Recent Buy - Apr 28 2016

Apple Inc. (AAPL)

 10 shares of AAPL at a price of $95.90 + $3.95 comm. = $962.95

I added to AAPL on the dip and Icahn's exit (glad it dropped due to this - not a fan of this guy). I'm close to a full position on AAPL and may add some more if it drops below $92. Hope it stays a dividend growth stock for a few more years. Excited for iPhone 7 and possibly a better Apple Watch (PS: not an Apple Fanboy)

Total Investments =  $962.95

Basic data for AAPL at time of purchase for informational purposes (data from finviz):

P/E : 10.39
Forward P/E : 9.83
LT Debt/Equity : 0.41
PEG : 0.96
Payout ratio : 21.40%

Stock	Dividend Yield	Dividend Increase (In Years)
AAPL	2.13%	3*

Long AAPL. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments/suggestions on this buy.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.

Recent Buy - Apr 22, 2016

Starbucks (SBUX)

 4 shares of SBUX at a price of $57.60 = $230.40

I initiated a very small position on the dip. Not a very good price I would have hoped for, but would love to buy more if it goes cheaper. SBUX valuations listed below.

Funny that divhut just a recent comment on SBUX. Hope he would have bought on this deip as well :)

Total Investments =  $230.40

Basic data for SBUX at time of purchase for informational purposes (data from finviz):

P/E : 37.18
Forward P/E : 27.63
LT Debt/Equity : 0.33
PEG : 2.04
Payout ratio : 38.20%

Stock	Dividend Yield	Dividend Increase (In Years)
SBUX	1.32%	6*

Long SBUX. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments on these buys.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.

Recent Buys - Apr 19 2016

EAT (Brinker International Inc.)

3 shares of EAT at $44.01 = $132.03

Averaged down a bit. May buy some more after some more research.

Non dividend purchase:

NFLX (Netflix Inc) 

A risky purchase that I may not hold for long. But very bullish on the business model even-though other content providers are stepping up the streaming business.

5 shares of Netflix Inc at an average of $96.61 = $483.05

Total Amount = $615.08

Long on EAT. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments on these buys.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.

Recently Sold - Apr 14 2016

I rarely sell. But needed to. Also missed selling GPS when I was up about 20%. So need to be more proactive and look at dividend announcements/history more often.

I sold 12% of my BBL shares due to poor performance and dividend cut. Looks like they have gone up a bit :) May sell a few more

20 shares of BBL at $25.65 = $513

I wanted to sell all my shares of NOV following the dividend cut, but haven't yet due to commissions. May revisit soon and sell them all. Still hold about 50 shares 

6 shares of NOV at $29.30 = $175.80

Total proceeds = $688.80

Short on NOV and BBL (small % of my total holdings). Thanks for reading. Please add your comments on these sells.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.

Recent Buys (04/07/2016)

Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)

21 shares of WFC at a price of $47.26 + $3.95 comm. = $996.41

WFC is considered one of the better and safe banks in the US. I initiated a very small position few months back and added at almost the same price now. WFC valuations listed below.

ETF Purchases:

Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex-US ETF Shares (VEU)

4 shares of VEU at an price of $41.90 =  $167.60

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Shares (VWO)

3 shares of VWO at an price of $33.41. =  $100.23

Total Investments =  $1264.24

Basic data for WFC at time of purchase for informational purposes (data from finviz):

P/E : 11.66
Forward P/E : 10.66
LT Debt/Equity : 1.17
PEG : 1.23
Payout ratio : 35.30%

Stock	Dividend Yield	Dividend Increase (In Years)
WFC	3.10%	5*

Long WFC and ETFs listed above. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments on these buys.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.

Recent ETF Purchases - 04/05/16 and 04/06/2016

I'm compelled to buy ETFs in my 401K account to avoid commisions. I try to buy Vanguard ETFs (some risky as my previous post) that have low fees.  

Vanguard Value ETF Shares (VTV)

4 shares of VTV at an price of $81.50 =  $326.00

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Shares (VT)

4 shares of VT at an price of $56.60. =  $226.40

I like the top ten holdings of both ETF portfolios (they are mostly similar and account for 30% of the portfolio), but I guess the rest 70% are what matters. I haven't looked at them.

Total Investments =  $552.40

Long all ETFs listed above. Thanks for reading.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.

Recent Purchases - Apr 1 2016

Few of my limit orders (set few days back) were hit today as the market was down in the morning.

Lesson learned: Be Patient. In the past I have canceled some limit orders after a few days, and then they hit the limit. One of the painful ones that I remember was EV @ $26.99. Hopefully it will drop to that price point some day soon.

Cullen Frost Bankers (CFR)

18 shares of CFR at an price of $53.50 + $3.95 comm.. =  $966.95

This one of the stocks I bought earlier (few months back), saw it drop 24% more, unfortunate not to buy at that time. Hope it drops some more :)

Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares (VGK)

5 shares of VGK at an price of $48.20. =  $241.00

One of my risky investments. Hopefully Europe will come back in the future.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares (VEA)

10 shares of VEA at an price of $35.63. =  $356.30

Another risky investment on Europe.

Total Investments =  $1564.25

Basic data for CFR at time of purchase for informational purposes (data from finviz):

P/E: 12.97
Forward P/E : 11.48
LT Debt/Equity : 0.09
PEG : 2.33

Stock	Dividend Yield	Dividend Increase (In Years)
CFR	3.85%	22*

Long all companies listed above. Thanks for reading.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind

March 2016 Dividends

March 2016 Dividends Summary (My 25th post)

Company	Stock	Dividend
TRowe Price Group	TROW	$10.39
Royal Dutch Shell	RDS-B	$50.20
National Oilwell Varco	NOV	$25.95
Principal Financial Group	PFG	$9.12
Gilead Sciences	GILD	$8.60
Hershey	HSY	$7.58
Magna International	MGA	$7.75
British Petroleum	BP	$18
VF Corp	VFC	$8.51
CNP	CNP	$0.52
Marathon Petroleum	MPC	$0.96
Boeing	BA	$1.09
Realty Income	O	$5.48
Cullen Frost Bankers	CFR	$9.01
3M Company	MMM	$7.77
PII	PII	$2.20
IBM	IBM	$18.20
Microsoft	MSFT	$3.80
Emerson	EMR	$10.18
Chevron	CVX	$12.08
Target	TGT	$11.28
Unilever	UL	$6.80
ADM	ADM	$7.80
Bunge	BG	$7.60
Cummins	CMI	$22.54
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	$9.00
Exxon	XOM	$16.85
United Technologies	UTX	$7.09
VOE	VOE	$3.39
VYM	VYM	$0.96
VTI	VTI	$4.80
VNQ	VNQ	$3.68

Total Number of Companies + ETFs = 32

Total Dividends= $312.38


March 2015 Dividends Total = $52.59


Year On Year change % = 493%

One word - WOW! I just started investing full time recently but this growth is exciting! Hopefully the trend continues for the coming years too.

Long all companies listed above. Most of the companies listed are DRIPed. Thanks for reading.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.