April 2019 - Watch List

Watch List -April 2019

It is the beginning of a new month (April) and the planning on what I should purchase has started. Compared to previous month I will limit my purchase to a few hundred dollars this month. Tax will be due soon, a new Car is on the horizon, which I hope not to finance. So I may decide to sell few stocks to finance it instead. My hope is to work another 5 years at current Job and transition to part time job down the line to keep a steady income. 

This will mean I will loose some current monthly dividend income that I am currently receiving. However, no debt should accelerate the accumulations again in no time. 

Without further ado here is what is on the horizon for me to purchase this month:

1.  T (AT&T) I currently hold 18 shares and I hope to add more shares here this month. At current level it is a good time to add more shares to this dividend aristocrat. The stock is currently yielding north of  6% which is very juicy, with the synergies that will be gain with Time Warner this is surely the time to buy. Revenue has grow year-over-year to almost 20% last year after the merger. As the company focus on cutting debt, this will free up more cash flow which could be use to increase dividend as well.
2. TD (Toronto-Dominion Bank) one of Canada big banks. I like this stock due to it's bigger footprint in the USA market compare to the other big Canadian banks. We still close to 52-week low on it's current stock price, this may be a good time to add more shares; I currently hold only 5 shares and have ignored it for the most part to add to BNS, another of my favorite Canadian banks.
3. ABBV (Abbvie) currently sits at 20% from its peak. The dividend is very Juicy as well. The concerns with its top drug Humira is definitely a concern. However, multiple drugs in the pipeline should alleviate some of that concern by 2022. I currently hold 20 shares here, I would like to reach 30 shares by year end on this stocks and let it ride.
4. CVS is also down significantly from its peak $79.00. It may be the best time to load up in this stock at $53.00. With the synergies from its acquisition of Aetna and this will also put CVS ahead of its competitions as well as the leverage in price negotiations down the line. I currently hold 6 shares of CVS and it may be just the time to add more shares this month.
5. KDP (Keurig Dr. Pepper) I love my Keurig coffee pods in the morning. Leaving for work at 02:30 AM this is a daily necessities. The competition in the market is fierce and they lead the pack. KDP is now part of JAB Private German company, they don't tend to take advantage on synergies with most of their holding, i.e. Panera bread, Peet's coffee and other. Hopefully the synergies with Dr. Pepper will bear fruit sooner rather than later. I currently hold 14 shares here, I may add few shares this month as well here.

There are other stocks I may take a look at this month, but the Five mentioned above will be my focus this month. As we all know Mr. Market can always throw a wrench in our plans.

What will you be buying this month? Do we share some names?

Happy Investing.

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Recent Purchase March 8-20 - Update

Recent Purchase Update - March 8-2019

As the market continue to be on the upswing in the last few weeks, there are less and less bargains where to park my money. However, I did try to keep up with the theme to buy on a regular basis despite market conditions. But this does bring back the idea to buy 1 to 2 stocks a month. I will be trying that next month and see how it works for my FI/Fire Fund.

Without further ado, let us review what I purchase in the last few weeks:

March 13, 2019

IRM 6 shares @ $35.19 total $211.14
LEG 5 shares @ $43.62 total $218.10

March 18, 2019

TUP 2 shares @ $27.05 total $54.10

The three purchased were both to add shares to my holding and also to lower my cost average on all three stocks. With this purchase I added $483.34 in fresh capital and this will add $24.39 in forward yearly dividend.

What do you think of recent purchase?

what are you purchasing this month? 

Are you on the sidelines?

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Disclaimer: I’m not a licensed investment advisor and not an investment professional. This site is only meant for educational or entertainment purposes only. I’m not liable for any losses suffered as a result. Please consult with an investment or tax professional before investing any of your money. 

Recent Dividend Raises - March 2019

Dividend Increases - March 2019

One of the best news any long term investors will ever receive, is that one of the stocks they hold decided to share their wealth with the investors.

On the contrary the worst news is when a stocks decides to cut its dividend for one reason or another.

The reason I like buying dividend paying who continue to increase their dividend in a yearly basis, is that this has the power to compound over a long period of time.

So let us review some of my stocks holding who have decided to increase their dividend in March 2019:

Dividend Increase: 1

MAIN - they increase their dividend by a health 2.6% from $0.195 to $0.20 a month, this will add $2.40 in forward yearly dividend to my FI/Fund.

