Buys 8/21 and 8/22

On 8/21 before the market close, I purchased 20 shares of ROST at $69.49. ROST was scheduled to release their earnings after the market close on this day. TJX recently reported spectacular earnings a couple days ago, which led their stock price to jump dramatically. It seems like brick and mortar clothing stores are still alive and well. ROST is very similar to TJX. I have positions in both companies and believed ROST would have good results like TJX did.

The earnings report ended up working out for me very well. ROST instantly jumped to $74.37 on Friday, which gave me an instant 4.88$ boost per share. After the recent climb, I may trim my position in ROST and TJX for bluer companies that pay a higher dividend. I have made a quick penny with TJX and ROST so far. The brick and mortar trash talk had gone too far and I feel TJX and ROST were far too undervalued.

ROST recent history:

TJX recent history:

On 8/22 before the Friday market close, I also initiated a position in BAX. I bought 8 shares at $75.19. This should add a handsome $16.63 dollars of dividends per year. I plan to add more to BAX if it drops further.

Purchase plans mid August

I have deposited $2000 into my brokerage account and it should be available this coming Thursday. I have plans to add stocks that will help diversity my sector holdings. Currently I am low on utilities, financials, and industrials. I plan to consider the following stocks off the top of my head, but will investigate further in the coming week. Unfortunately stocks have rallied back up again after last week's precipitous fall so some stocks aren't as cheap as I would like.

Utilities: DUK, SO
Financials: ARCP, HCP, WFC, BNS, AFL, CB
Industrials: MMM, DE, CSX, UTX, LMT, RTN

Updated Goals page to include desired portfolio sector weights

I updated the bottom of my Goals page to include the sector weightings I am working towards. I also included a list of stocks that I find desirable, which were used in a simulation to estimate volatility. Refer to the "Goal"  page link at the top to see the details.

Recent Buy Week 8/11

I have added 10 shares of AT&T to my taxable dividend portfolio. The addition totals $345.40 which will provide around $18.3 of annual dividend income.

8 shares of VZ for a total of $391 invested. This will add around $17 in annual income

1 measly share of COP for $80.4. This will add $2.75 in annual income.

Buys and Watchlist Mid August

My current taxable + Roth IRA stands as the following. This does not include 401k.

Taxable + Roth IRA Portfolio Holdings Ticker Sector Market Value PE Yield Annual Divs Beta Weight JNJ Healthcare $2,729.16 17.16 2.77% $75.60 0.59 8.30% KMR Energy $2,464.64 50.01 7.17% $176.71 0.52 7.49% KMI Energy $2,347.80 31.14 4.65% $109.17 0.59 7.14% PM Staples $2,200.02 16.63 4.48% $98.56 0.91 6.69% MO Staples $1,926.19 19.18 4.61% $88.80 0.49 5.86% CVX Energy $1,917.90 12.45 3.35% $64.25 1.09 5.83% COP Energy $1,789.26 12.49 3.39% $60.66 1.03 5.44% GIS Staples $1,673.64 18.43 3.16% $52.89 0.14 5.09% CHD Staples $1,659.25 24.05 1.87% $31.03 0.45 5.05% PG Staples $1,538.05 20.29 3.17% $48.76 0.39 4.68% AAPL Technology $1,515.84 15.31 1.98% $30.01 0.88 4.61% O REIT $1,489.20 55.44 5.00% $74.46 0.55 4.53% MCD Discretionary $1,312.71 16.95 3.46% $45.42 0.36 3.99% ROST Discretionary $1,003.88 16.86 1.20% $12.05 0.61 3.05% TJX Discretionary $988.20 18.55 1.28% $12.65 0.57 3.01% KO Staples $907.35 21.1 3.09% $28.04 0.51 2.76% PEP Staples $902.90 20.38 2.90% $26.18 0.4 2.75% CMCSA Telecom $856.00 18.84 1.68% $14.38 1.25 2.60% WMT Staples $821.37 15.49 2.57% $21.11 0.47 2.50% KMB Staples $751.17 19.27 3.13% $23.51 0.18 2.28% XOM Energy $698.18 12.71 2.77% $19.34 0.86 2.12% T Telecom $482.58 10.14 5.34% $25.77 0.46 1.47% SDRL Energy $350.60 3.4 10.90% $38.21 1.78 1.07% DE Industrial $347.92 9.52 2.76% $9.60 1.29 1.06% V Financial $210.46 23.97 0.76% $1.60 0.77 0.64% Total: Avg Yield Annual Divs $32,884.26 3.61% $1,188.76 Cash Cash $1,112.06

The portfolio has broken the $30,000 barrier. If I allocate the remaining cash to dividend stocks, my annual dividends will hit $1200 which averages to around $100 a month. Time to celebrate this weekend :)

Recent additions from the pullback this week:

KMB - $425.46

KO - $476.60

CVX - $1509.92

COP - $561.00

T - $241.71
These additions will add around $100 of annual dividends! All of these companies are dividend champions (except for COP which is Dividend Contender) so chances are they will continue to raise dividends every year.

