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Dividend Portfolio: 7/28/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $17,290 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $18,372.62. That’s a total gain of 6.26%. The account is up $237.89 for the week which is a 1.31% gain. We added $120 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 up 2.84% which puts us 3.42% 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 $1 to $632.

Dividends

Over the last week I received two dividends: $7.17 from $SMHB and $5.34 from $CMCSA.

Dividends received for 2023: $286.91

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $684.80

Trades

This week was a calm one. We did our weekly $10 buys into our ETFs of $SPY, $SCHD, and $XYLG (I have had these turned off for a while, fixed that this week), and had two dividend reinvestments. Aside from that, our turtle trades are still alive. $XLC is doing well at nearly $200 gain and $COPX has recovered a bit! If you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is built into my portfolio, 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.

Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:

  • July 24th, 2023
    • ETRACS 2x Monthly Pay Levered US Small Cap High Dividend ETN ($SMHB) – dividend reinvested
  • July 25th, 2023
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – weekly $10 buy for 0.132502 shares
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – weekly $10 buy for 0.021925
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – weekly $10 buy for 0.353481 shares
  • July 27th, 2023
    • Comcast ($CMCSA) – dividend reinvested

Summary

That is it for the update this week. Review the market recap and outlook here to prepare for the week ahead!

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! I have also started a Twitch Channel called Games N Gains! Every Thursday at 6PM MST I go live to hang out, play games, 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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Dividend Portfolio: 7/21/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $17,170 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $18,013.43. That’s a total gain of 4.91%. The account is up $323.10 for the week which is a 1.83% gain. We added $120 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 up 1.81% which puts us 4.91% 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 $12 to $631.

Dividends

Over the last week I received no dividends. WOMP WOMP.

Dividends received for 2023: $274.40

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $684.80

Trades

This week was a calm one. We only had one buy ($T) and one dividend reinvestment ($O which was received on Friday of last week). Aside from that, our turtle trades are still alive. $XLC is doing well and $COPX is nearing its stop. If you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is built into my portfolio, 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.

Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:

  • July 17th, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – added 10 shares at $13.67

Summary

That is it for the update this week. Keep your eyes open for the next market recap and outlook that will come out later this weekend!

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! I have also started a Twitch Channel called Games N Gains! Every Thursday at 6PM MST I go live to hang out, play games, 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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Dividend Portfolio: 7/14/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review!This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $17,050 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $17,566.92.00. That’s a total gain of 3.03%. The account is up $272.78 for the week which is a 1.58% gain. We added $120 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 up 1.12% which puts us 1.91% 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 $31 to $619.

Dividends

Over the last week I received one dividend: $2.30 from $O.

In my portfolio, all positions have dividend reinvestment enabled. I don’t hold onto the dividend, I don’t try to time the reinvestment, I just let my broker do it automatically.

Dividends received for 2023: $274.40

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $684.80

Trades

This week was an action packed one! We started the week by selling off our $ATVI position at $92 a share on the new of the US approval of the $MSFT acquisition. Huge win for the portfolio as we had researched and been playing that arbitrage for over one year. You can read more about that play here.

Aside from $ATVI, we did some buying down into $BAC, $NVO, and $T. We also played with a $SOFI cash secured put for a $3 dollar gain. Our turtle trades made some progress as well $XLC continued to run (stop is now at $64.53) while $ZSL hit its stop and was cut on Wednesday. In place of $ZSL, we initiated a new turtle trade with $COPX. If you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is built into my portfolio, 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.

Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:

  • July 11th, 2023
    • Activision Blizzard ($ATVI) – sold 7 share position at $92 (WOOT WOOT this was a 24.2% gain on the arbitrage play)
  • July 12th, 2023
    • ProShares UltraShort Silver Fund ($ZSL) – turtle trade hit stop, sold at $18.47
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 2 shares at $29.46
    • Novo Nordisk ($NVO) – added 1 shares at $154.99
  • July 13th, 2023
    • SOFI ($SOFI) – sold $9 Put 7/14 for $0.11 and closed at $0.08
    • Global X Copper Miners ETF ($COPX) – turtle trade entry, added 13 shares at $40.60. Stop is at $38.68 and next add is at $41.56.
  • July 14th, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – added 10.2 shares at $14.46

Summary

That is it for the update this week. Go check out the weekly stock market recap/outlook here!

