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Here at Dividend Dollars, our investing approach is a dividend growth strategy with aspects of value investing and fundamental analysis. I am a young investor in my 20’s and by sticking to this strategy over the long term, the magical powers of compounding are on my side. This allows me to more easily build substantial positions in dividend paying stocks over time, which will one day help me reach the ultimate goal of being financially free through the sources of passive income they provide. You can read more about the strategy here. Let’s dive into the portfolio review!
Portfolio Value
To date, I have invested $18,760 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $18,739.64. That’s a total loss of -0.11%. The account is up $152.27 this week which is a 0.82% gain. We added $145 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.
We started building this portfolio on 9/24/2021 and when compared to the S&P 500 we are outperforming the market so far! Within that same timeframe, the S&P 500 is down -2.87% which puts us 2.76% higher than the market!
Portfolio
Above is a dashboard of the portfolio that tracks annual dividend income, yield, beta, dividend growth, and more.
Below is a table of everything we are invested in so far. There you can see my number of shares, shares bought through dividend reinvestments, average cost, gains, and more. The tickers in green are positions that I bought shares in this week, the blue ones are positions that I reinvested dividends into, the yellow ones are positions that announced a dividend increase this week, and the red are positions that I trimmed. Our PADI increased from $663 to $672!
Dividends
Over the last week I received three dividends: $9.73 from $BBY, $2.85 from $O, and $2.54 from $EGP.
Dividends received for 2023: $426.53
Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $836.93
Trades
This week was a tough week for the markets. We didn’t make a ton of moves. First, we added down into $NEE this week. They’ve been beaten up the past few weeks on news of a growth cut for their subsidiary $NEP. The steep sell off on $NEE seems to be an overreaction as $NEE has confirmed their full year guidance and analysts have increased their buy ratings.
Then, we did some premium collecting work with selling a covered call on $T and a cash secured put on $TSLL. We later closed the $TSLL put for a 50% win and the $T covered call is still open at a 40% win. I’m going to try to be more active with option selling as capital and positions allow. Below is our total activity with options since starting this portfolio.
Then, we found a new turtle trend trade play in $PPA. We initiated a position at $82.81 and have the next scale planned at $83.89. The last trend trade in $URNM was a huge success, so I am excited to try and catch another win. If you want to learn more about the turtle trend strategy, I have published a full article on it which you can read here. The below table is a log of the trades taken under the strategy so far.
Lastly, we reinvested the $BBY dividend, the other dividends will be reinvested on Monday. Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:
- October 9th, 2023
- Sold $15 10/13 $TSLL put for $10 premium.
- NextEra Energy ($NEE) – added 3 shares at $49.06
- Sold $15.5 10/20 $C call for $10 premium.
- October 10th, 2023
- Bought $TSLL put for $5, 50% win.
- Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF ($PPA) – added 13 shares at $82.81, new turtle trade.
- Best Buy ($BBY) – dividend reinvested.Summary
That is it for the update this week. Let me know what you think of the progress so far, share with me your progress and questions, interact with me on Twitter and CommonStock as well as the other socials using the links below! Also, tune into the Games N Gains Twitch Stream every Thursday at 6PM MST. I play games, hang out, and chat with y’all about stocks, charts, fundamentals, and anything else you like! I hope to see you in there!
Thank you for reading! See you next week and stay safe!
Regards,
Dividend Dollars
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