CUTS: 1

KHC - Cut its dividend from $0.63 to $0.40 ouch this one hurts a lot, a 36% cut on it's dividend. Not only did they misses EPS $0.84 by $0.10, they also had to do a massive write down of $15.4B. With this cut and with my recent Purchase where I added 25 more shares of the cut, my forward yearly dividend was trim by $34.20 in forward yearly dividend.

Notable raises on my watch list:

ALB 9.7% to $0.36

GILD 10.5% to $0.63

BCE 5% to $0.7925

DLR 6.9% to $1.08

KO 2.6% to $0.40

CM 2.9% to $1.40

ETN 8% to $0.71

KSS 9.8% to $0.67

I wish I could purchase this list now. But some I over my price range and with limited capital I decided to invest in other stocks currently on my fund.

How did you do this month with raises, did you received any raises recently?

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Disclaimer: Long on all stocks listed, except for ALB, GILD, BCE, DLR, KO, CM, ETN AND KSS.

Disclaimer: I’m not a licensed investment advisor and not an investment professional. This site is only meant for educational or entertainment purposes only. I’m not liable for any losses suffered as a result. Please consult with an investment or tax professional before investing any of your money. 

March 2019 - Recent Purchase

Recent Purchase - March 2019

Early in the day, early in the month that is what this month theme will be. Early on the month I took advantage of market conditions to add more shares, to stocks that I already own and also added new stocks to the fund.

Like I say Mr. Market, sometimes presents a buy opportunity and you have to be ready to act upon market conditions without reacting to negative news. Since there will always be different news that can influence the markets, one needs to be ready to pounce on it (no pun intended) when there is an opportunity to buy.

Let us review what I add recently to my fund that one day will fuel my FI/FIRE journey.

Without further ado...here is what I purchased:

March 5, 2019

QCOM 5 shares @ $53.78 total $268.89

KMB 4 shares @ $116.97 total $467.88

GPC 5 shares @ $108.62 total $543.10

RIO 10 shares @ $59.03 total $590.30

KHC 25 shares @ $33.00 total $825.00

March 7, 2019

ABBV 5 shares @ $77.76 total $389.80

BLX 4 shares @ $20.02 total $80.08

CAH 3 shares @ $47.59 total $142.76

This was an opportunity to average down on some of my holdings. Some were purchase when they were 10% to 20% higher than current prices. So if I can consistently buy some shares with a long term view I can probably average down in the course of a 5 to 10 years of accumulation time frame.

I try not to pay attention to the noise that the market is throwing at us. There will never be a day or week or months and even years that market doesn’t spill out negative reports on various different subject. These are market gyrations that can causes huge losses if we pay attention to every news and ingest and digest every single breaking news out.

With this purchase I added $3307.81 in fresh capital. This added $142.60 in forward yearly dividend.

What do you think of recent purchase?
What are you buying lately?

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Disclaimer: Long on all stocks listed

Disclaimer: I’m not a licensed investment advisor and not an investment professional. This site is only meant for educational or entertainment purposes only. I’m not liable for any losses suffered as a result. Please consult with an investment or tax professional before investing any of your money

February Dividend -Update

February 2019 - Dividend update

A new month has started and it is time to count the dividend received last month. This is every dividend investor favorite time of the month. The time to count the dividend and see who paid us the previous month.

I look at it as wonderful businesses who decide to share a little bit of their wealth with investors. Of course long time investor has the time horizon on their side as the dividend couple with dividend increase will compound over the long haul.

Without further ado...here is the list of the dividend stocks who paid me:

Stocks	Dividend Amount
BMY	$0.82
VZ	$9.04
T	$9.18
CVS	$3.00
EPD	$2.61
WES	$9.80
CFG	$4.48
HEP	$8.68
OKE	$5.16
PAYX	$5.60
MAIN	$6.83
O	$2.26
CL	$3.36
EPR	$4.50
OHI	$12.54
ABBV	$16.05
ABT	$1.60
PG	$7.17
CAT	$3.44
SBUX	$4.68
FAST	$4.30
WELL	$4.35
LTC	$2.28
PBA	$0.46
SIRI	$0.02
HCP	$4.07
TOTAL	$136.28

A total of 26 different companies share a little bit of their wealth with yours truly and this is a wonderful thing. I received $136.28 last month in dividend that is a whopping $773.41% over last February 2018, truly amazing the power of compounding.