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! I have also started a Twitch Channel called Games N Gains! Every Thursday at 6PM MST I go live to hang out, play games, 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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Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Gets a Green Light From the US

Today was a big day for the Dividend Dollars portfolio! So I just wanted to write this quick article to inform you on the news and update you on a sell in the portfolio. That way you don’t miss the sale by a couple of days by waiting for the portfolio update to come this weekend.

So the news is obvious via the headline of this post, the Microsoft/Activision Blizzard merger made huge progress today after 18 months of battling legalities. During the morning trading hours, US District Court Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled that “the FTC had not raised serious questions regarding whether the proposed merger is likely to substantially lessen competition in the console, library subscription services, or cloud gaming market.”

Now, they’re not out of the woods yet. Microsoft/Activision still face the final boss of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, who had blocked the deal prior. Microsoft/Activision were set to appeal the ruling later this month, however both the company’s and the regulator have agreed to put a hold on the appeals and potentially find a way for the deal to continue without further battles.

Having said that, the stock price of $ATVI had opened at $82.56 and jumped to a high of $92.91, before settling at $90.80 at the time of this writing. That is roughly a 10% in one day which left the stock just a mere 4.6% away from the planned $95 per share acquisition price. That move in price and the proximity with which it approached the $95 mark tells me the market has a lot less uncertainty about the outcome of the deal.

Because of this, I sold my position in $ATVI at $92 a share today. At that level, I only had roughly 3% more to gain by holding on. That 3% boost to my profit was not worth it for me to hold through to the end.

This win was a long time coming for me as I had started my position back on 6/13/2022. Over a year ago! On 7/17/2022, I had shared my analysis of the company and the acquisition as a potential arbitrage play through this article. That analysis was nearly 2,000 words and hours of hard work. Work that earned me a third place victory in a stock competition on CommonStock! Afterwards, I continued to grow the position and wrote blog posts on the regulatory happenings throughout.

In the end, at a $74.07 cost basis, I happily took my 24.2% gain on the position and ran! That cash now sits in my portfolio as I evaluate potential places to put it to work. Thanks for experiencing this win with me, I hope y’all are celebrating!

Regards,

Dividend Dollars

PS – in honor of all things video games, come hang out with me this Thursday at 6PM MST on the Games N Gains Twitch Stream to celebrate!

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Dividend Portfolio: 7/7/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $16,930 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $17,178.00. That’s a total gain of 1.46%. The account is down $263.41 for the week which is a 1.51% loss. We added $120 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 -1.27% which puts us 2.73% 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 $16 to $588.

Dividends

Over the last week I received one dividend: $9.62 from $BBY.

In my portfolio, all positions have dividend reinvestment enabled. I don’t hold onto the dividend, I don’t try to time the reinvestment, I just let my broker do it automatically.

Dividends received for 2023: $272.10

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $682.50

Trades

This week was a calm week. We took the opportunity to add in $BAC after they announced a dividend raise, did a small DCA into $SCHD, and initiated a new position in $GBAC. $GABC is a regional Bancorp in Kentucky and Indiana that has decent loan-to-deposit numbers and decent profitability. No concerns on their liquidity or net interest margin wise, but also isn’t a stand out performer. What really caught my attention is the track record of insider buys. Insiders a pumping money into the stock and its price is approaching a level where previous buys happened in the past. This is a speculative swing play and I’m looking for a bounce from these levels.

Our two open turtle trades ($XLC and $ZSL) are still in play as neither have hit their stops yet. $XLC continues to sit at near a $100 gain while $ZSL has struggled to keep up. If you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is built into my portfolio, 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.

Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:

  • July 6th, 2023
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 2 shares at $28.28
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added 0.5 shares at $71.70
  • July 7th, 2023
    • Best Buy ($BBY) – dividend reinvested
    • German American Bank ($GABC) – added 10 shares at $27.10

Summary

That is it for the update this week. Check out this week’s Market recap and outlook to prepare for the week ahead!

