , T

Bought the following today:

ADP: $2904.84
T: $114.42

My trades are commission free, I always trade with Limits. These are all previously existing positions, just adding more.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Recent buy: KMB, MO, D

I bought the following today:

KMB - $1073
MO - $929
D - $413

More dividends to come.

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Recent buy: MO, ADP, GIS, SYK, T, D

I added the following to my taxable account on 10/10 (Thursday).

I now only add to my taxable account as I do not use a 401k with my new employer. I rolled my original 401k with previous employer to a self managed IRA with the same broker I have for my taxable account, so both accounts basically are "one" account, easier to manage. And I can just walk in the same branch and get all the same job done.

I have not contributed to the Roth IRA for many years now since the $5-6K or so annual contribution limit is small compared to the contributions I do to my taxable account. So the extra paperwork, doing the backdoor Roth IRA, and managing multiple accounts is not worth it.

I also want to be able to use my money whatever way I like before old age, so I chose to pay taxes instead of delaying everything. Anyways, below is the purchase list. I tried to mix higher growth stocks with low dividends with high dividend slow growth stocks to balance things out.

Order Date   Trade  Action  Security  Quantity  Buy Price Total Invested
10/10/2019 10:46 AM ET  Buy   MO  30 $43.25 $1,297.35
10/10/2019 10:49 AM ET  Buy   ADP  6 $158.88 $953.27
10/10/2019 11:04 AM ET  Buy   GIS  13 $54.59 $709.66
10/10/2019 11:05 AM ET  Buy   SYK  2 $210.80 $421.60
10/10/2019 11:07 AM ET  Buy   GIS  10 $54.60 $545.99
10/10/2019 11:14 AM ET  Buy   SYK  10 $211.40 $2,114.00
10/10/2019 11:15 AM ET  Buy   T  30 $37.50 $1,125.00
10/10/2019 11:15 AM ET  Buy   D  5 $81.27 $406.35

Friday, October 11, 2019

September 2019 Dividends Received

Below are the dividends I received in September, close to $1800. All of this amount was reinvested back to keep the snowball moving.
It is a new high, and the dividends are pushing ever forward. The snowball looks to be set in motion.

Right now, the overall Portfolio is outputting  $19,518 USD a year after several recent additions. It is getting close to the $20K mark.


Ticker      Total    Taxable         401k
JNJ $251.94 $246.16 $5.78
PEP $210.73 $177.78 $32.95
HD $195.35 $156.75 $38.60
NEE $178.74 $134.44 $44.30
MMM $148.05 $121.73 $26.32
D $138.22 $86.54 $51.68
WEC $130.53 $114.36 $16.17
BDX $77.76 $77.76
O $72.45 $72.45
V $59.60 $45.81 $13.79
MCD $55.59 $55.59
ROST $54.64 $54.64
TJX $49.27 $49.27
BA $45.47 $45.47
MSFT $45.05 $20.02 $25.03
CHD $44.27 $29.62 $14.65
HON $39.25 $39.25
INTEREST $0.37 $0.37
$1,797.28 $1,455.56 $341.72