Stock transfer:
I wanted to fix some of the tax inefficiencies in my portfolios. There was little to no capital gain or loss in any of these positions and my taxable account has no commission as of now so this change was not a big deal. For the future I will want to keep REITs only in my Roth IRA. If my Roth IRA is maxed I will add REITs to the Taxable.

I moved O to my Roth IRA for tax reasons.

VZ was moved to the Taxable but I ended up exchanging it for more position in gas.

ARCP was moved away from Taxable and will be added to the Roth IRA soon (again for tax reasons).

Watchlist: The market has rebounded a bit from the pull back this last week. Friday was a nice day as all my positions increased. There are still some stocks that are of really good value.

• WAG (brutal sell off this week after announcement of no inversion!)
• SO (needs to be below 42)
• KMB
• KO
• T
• VZ
• KRFT
• IBM (needs to hit around 180-182)

August cleanup & goal update & buys

August will be a time for me to cleanup my portfolio and ensure that the positions I hold are what I will be happy with for the long term. I have had the luxury of having free trades for a couple months when I opened a new account with my online broker.

The market during the beginning of August was a nice change. The S&P500 dipped around 3.5% and I saw a lot of stocks that I wanted to buy come on sale. 

I have recently started a small new position in AT&T on 7/28 and Visa on 7/29.

I added to MCD and KO

I traded some position in RTN and SDRL and WMT for 1000$ in Realty (O).

I am currently eyeing several stocks that have dipped significantly. I have around $5200 of funds being added this month, and hopefully some of these stocks are on sale when the funds are finished transferring.

High interest:

KMB

KRFT

KO

COP

O

Moderate interest:

DE

MCD

T

K

CVX

I have also updated the look of the "Portfolio" page. The "Progress" page has been updated with a new graph that has a more aggressive plan. The "Progress" page has also been updated to include a table of what stocks pay me dividends every month. I will continuously update this page as I buy more stocks and the monthly income goes up.

End of July watchlist

At the moment there is $1000 being transferred to my taxable. The current stocks are on my watchlist. Since the market is at an all time high, I prefer investing in blue chip securities that have a high yield. Below is a table that highlights the stocks I am tracking. I prefer stocks with a Chowder # higher than 12. Those tickers highlighted in green show stocks that meet that criteria.

I was looking to add more to Industrials to diversity my holdings. RTN and DE look appealing. DE is quite volatile though (beta 1.26). I have a very small position in both and will continue to average down. RAI is looking appealing after the acquisition of LO but I am very heavy on tobacco already (MO and PM). Perhaps I will start a middle entry position in RAI. The yield of RAI is very attractive and the Chowder is around 12 as well. For industrials, GWW is a dividend champion with a lower yield but very high dividend growth. It has taken a 7.7% correction this year so far.

I wanted to add some REIT to my portfolio since I don't have any REITs. ARCP and O pay monthly dividends. ARCP has a very chunky yield and is a very large company, but their management is questionable. I would prefer O anyday but O is very expensive right now. Also, in lieu of rising interest rates, O doesn't look too appealing. ARCP has some safety since it's already so run down in price.

CB is looking attractive after the recent dip after earnings. The stock will still have to drop further before it interests me as the yield is kind of low and the Chowder # is only 8.4.

In addition to the stocks above, I am also eyeing KMB, KO, and T. These are standard solid dividend champions that have dipped a bit in the last couple weeks. The Chowder # of these stocks are lower because they have lower dividend growth.

Out of all the stocks on this list, the ones I want to own the most are KMB, KO, T, and O. However, I will only buy stocks that have a decent deal.

Ticker	Yield	RSI	My Target Buy RSI	Chowder #
KMB	3.10%	37	25	9.9
RTN	2.63%	49	30	17.1
T	5.18%	41	25	7.6
CB	2.23%	30	20	8.4
V	0.74%	47	33	46.7
O	4.90%	53	15	9.7
ARCP	7.79%	68	25
RAI	4.71%	31	25	11.9
KO	2.98%	35	25	10.9
DE	2.79%	25	22	16.1
GWW	1.79%	25	20	20