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! I have also started a Twitch Channel called Games N Gains! Every Thursday at 6PM MST I go live to hang out, play games, 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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Dividend Portfolio: 6/30/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $16,810 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $17,331.74. That’s a total gain of 3.10%. The account is up $415.88 for the week which is a 2.46% gain. We added $120 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 -0.11% which puts us 3.22% 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 $1 to $572.

Dividends

Over the last week I received three dividends: $7.35 from $SCHD, $3.88 from $XYLG, and $6.56 from $BAC.

In my portfolio, all positions have dividend reinvestment enabled. I don’t hold onto the dividend, I don’t try to time the reinvestment, I just let my broker do it automatically.

Dividends received for 2023: $262.48

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $672.88

Trades

This week was a slow one. Lots of green in the market, so I made no buys other than dividend reinvestments. Our two turtle trades in $XLC and $ZSL continued another week of not hitting stops. $XLC made some great moves and is now a triple digit gain at these levels (my first ever!) meanwhile $ZSL continues to chop around since I entered. If you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is built into my portfolio, 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.

Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:

  • June 26th, 2023
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – dividend reinvested
  • June 28th, 2023
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – dividend reinvested

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap for this week and outlook for next week is ready for you as well! Read that here.

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! I have also started a Twitch Channel called Games N Gains! Every Thursday at 6PM MST I go live to hang out, play games, 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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Dividend Portfolio: 6/23/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! I apologize for missing last week’s update, I was out of town. This update will detail all of the moves made within this last two weeks.

This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $16,690 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $16,784.20. That’s a total gain of 0.56%. The account is down $503.82 for the week which is a 2.92% loss. We added $120 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 -2.40% which puts us 2.97% 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 $3 to $571.

Dividends

Over the last week I received three dividends: $4.62 from $SMHB, $2.41 from $XLC, and $4.88 from $LMT.

In my portfolio, all positions have dividend reinvestment enabled. I don’t hold onto the dividend, I don’t try to time the reinvestment, I just let my broker do it automatically.

Dividends received for 2023: $244.69

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $655.09

Trades

This week we continued to use the turtle trend trade strategy on $XLC and opened a new trade in $ZSL! I am very excited about its performance so far and am anxious to see how far it can run. If you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is built into my portfolio, 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.

This week was a pullback week after all of the green we had last week. Because of that, I didn’t trade very much. The only activity I had was I received a dividend from $SMHB that got reinvested and started a new turtle position in $ZSL. This one is interesting as it is an inverse levered silver position. The chart looks great, it broke above a double top this week and has a great gap to fill between $24-26 above the key 0.618 fib level.

Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:

  • June 21st, 2023
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Levered US Small Cap High Dividend ETN ($SMHB) – dividend reinvested
  • June 22nd, 2023
    • ProShares UltraShort Silver ($ZSL) – bought 23 shares at $21.19, entry for turtle trend trade. Next add is 14 shares at $22.05 and stop is at $19.47

Summary

That is it for the update this week. Keep your eyes open for the next market recap and outlook that will come out later this weekend!

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! I have also started a Twitch Channel called Games N Gains! Every Thursday at 6PM MST I go live to hang out, play games, 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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Dividend Portfolio: 6/16/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! I apologize for missing last week’s update, I was out of town. This update will detail all of the moves made within this last two weeks.

This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $16,570 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $17,166.85. That’s a total gain of 3.60%. The account is up $522.64 for the week which is a 3.14% gain. We added $120 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 -1.03% which puts us 3.60% 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 $2 to $568.

Dividends

Over the last week I received four dividends: $2.29 from $O, $1.44 from $NEE, $0.78 from $JKHY, and $10.81 from $MMM.

In my portfolio, all positions have dividend reinvestment enabled. I don’t hold onto the dividend, I don’t try to time the reinvestment, I just let my broker do it automatically.

Dividends received for 2023: $232.78

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $643.18

Trades

This week we continued to use the turtle trend trade strategy on $XLC, it continues to run and our stop continues to move up securing more gains for an eventual exit! I am very excited about its performance so far and am anxious to see how far it can run. If you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is built into my portfolio, 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.