As I continue to build my portfolio to reach FI/FIRE, I could not be more proud to own this companies who share a piece of their wealth with us.

How did you do last month? 

Do we share the same names?

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March 2019 watch list

March 2019 watch list

Wow! We are already at the beginning of the end of first quarter of the year. This year is really fly by!

However, new month and it is time to plan what I will he planning to add to my fund. Last month saw an increase on the amount of capital I deploy. This month I will try to stick with the basics, unless Mr. Market throws a wrench our way. Where this could present a opportunity to buy stocks at a depressed value. 

In the meantime let us review potential purchase for this month:

Chubb (CB) I would like to add more shares here. Their board recently proposed a 2.7% dividend increase, which means they will have increase dividend for 26th year and a row, surely a dividend aristocrat which I love to own.

TD - one of Canadian bank I love to keep add shares to. They also increase their dividend of late by 10.4% amazing.

T - Big T continues to be a great value with a juicy dividend. It may be time to add more shares here .

VZ- I believe Verizon will be a great 5G implementations slate to begin in the first half of 2019. They are set to be the leader in this area. Also the 4% dividend is very juicy for a stable dividend payer.

ABBV - with the price down more than 10% of recent it may be time to add more shares here as well.

KO-  It may be time to add KO to my fund I have been in the sidelines waiting for the price to drop. So I will start a small position to get start this position.

Also I am looking at other potential purchases to include: LTC, MAIN, RIO, ETN, GPC, KHC, KMI, VFC, OXY, BLX, MRK. GILD, BCE, IRM, CINF, ITW, STWD, DLR and LEG

The above list may present a buying opportunity depending on market conditions, I am hoping to initiate a position in some of this stocks.

What do you think of my watch list, are we buying similar stocks?

What are yo buying lately?

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Disclaimer: Long on all stocks listed, except for KO, VFC, OXY, GILD, BCE, CINF, DLR, RIO, ETN and GPC

Disclaimer: I’m not a licensed investment advisor and not an investment professional. This site is only meant for educational or entertainment purposes only. I’m not liable for any losses suffered as a result. Please consult with an investment or tax professional before investing any of your money.

February 2019 - Recent Purchase II

Recent Purchase III - February 2019

The last day of February is here and March is around the corner. I cannot believe we are already heading to first quarter of the year. 

After vacationing with my family last week and now we are fully engaged in our regular routine, it was time to start investing again. There are a lot of stocks I wish to own. This is specially true after few of my favorite stocks cut their dividend. 

That is why you want to be diversified and not rely on a handful of stocks, instead a bigger pool will provide a more diversified stocks who will provide regular dividends.

It is with that new concept that I have been focusing on adding more stocks and changing my prospective in investing to include more stocks in my fund. I have not come to a conclusion to the number of stocks I will be adding to my FIRE fund. But I have been adding quite a few in the last few weeks.

Now without further ado... let us look at what stocks I purchase recently:

February 26, 2019

DAL 7 shares @ $51.58 total $361.06

February 27, 2019

QCOM 6 shares @ $53.00 total $318.03

WHR 5 shares @ $142.43 total $712.13

PEP 5 shares @ $115.25 total $576.24

DEO 6 shares @ $155.95 total $935.70

TSN 5 shares @ $61.56 total $307.80

D 2 shares @ $74.28 total $148.56

AZN 25 shares @ $42.38 total $1059.62

February 28, 2019

PFG 6 shares @ $52.48 total $314.88

I spent a total of $4734.02 and added four (4) new stocks to my FIRE fund. With this purchase I addded $239.27 in forward yearly dividend.

The market is on the upswing so it was time to add more stocks and shares of my favorite company. Given the fact that I had four companies cut they dividend this month, this will surely add more dividend to my fund.

What do you think of recent purchase?

What are you buying lately?

Do we share some names this month?

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Disclaimer: Long on all stocks listed

Disclaimer: I’m not a licensed investment advisor and not an investment professional. This site is only meant for educational or entertainment purposes only. I’m not liable for any losses suffered as a result. Please consult with an investment or tax professional before investing any of your money.