Recent Sale and buy (Jul 7 2016 to Jul 31 2016)

Sorry for the late posts. Have been busy with work and not many transactions in the month of July.

Sold

Sold 1/3rd of my position in HCP. There is a chance of losing it's dividend aristocrat's status in the near future and will buy again if that happens and the price drops

Sold 30 shares of HCP at a price of $37.40 - $3.95 comm. = $1118.05

Buy

Purchased 22 shares of RAI at a price of $50.07 + $3.95 comm. = $1215.49

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

RAI

P/E : 10.35
Forward P/E : 19.24
LT Debt/Equity : 0.62
PEG : 0.85
Payout ratio : 30.40%

Stock	Dividend Yield	Dividend Increase (In Years)
RAI	3.36%	NA*

Recent Buys (Jun 28 2016 - Jul 6 2016)

My Purchases over the past week

PNC Financial (PNC)
4 shares of PNC at an average price of $78.85 = $315.40
12 shares of PNC at a price of $80.03 + $3.95 comm. = $964.31

New purchase. I like this bank along-with other US banks WFC, JPM, STI and USB. It's at it's 52 week low.

Tiffany (TIF)
18 shares of TIF at  price of $58.95 + $3.95 comm. = $1065.05

New purchase. This stock showed up on my screener for quite some time and finally made the purchase following Jason (former dividendmantra)

Metlife Inc (MET)
3 shares of MET at a price of $37.75 = $113.25

Prudential PLC (PUK)
3 shares of PUK at a price of $29.92 = $89.76

Valero (VLO)
7 shares at an average price of $49.28 = $345.01

Hollyfrontier Corp (HFC)
4 shares of HFC at $22.55 = $90.20

Been averaging down on the oil refinery stocks which are at a high risk level right now. This is a cyclical business and hopefully the oil prices go up eventually.

Brinker International (EAT)
2 shares of EAT at an average price of $45.08 = $90.16

Magna International (MGA)
5 shares of MGA at $32.99= $164.96

CF Industries (CF)
4 shares of CF at an average price of $23.04  = $92.16

PFG (Principal Financial Group)
5 shares of PFG at an price of $39.01. =  $195.05

Total Investments =  $3525.31


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

TIF

P/E : 16.99
Forward P/E : 14.85
LT Debt/Equity : 0.27
PEG : 2.10
Payout ratio : 45.80%

PNC

P/E : 10.68
Forward P/E : 10.27
LT Debt/Equity : 0.72
PEG : 1.81
Payout ratio : 27.30%

Stock	Dividend Yield	Dividend Increase (In Years)
VLO	4.82%	6*
TIF	3.04%	14*
PFG	3.95%	8*
CF	5.10%	3*
MGA	2.95%	6*
EAT	2.76%	11*
HFC	5.7%	5*
PUK	4.54%	NA
MET	4.23%	3*
PNC	2.59%	5*

Long all stocks mentioned in this post expect VLO and HFC. 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. For informational purposes only.

June 2016 Dividends

June 2016 Dividends Summary

Company	Stock	Dividend
T Rowe Price	TROW	$10.45
Royal Dutch Shell	RDS.B	$53.21
Principal Financial Group	PFG	$12.18
VF Corporation	VFC	$8.55
Cullen Frost Bankers	CFR	$18.99
Realty Income	O	$5.55
Hershey	HSY	$7.73
Magna International	MGA	$6.62
3M Company	MMM	$7.82
Chevron	CVX	$12.22
Emerson Electric	EMR	$10.27
International Business	IBM	$19.72
Target Corp	TGT	$11.35
Microsoft	MSFT	$3.83
Amgen	AMGN	$13.00
Archers Daniels Midland	ADM	$7.86
Walmart	WMT	$18.62
Unilever	UL	$7.48
Bunge Ltd	BG	$7.66
Cummins Inc	CMI	$22.77
Pfizer Inc	PFE	$24.60
Wells Fargo	WFC	$9.12
British Petroleum	BP	$19.86
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	$9.60
Exxon Mobil	XOM	$17.36
Gilead Sciences	GILD	$12.73
ETFs (11)	ETF	$68.45
National Oil Varco	NOV	$0.83
United Technologies	UTX	$7.36
United Parcel Service	UPS	$0.78
Boeing	BA	$1.09
Marathon Petroleum	MPC	$0.96
Centerpoint Energy	CNP	$0.52
Polaris Industries	PII	$2.20
Valero	VLO	$5.40
CLDT	CLDT	$0.55
Brinker International	EAT	$3.20

Total Number of Companies = 47
Total Dividends= $450.49

June 2015 Dividends Total = $79.90

Year On Year change % = 463%

Nice to see the growth every month, but not this kind of percentages :)

Long all companies and ETFs 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. For information purposes only

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. 

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. 

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.