Like my trend trade in $XLC, everything seemed to be on fire this week. Because everything was so green (a few of my red positions even moved into green territory this week), so I was not chomping at the bit to do some adds. I only added to $NVO, my newer and only healthcare position. I’ll be keeping my eyes on $NVO for another add next week.

Below is a breakdown of the trades I made this week:

  • June 12th, 2023
    • 3M ($MMM) – dividend reinvested
  • June 15th, 2023
    • Novo Nordisk ($NVO) – added 1 share at $161.56
  • June 16th, 2023
    • Jack Henry & Associates ($JKHY) – dividend reinvested
    • NextEra Energy ($NEE) – dividend reinvested
    • Realty Income ($O) – dividend reinvested

Summary

That is it for the update this week. Check out the stock market outlook for next week and recap of this week here!

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 and other socials using the links below!

Thank you for reading! Have a happy Father’s Day and holiday weekend! See you next week and stay safe!

Regards,

Dividend Dollars

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Dividend Stocks Dividends Portfolio Trend Trade

Dividend Portfolio: 6/9/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! I apologize for missing last week’s update, I was out of town. This update will detail all of the moves made within this last two weeks.

This post is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $16,450 into the account. The total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $16,490.97. That’s a total gain of 0.25%. The account is down $171.01 for the week, which is a 1.05% gain. We added $240 in cash to the account last two weeks, 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 -3.52% which puts us 3.76% 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 fell $10 to $566, this decrease was a result of lower annual payouts from $SMHB based off of their last declaration.

Dividends

Over the last two weeks I received four dividends: $2.71 from $SBUX, $4.74 from $INTC, $4.87 from $CMI, and $2.23 from $MSFT.

In my portfolio, all positions have dividend reinvestment enabled. I don’t hold onto the dividend, I don’t try to time the reinvestment, I just let my broker do it automatically.

Dividends received for 2023: $217.46

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $627.86

Trades

This week we continued to use the turtle trend trade strategy on a $XLC and hit the stop of $VTWV. $XLC has hit it’s final add and marks our first turtle trade that has hit full size. So far it is reaching nice gains and the stop prevents us from losing any money at all! I’m excited to see how far it can run, if you’re interested in learning more about the turtle trading strategy that is allocated into my portfolio, I have published a full article on it which you can read here.

Aside from trend trades, we did some DCA’s into $T as it was down bad these last two weeks and a small add to $BBY leading into it’s next ex-dividend date. $T had a little bit of a bounce this week, which lead me to sell a covered call. I pulled trigger a bit too soon and was down over 100% the next day, but by the end of the week it came back under the strike and close for a gain. Next week, I’ll be keeping my eyes on $BBY and $APD for adds leading into their next ex-dividend date.

Full details are broken out below:

  • May 30th, 2023
    • Communication Services Select Sector ($XLC) – added 2 shares at $62.54, turtle trend trade add
  • May 31st, 2023
    • Vanguard Russell 2000 Value Index ($VTWV) – should position at $572.22, turtle trend trade exit for a loss of 3.65%
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – dividend reinvested
  • June 1st, 2023
    • Intel ($INTC) – dividend reinvested
    • Cummins ($SMI) – dividend reinvested
  • June 2nd, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – added 4 shares at $15.12
  • June 5th, 2023
    • Communication Services Select Sector ($XLC) – added 2 shares at $62.54, final turtle trend trade add for this position!
  • June 7th, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – sold to open 1 6/9 $16 covered call for $0.06
    • Best Buy ($BBY) – added 1 share at $75.13
  • June 9th, 2023
    • Microsoft ($MSFT) – dividend reinvested
    • AT&T ($T) – bought to close 1 6/9 $16 covered call for $0.02 (67% gain)

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap/outlook is also live and provides tons of information on what macro statistics I look at to keep a temperature gauge on the market and inform my portfolio movements. Read this week’s update here!

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 and other socials using the links below!

Thank you for reading! See you next week and stay safe!

Regards,

Dividend Dollars

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Dividend Stocks Dividends Portfolio Trend Trade

Dividend Portfolio: 5/26/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review which is brought to you by Sharesight, a portfolio tracking tool that I am happy to partner with. Their platform makes tracking trading and dividend history, understanding your performance, and saving time a breeze. I wrote a review of the product that you can read here if you’re interested in learning more! Click the link above or the picture below to get a special offer only for Dividend Dollar readers!

