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Dividend Portfolio: 3/17/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review!

This portfolio update 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 $14,690 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $14,168.34. That’s a total loss of 3.55%. The account is up $179.80 for the week which is a 1.29% gain.

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 -12.09% which puts us 8.54% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $520 in cash to the account last week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 $583 to $626.

Dividends

This I received $13.38 from three dividends ($MMM, $NEE, and $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: $104.56

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $514.96

Trades

This was a busy week of buying into my financial stocks in the midst of all their cheap prices caused by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. These collapses wiped out shareholder value in a matter of days and are the second and third largest US bank failures to date. Neither of these banks paid dividends and were not popular holdings amongst income investors. However, these events have caused bank investors to wonder if more dominoes may fall and if the banks they hold are sound. With that in mind, I’ve felt comfortable adding into my financial stocks heavily this week and will publish more writing on their liquidity, deposits, and balance sheet in general.

I wrote about the happenings of the week in the Market Recap & Outlook, make sure to read that here and checkout out the full breakdown of my trades below:

  • March 13th, 2023
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 20 shares at $5.98
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Levered ETN ($SMHB) – added 5 shares at $5.60
    • Ally Financial ($ALLY) – added 2 shares at $22.77
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 1 share at $29.41
    • MMM ($3M) – dividend reinvested $9.30
  • March 15th, 2023
    • SPFR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added 0.233416 shares at $384.72
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added 0.5 shares at $70.30
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added 1 share at $25.23
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Levered ETN ($SMHB) – added 3 shares at $5.25
    • Fidelity National Information ($FIS) – added 1 share at $50.55
    • Realty Income ($O) – dividend reinvested $2.25
    • NextEra Energy ($NEE) – dividend reinvested $1.43
  • March 17th, 2023
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 10 shares at $6.47
    • Ally Financial ($ALLY) – added 1 share at $22.29
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Levered ETN ($SMHB) – added 3 shares at $5.00

Next week I will look to continue my weekly buys into $SPY, $SCHD, and $XYLG. I will also look at adding to beaten down bank stocks even more, plus some other adds to my redder positions.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook is also posted and provides tons of information on what macro statistics I look to at to keep a temperature gauge on the market and inform my portfolio movements. 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 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 Portfolio: 3/10/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! I apologize for missing an article last weekend! I was traveling for a wedding and did not have time to write. This article will catch us up and detail all the moves I’ve made in the past two weeks.

This portfolio update 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 $14,170 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $13,752.36. That’s a total loss of 2.95%. The account is down $641.82 for the week which is a 4.46% loss.

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 -13.3% which puts us 10.38% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $440 in cash to the account in the last two weeks, trades made will be broken out below.

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 $507 to $583.

Dividends

These two weeks I received $22.50 from four dividends ($XYLG, $INTC, $CMI, and $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: $91.17

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $501.58 – WOOT WOOT $500 mark hit!

Trades

These two weeks weren’t too busy for me an account of my travels and then coming back home in midst of a major bank collapse! I deployed all of my stored cash and added even more for buys late this week in NYCB. The buy zone and the channel in the chart from two weeks ago was totally blown apart by the news in the banking sector. NYCB, BAC, and ALLY are my main bank holdings and are still safe investments in my opinion, I will be adding to them more in the coming weeks as the Silicon Valley Bank situation plays out.

I wrote about the happenings of the week in the Market Recap & Outlook, make sure to read that here and checkout out the full breakdown of my trades below:

  • February 21st, 2023
  • March 1st, 2023
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 5 shares at $8.80
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – $4.33 dividend reinvested
    • Intel ($INTC) – $12.20 dividend reinvested
  • March 2nd, 2023
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 5 shares at $8.56
  • March 7th, 2023
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 15 shares at $8.43
  • March 9th, 2023
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 20 shares at $8.13
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Levered ETN ($SMHB) – added 10 shares at $6.63
    • Cummins ($CMI) – $3.75 dividend reinvested
    • Microsoft ($MSFT) – $2.22 dividend reinvested
  • March 10th, 2023
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 50 shares at $7.52

Next week I will look to continue my weekly buys into $SPY, $SCHD, and $XYLG as I did not do those for the last two weeks. I will also look at adding to beaten down bank stocks even more, plus some other adds to my redder positions in $INTC and $MMM.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook is also posted and provides tons of information on what macro statistics I look to at to keep a temperature gauge on the market and inform my portfolio movements. 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 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 Portfolio: 2/24/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,730 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $13,745.45. That’s a total gain of 0.11%. The account is down $306.24 for the week which is a 2.18% loss.

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 -10.9% which puts us 11% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $536 to $507, mostly on account of the $INTC dividend cut.

Dividends

This week I received $4.21 from two dividends ($SMHB and $SBUX).

