Friday, July 22, 2016

Recent Buy --- Shell





It's been a while since I have added to my energy positions, so I decided to add some Shell shares to my portfolio today.


  • RDS-b:  35 shares @ $57.20 --- Yield  6.57%

Total capital invested is $2008.92 and will add $131.60 to my yearly dividends.

While Shell has had NO problem cutting jobs during the past year, it hasn't seemed willing to cut the dividend. This is a good thing!

I certainly don't think Shell is super cheap right now, therefore I am slowing easing into the position unlike 2 years ago when I went too heavy into energy too soon. It's hard to believe that this company was yielding over 10% around 6 months ago when it was trading in the mid 30s.

Also, I recently manually calculated my dividend payments and this purchase puts me back over $3000 in forward dividends.

DEFY MEDIOCRITY

15 comments:

  1. Nice buy! Shell is one of the best oil majors

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    1. Pollie,

      Shell looks to be the most undervalued of the oil companies, but not as undervalued as a few months ago. If oil drops back below 40, Shell may be in the $40 pretty quick.

      I will toe dip here and there.

      MDP

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  2. MDP,
    Obviously, you are fearless. I think energy has rebounded quite a bit. Having said that, I am eyeing a VLO. Let's see how things shake up in the next few weeks

    D4s

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    1. Div Son,

      Everything unfortunately has rebounded. Can we get another European country to vote on an exodus from the union, please? :-)

      MDP

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  3. MDP,

    No... fricken... way. OVER $3,000?!?! SICK. You are coming back at a rapid pace. And I would say - don't jump in too deep with energy just yet!

    -Lanny

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    1. Lanny,

      Oh yeah, buddy! I'm gonna hunt your ass down! Lol Just kidding!

      As someone who suffered some serious pain after my 2014/2015 energy accumulation phase, I will take it easy and sprinkle the energy purchases here and there.

      It is nice to see my Exxon position in the green and BP is even getting close to even as well. ESV on the other hand.....well maybe by 2030.

      MDP

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  4. Great job! Let's hope dividends continue to be increased. I tend to stick with the boring index stuff, QQQ, IWM, IVV, IVW and DVY. I have almost $2K a month in dividends now, all to be reinvested until I turn 62.

    Until then, I live 100% on rental income.

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    1. NNL,

      My 401k is pretty boring as well. I use a 65/35 S&P500 and bond mix. There is nothing wrong with bread and butter investing!

      Congrats on the rental income as well!

      MDP

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  5. I'm curious. Don't you have to pay brokerage fees for all of the transaction you do? Which one do you use?

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    1. Legolas,

      I use Capital One Investing (formerly Sharebuilder). I do pay $6.95 per transaction.

      MDP

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  6. I'm curious. Don't you have to pay brokerage fees for all of the transaction you do? Which one do you use?

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  7. Interesting buy -- I'm a little hesitant to jump back into Energy sector stocks. I sold CVX recently. I only have 3 in my portfolio now, XOM, VLO, and HP.

    Take care
    FerdiS, DivGro

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    1. FerdiS,

      I understand your hesitation and this I believe is my first energy purchase of the year. I will use wide time intervals rebuilding this position. I also have shares of BP and XOM.

      I will probably add to Shell again in the $40s

      MDP

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  8. You aren't messing around MDP! I own Shell as well. However, I am content with my energy position at the moment. Enjoy the high yield while the price is low. As you said, they have been reluctant to cut their dividend. But every once amd a while wonder how much longer the high yield can be sustained if oil remains depressed. I'm sure that is the last resort option though!

    Keep in chugging and adding to your portfolio!

    Bert

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    1. Bert,

      I got burned with my energy purchases a couple of years ago and am now just getting even with BP and XOM. They have a place in the portfolio, but maybe 10% in both allocation and dividends.

      MDP

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