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 $16,090 into the account. The total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $15,829.98. That’s a total loss of 2.34%. The account is down $161.26 for the week, which is a 1.01% loss. We added $120 in cash to the account last 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 -5.61% which puts us 3.27% 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 grew $20 to $577.

Dividends

This week we received two dividends: $3.67 from $SMHB and $2.71 from $SBUX. The $SBUX dividend hasn’t hit my account yet and will most likely be invested on Tuesday.

In my portfolio, all positions have dividend reinvestment enabled. I don’t hold onto the dividend, I don’t try to time the reinvestment, I just let my broker do it automatically. The $SPY dividend hit afterhours on Friday, so that will be invested automatically on Monday.

Dividends received for 2023: $205.62

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $616.02

Trades

This week we continued to use the turtle trend trade strategy on a few ETFs. The cotton futures ETN $BAL did not play out, we exited that on a loss this week and used the funds to open a new position in $VTWV. There are some takeaway lessons for me here, one is keep an eye on the big ask spread. The $BAL and $MEXX trade before that was difficult to exit cleanly due to the spread. Second lesson is to be mindful of sector rotations.

The second lesson is more specifically about my un-timely exit of $MGK last week and entry into $VTWV this week. $MGK was cut in order to have capital for an $XLC add. Ideally, I should have done that the other way around and that should have been obvious to me as $XLC is a mix of defensive and growth tech companies whereas $MGK consists of only bigger and better growth tech names. $MGK outperformed $XLC by over 1% this week. Then, to add insult to injury, I initiated a trade in $VTWV, a value small cap ETF, without thinking of the sectors. Mega-cap growths have been more in favor this year than anything else, and small cap value stocks are the most out of favor. So why am I fighting the market with this? I have no good answer, other than $VTWV hit a 20 day high and I entered per the Turtle Trade Plan. Can’t be mad at myself for that, but clearly there is room for me to improve by thinking about the context of the overall market before initiating. See the chart below that shows segments like $MGK have vastly outperformed segments like $VTWV year to date, these are things I will keep a better finger on going forward.

Overall, $XLC is still moving forward bringing me a $40 gain so far, but the total Turtle performance is lacking. You can see a summary of all the trades so far below. We are still working out the kinks and refining skills, but I’m hopeful for how it will play out time. I have published a full article on the turtle trend strategy which you can read here.

Aside from Turtle trades, we added to our $JKHY and $BAC positions leading up to the next ex-dividend date. We also did some adding to $T which has just gotten wrecked in the past few weeks. At this point, I really am adding down into this one so that my cost basis is low enough to allow me a decent exit sooner rather than later, but we will see if the market plays ball on that. I am fine with holding for some time, as the yield is good, but as my portfolio starts to shift to high quality stocks, this is one I will want to scale out of.

Full details for my trades are below:

  • May 22nd, 2023
    • ETRACS 2x Monthly Pay Levered US Small Cap ($SMHB) – dividend reinvested
  • May 23rd, 2023
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 2 shares at $28.84
    • iPath Series B Bloomberg Cotton Subindex ETN ($BAL) – sold 9 share position at $60.33, trend trade exit for a 3.8% loss
    • Vanguard Russell 2000 Value Index Fund ($VTWV) – added 5 shares at $118.81, trend trade entry
  • May 24th, 2023
    • Jack Henry & Associates ($JKHY) – added 0.25 shares at $146.20
  • May 25th, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – added 5 shares at $15.12

Next week, I’ll be keeping my eyes on $BAC, $BBY, and $CMCSA for opportunistic DCA adds leading into their next ex-dividend date. Also am interested in adding to $APD, $NVO, and $JKHY to grow those smaller positions.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap/outlook is also live and provides tons of information on what macro statistics I look at to keep a temperature gauge on the market and inform my portfolio movements. Read this week’s here!

I will also work on finishing my write up on the trend following strategy to share with you, so stay tuned for that.

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 and other socials using the links below!

Thank you for reading! See you next week and stay safe!

Regards,

Dividend Dollars