Recent buy: BUD, NSRGY, and others

I picked up two international companies that yield over 3% annually. They are the beer giant BUD and the consumer staples giant NSRGY. Anheuser Busch InBev is based in Belgium and Nestle is based in Switzerland. They are both stable consistent cash flow businesses that have great financial strength. The downside is that they are foreign so I will initially get taxed on the dividend. The dividend gets paid once per year as well, so it's not every quarter. I can claim credit on my tax return so the net tax withheld is similar to regular US companies.

I also added small amounts to other companies. In total it's around $1600 USD this week.

BUD: $600

NSRGY: $600

PEP: $100

VZ: $100

MMM: $100

ABT: $100

Recent buy: VZ & GIS

Added the following two on Tuesday this week.

VZ: $100
GIS: $100

I pay $1 per trade with my weekly investments with my broker so I'm not burdened with commission. I expect larger trades late this month to early next month.

January 2016 Dividends Received

January wrapped up really quickly. The market shows volatility but my dividends don't, they just keep going up! Here is the list of juicy dividends that I received in January.

Ticker	Total	Taxable	Roth IRA	401k
KMB	$19.23	$19.23
PEP	$34.67	$12.42		$22.25
PM	$94.76	$65.50		$29.26
MO	$105.85	$77.91		$27.94
DIS	$15.92	$15.92
KHC	$30.00	$30.00
XEL	$5.81	$5.81
MKC	$17.46			$17.46
O	$29.36		$29.36
	$353.06	$226.79	$29.36	$96.91

It seems I'm a bit behind my original plan but I will wait out later this year to see if I need to revise any goals.

Mini buy: GIS, PG, MMM, ABT

The recent market correction has brought down a lot of high quality companies that I have always wanted to add more. I am taking this opportunity to add more to the four. These are small additions. Next month I plan to contribute larger amounts.

GIS: $20
PG:  $20
MMM: $20
ABT: $20

It seems the "mood" right now is rather negative. The super freaking strong dollar, federal rate hike, "China", and the taboo of cheap oil (ironic eh?) aren't helping share prices of many top quality companies. Surprisingly, many of of most wanted companies such as HRL and NKE are still holding really well with high multiples. It is difficult to bring the best of breed down. Hopefully I can grab those two one day. A negative market brings even the best of breed down since many of these companies are stuck in Index ETFs, and when people panic sell they throw out the good with the bad. That is my queue to buy.

My portfolio has taken quite a beating in the last 4 weeks. However, my income every month continues to grow so I can't argue.

December 2015 Portfolio Summary

The end of the year ended 3 weeks ago and I have yet to give a summary of my 2015 holdings. This summary will be from my records on 1/1/2016. There has been a correction lately in the last 3 weeks of ~10% so the portfolio has dipped a bit even after my monthly January contributions.

I was able to barely scrape above $150k in total net worth on New Years day. Below is a listing of my assets:

Ticker	Sector	Value	Weight	Annual Div	Yield	S&P Fin	VL Fin	VL Safety
ABT	Health	$2,111.48	1.41%	$48.90	2.3157%	A+	A++	1
CL	Staples	$2,309.55	1.54%	$52.69	2.2816%	AA-	A++	1
JNJ	Health	$9,086.29	6.05%	$265.37	2.9206%	AAA	A++	1
KMB	Staples	$2,781.31	1.85%	$76.91	2.7651%	A	A++	1
KO	Staples	$4,156.76	2.77%	$127.72	3.0726%	AA	A++	1
MMM	Industrial	$2,277.72	1.52%	$61.99	2.7217%	AA-	A++	1
PEP	Staples	$4,931.16	3.28%	$138.68	2.8122%	A	A++	1
PG	Staples	$2,710.80	1.80%	$90.46	3.3371%	AA-	A++	1
V	Financial	$6,207.52	4.13%	$44.83	0.7221%	A+	A++	1
XOM	Energy	$4,260.77	2.84%	$159.61	3.7460%	AAA	A++	1
APD	Materials	$1,151.42	0.77%	$28.67	2.4902%	A	A+	1
BDX	Health	$2,849.79	1.90%	$48.82	1.7133%	BBB+	A++	1
CHD	Staples	$4,828.45	3.21%	$76.23	1.5787%	BBB+	A+	1
D	Utilities	$2,895.51	1.93%	$110.87	3.8291%	A-	B++	2
GIS	Staples	$4,377.06	2.91%	$133.60	3.0524%	BBB+	A+	1
KHC	Staples	$3,796.19	2.53%	$120.00	3.1611%	BBB-	A	2
MKC	Staples	$3,473.84	2.31%	$69.83	2.0103%	A-	A+	1
MO	Staples	$10,905.35	7.26%	$423.40	3.8825%	BBB+	B+	2
NEE	Utilities	$1,513.11	1.01%	$44.86	2.9647%	A-	A	2
NVO	Health	$7,311.63	4.87%	$91.90	1.2569%	AA-	A++	2
O	REIT	$7,936.05	5.28%	$352.00	4.4354%	BBB+	A	2
PM	Staples	$8,167.00	5.44%	$379.04	4.6411%	A	B++	2
SO	Utilities	$2,444.45	1.63%	$113.37	4.6377%	A-	A	2
T	Telecom	$4,207.92	2.80%	$234.79	5.5798%	BBB+	A++	1
ABBV	Health	$1,884.57	1.25%	$72.53	3.8488%	A	A	2
CVS	Health	$1,331.76	0.89%	$23.16	1.7388%	BBB+	A+	1
CVX	Energy	$2,071.84	1.38%	$98.57	4.7577%	AA	A++	1
HCP	REIT	$2,472.25	1.65%	$146.11	5.9100%	BBB+	B++	3
MA	Financial	$4,579.62	3.05%	$35.75	0.7806%	A	A++	2
MCD	Discret	$1,850.45	1.23%	$55.76	3.0134%	BBB+	A++	1
PX	Materials	$1,785.12	1.19%	$49.86	2.7930%	A	A	1
UTX	Industrial	$1,747.23	1.16%	$46.56	2.6647%	A-	A++	1
VFC	Discret	$762.83	0.51%	$18.14	2.3775%	A	A	2
VZ	Telecom	$1,911.52	1.27%	$93.47	4.8897%	BBB+	A++	1
XEL	Utilities	$652.01	0.43%	$23.24	3.5645%	A-	A	1
AAPL	Tech	$2,355.06	1.57%	$46.54	1.9761%	AA+	A++	2
DIS	Discret	$2,355.56	1.57%	$31.83	1.3514%	A	A++	1
ROST	Discret	$3,441.97	2.29%	$30.06	0.8734%	A-	A	2
SBUX	Discret	$2,308.01	1.54%	$30.76	1.3327%	A-	A++	1
TJX	Discret	$2,181.83	1.45%	$25.85	1.1846%	A+	A++	1
…..	…..2	Equity Total	…..4	Total Annual Div	Avg Yield	…..8	…..83	…..9
		$140,382.76		$4,122.72	2.9368%
Cash	Cash	$9,835.50	6.55%
.	..	Equity + Cash	…	…..22	…..2	…..	…..222	…..2222
		$150,218.26