Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Recent Buys (Jun 18 2016 - Jun 27 2016)

Thoughts on Brexit (IMHO):

I don't think the Brexit supporters/ British public expected this result
It has some merits but more disadvantages
The paper money loss over the few days could have paid (on paper again) for the EU membership for at-least 25-50 years
I'm not sure if they can stop/slow immigration (legal/illegal/asylum/refugees) with this exit.
Without helping the poorer/unstable EU countries, the entire EU has a risk of falling down with them
IMHO, this is a stupid vote and poor result. They could have all sit together and come up with a new/different plan.
But the good news is it creates a buying opportunity. Please share your opinion too.

Few purchases over the past week

Wells Fargo (WFC)
5 shares of WFC at an average price of $45.99 = $229.95
23 shares of WFC at a price of $44.80 + $3.95 comm. = $1034.35

Metlife Inc (MET)
7 shares of MET at a price of $39.90 = $279.30

Prudential PLC (PUK)
2 shares of PUK at a price of $29.57 = $59.14

Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR)
2 shares of WDR at an average price of $18.31 = $36.62

VGK (Vanguard Europe ETF)
4 shares at price of $45.10 = $180.40

Flowers Foods (FLO)
4 shares of FLO at an average price of $17.98 = $71.92


Gilead Sciences (GILD)

2 shares of GILD at $81.04= $162.08

CF Industries (CF)
6 shares of CF at an average price of $25.44  = $152.68


PFG (Principal Financial Group)
3 shares of PFG at an price of $41.41. =  $124.24


Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
5 shares of ABT at $38.01 = $190.05


Total Investments =  $2520.73

Long all stocks mentioned in this post. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments/suggestions 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. 

Monday, June 20, 2016

Recent Buys - June 17 2016

Few small purchases last week 

Wells Fargo (WFC)
10 shares of WFC at an average price of $46.94 = $469.40

HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC)
2 shares of HFC at $24.17 = $48.34

Flowers Foods (FLO)
1 share of FLO at an average price of $17.96 = $17.96

Gilead Sciences (GILD)

1 share of GILD at $82.89 = $82.89

Total Investments =  $618.59

Long all stocks. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments/suggestions 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. 

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Recent Sell and buys (Jun 1 - Jun 14 2016)

Sold 1 position and Made some (hopefully good) purchases over the past 2 weeks. 

Sold

National Oilwell Varco (NOV)
Sold 35 shares of NOV at $34.95 - $3.95 comm. = $1184.35

Buys

Target (TGT)
18 shares of TGT at $67.06 + $3.95 comm. = $1211.03
3 shares of TGT at $66.08 = $198.24

Used the NOV sale to buy more shares of Target

Valero (VLO)
5 shares of VLO at an average price of $51.75 = $258.79

HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC)
8 shares of HFC at an average price of $25.21 = $201.68

Oil refineries are bleeding, but looks good long term. Small buy and may add a few more.

Flowers Foods (FLO)
5 shares of FLO at an average price of $18.12 = $90.60


Initiated a small position. Will buy more

Diageo PLC (DEO)
2 shares of DEO at $99.81 = $199.62

Astrazeneca (AZN)
5 shares of AZN at $27.15 = $135.75

Risky buy of UK/Europe stocks before BREXIT. But great companies and may buy more.

Nike (NKE)
2 shares of NKE at an average price of $53.70 = $107.40

Equity Residential (EQR)
6 shares of EQR at an average price of $64.18 = $385.12

Also purchased  a few shares of these ETFs:

VEA, VEU, VWO, VT, VGK


Total Investments (stocks) =  $2788.23

Long all stocks and ETFs except NOV. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments/suggestions 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. 

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Recent buys (May 7 - May 31 2016)

Made some purchases over the past few weeks. Sorry for the late post as I have been busy lately, but actively buying a few stocks.

Target (TGT)
8 shares of TGT at an average price of $67.10 = $536.80

Time to pick a few more after a couple of years. Good to know the dividend community has been doing the same

Gilead Sciences (GILD)
5 shares of GILD at an average price of $82.04 = $410.21

Apple Inc (AAPL)
4 shares of AAPL at an average price of $92.15 = $368.60

Averaged down on a good price (at this time)

Netflix (NFLX)
3 shares of NFLX at an average price of $87.33 = $261.97

Starbucks (SBUX)
4 shares of SBUX at $54.99 = $219.96
Averaging down further on another stock I'm excited to own.

Valero (VLO)
4 shares of VLO at $53.99 = $215.96

Nike (NKE)
5 shares of NKE at an average price of $56.01 = $280.05

Equity Residential (EQR)
4 shares of EQR at an average price of $66.49 = $265.96

Chatham Lodging (CLDT)
5 shares of CLDT at $20.75 = $103.75

Omega Healthcare (OHI)
5 shares of OHI at $30.88 = $154.40

CF Industries (CF)
5 shares of CF at $27.50  = $137.50

Gap Inc. (GPS)
10 shares of GPS at $18.95 = $189.50

My last purchase of this stock (at-least for now) to average down.

Also purchased  a few shares of these ETFs:

VWO, VBR, IWV


Total Investments (stocks) =  $3144.66

Long all stocks except GPS. Thanks for reading. Please add your comments/suggestions 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. 

May 2016 Dividends

May 2016 Dividends Summary

CompanyStockDividend
Royal Bank Of CanadaRY$21.79
HCP IncHCP$54.23
Abbott LaboratoriesABT$4.68
Kinder Morgan IncKMI$27.49
OHI IncOHI$41.19
Realty IncomeO$5.53
Apple IncAAPL$20.59
Potash CorpPOT$14.02
AT&T IncT$16.02
Caterpillar IncCAT$7.87
TD BankTD$11.62
CF IndustriesCF$2.70
Starbucks CorpSBUX$0.80
Oneok IncOKE$11.69
American ExpressAXP$0.58

Total Number of Companies = 15
Total Dividends= $240.80

May 2015 Dividends Total = $74.12

Year On Year change % = 225%

Sorry for the late posts. Been busy lately. Another good month! Hopefully the trend keeps going.

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.