Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Weekly Sharebuilder Purchases

Here are my automatic investments for this week.

  • APU:  12.97 shares @ $46.17 --- Yield  7.62%
  • BP:  11.73 shares @ $51.07 --- Yield  4.58%
  • PAYX:  14.12 shares @ $42.42 --- Yield  3.58%
  • GE:  23.09 shares @ $25.95 --- Yield  3.39%

Total capital invested this week is $2400 ($600 in each company).  The combined yield on these purchases is 4.79% and will add $114.77 to my yearly dividends.


$100/week Challenge---Week 13   S&P 500: 1985

I never seem to catch PAYX on a down day.  Whether the market is way up or down it always seems to keep moving higher.  GE on the other hand, continues to be the Dow's bottom feeder.  MCD and KO each had lower than expected sales for the quarter.  These are two companies that are definitely on my radar for future purchases.  I also plan on selling off some of my mutual funds during the next few months.

Stocks on my radar for next week are CLX, GE PAYX, CAG, APU, AND PG.

Stocks that I will be accumulating during the final months of the year include JNJ, KO, PG, MO, XOM, BA, AAPL, CVX, MCD, WFC, and JPM.  A lot of Dow components are included in that list.

14 comments:

  1. Congrats on another great week of purchases.

    GE has definitely been down the last couple of weeks since the results. But it is one of my earliest purchases and have been adding to it for the past few years. I would go ahead and add more if it was not already my biggest (about 16%) in my portfolio.

    I just purchased MCD this week (before the results) and plan to look at few other blue chips including JNJ, KO, PEP and KMB.

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    1. DGJ,

      I like your watch list. I will be watching MCD closely over the next few weeks. I don't own any shares yet, but I plan buying some soon.

      MDP

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  2. Congrats on adding another $114 to your dividend pipeline!

    Those are a lot of trades. Are your trading costs low?
    R2R

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    1. R2R,

      I got lucky and signed up with Sharebuilder at the beginning of the year and my trades are $1 per stock purchase. The only drawback is stocks have to be selected on Monday and the purchases take place on Tuesday.

      MDP

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  3. MDP,

    Excellent working continuing to add to that dividend stream and it'll be fun to watch you deploy the cash from the mutual funds. Oh and about the ever rising PAYX... You gave me great advice in May that was about dropping prices but still applies here: "By the way don’t dwell on the drop in Target’s price after buying shares…just keep focused on methodical, consistent, and most importantly unemotional investing."

    All my best,
    Ryan

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    1. Ryan,

      That's well thought out advice....I think I'll follow it! :)

      MDP

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  4. What is up with the fence?

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    1. Anonymous,

      In spite of four rainy days last week, I am happy to report the fence is complete.

      MDP

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  5. So who cares about your purchases really. ll that matters is that new fence lol!!!!!! So whats going on with it. In other fence news I too have to replace some fencing by my main gate. The support post broke and now Its gotta get dug out and reconcreted. Yikes! My wife starting to get on me now lol...

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    1. AG,

      Without a new fence, I would be sleeping in the garage or maybe the dog house. :-)

      MDP

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  6. Wow that is some nice capital outlays you have. Keep up the good work!

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    1. Pulling Myself Up,

      Thanks for stopping by and the words of encouragement. I am trying to get to $14,500 in forward dividends by year end.

      MDP

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  7. I'm really enjoying the weekly challange you have going. I've been folowing along for a month already and you have given me inspiration to start building up my dividend portfolio as soon as possible. I'm still in college but I get so excited thinking of when I will be able to make as many new purchases as you someday!

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    1. DW,

      Thanks for the kind words. I too made my first purchases while in college. I took money from my summer job and bought a few shares of Dell. It is good that you have an investing mindset early in life. Time is on your side. Use it to your advantage!

      MDP

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