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: $68.68

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $479.08

Trades

This week was a slower week for my portfolio, starting with the weekly buys in $SCHD, $SPY, and $XYLG. After that, only buys we had were in Intel and New York Community Bank. $NYCB is a new position, primarily based off of a chart that appears to be reaching a technical bottom. It’s a solid regional bank stock with decent financials and a consistent dividend. Will look to add down into it in the $9.00 – $8.50 area for a potential bottom and bounce. This is not intended to be a long term hold. View the screenshot below for the chart.

I also reinvested the $SMHB dividend, the $SBUX dividend will be reinvested on Monday. Lastly, I took a loss on an AT&T $(T) covered call. I sold at the wrong time, at it moved against me. However, if I had held it would have expired worthless as intended. Lesson learned.

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

  • February 21st, 2023
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $402.03 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $26.15 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $75.83 per share (weekly buy)
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Levered ($SMHB) – dividend reinvested
  • February 22nd, 2023
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 1 share at $26.41
    • AT&T ($T) – sold $19.5 2/24 covered call for $7
  • February 23rd, 2023
    • AT&T ($) – closed call position at $15 ($8 loss)
    • New York Community Bank ($NYCB) – added 5 shares at $8.99

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD). I’m being less focused on preserving cash at this point. I think the early 2023 rally is going to be the last solid rally we see for a little while, so I am more than happy to begin deploying more cash now on the way down. Next week I’ll be watching $SHOO and $BAC for opportunities to buy before the coming ex-dividend date. I will also look to add more to $NYCB.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook is also posted and provides tons of information on what macro statistics I look to at to keep a temperature gauge on the market and inform my portfolio movements. 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 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 Portfolio: 2/17/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,610 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $14,027.70. That’s a total gain of 3.07%. The account is up $13.41 for the week which is a 0.1% gain.

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 -8.45% which puts us 11.5% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $525 to $536.

Dividends

This week I received $8.74 from four dividends ($APD, $ALLY, $O, and $TXN).

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: $64.47

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $474.87

Trades

This week was my heaviest week for buys in 2023 so far. The market ended this week red for the second time in a row for this year, so it was time to take advantage! We mostly bought down in $INTC and then added a tad to positions that are going ex-dividend soon ($MMM and $BAC). We also initiated a new position in $FIS.

Our weekly buys in $SCHD, $SPY, and $XYLG and reinvested all our dividends.

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

  • February 13th, 2023
    • Air Product Chemicals ($APD) – $1.65 dividend reinvested
  • February 14th, 2023
    • Fidelity National ($FIS) – added 2 shares at $ $67.90
    • AT&T ($T) – sold $19.5 2/17 CC for a $6 premium
    • 3M ($MMM) – added 0.11 shares at $113.27
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 1 share at $35.63
    • Texas Instruments ($TXN) – $1.85 dividend reinvested
  • February 15th, 2023
    • Realty Income ($O) – $3.04 dividend reinvested
  • February 17th, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – covered call closed at $2 ($4 profit)
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $405.12 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $26.43 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $76.50 per share (weekly buy)
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 1 share at $27.65
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 1 share $34.98

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD) and will continue to hold onto some cash if the market gets lower. I have started to slowly deploy that cash in case a bottom has already been hit, but only time will tell. I really want to deploy this cash position into $CMCSA, and $INTC to build 100 share positions in them for covered call activities. I will also be watching $T for opportunities to sell covered calls.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook for this wild week will be posted soon, so make sure to have the site bookmarked or subscribe via email on the homepage!

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 Portfolio: 2/10/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,490 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $13,852.71. That’s a total gain of 2.74%. The account is down $230.10 for the week which is a 1.63% loss.

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 -8.19% which puts us 10.93% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $518 to $525.

Dividends

This week I received no dividends, how sad!

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: $55.72

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $466.12

Trades

This week was a week of buying down into some DCA worthy positions leading into coming ex-dividend dates. We added to $AY, $MMM, and $SHOO. $AY’s next dividend hasn’t been declared yet, but I am expecting it to hit in mid-March.

The $MMM add was in anticipation of the dividend hike that was expected to be announced that day. The hike was another token small hike in order to keep their streak alive, which was to be expected given the situation with their litigations. I’ll continue to add slowly to this one, the litigations will not put $MMM out of business by any means but is a significant headwind for them in coming years. Long-term, these litigations provide a great value opportunity to buy into a powerhouse of a company.

Then both $SHOO and $ATVI were DCA’s. $ATVI was down on regulatory news, but that does not change my thesis on the merger arbitrage play with expected completion in June. At almost 4% of my portfolio, this position probably won’t get much bigger than here.

We also completed our regular ETF buys on Wednesday.

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

  • February 6th, 2023
    • Activision Blizzard ($ATVI) – added 1 share at $71.42
  • February 7th, 2023
    • 3M ($MMM) – added 0.25 shares at $115.28
  • February 8th, 2023
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $413.62 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $26.73 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $77.11 per share (weekly buy)
    • Steven Madden ($SHOO) – added 1 share at $34.19
  • February 9th, 2023
    • Steven Madden ($SHOO) – added 1 share at $33.91
    • Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructures ($AY) – added 1 share at $26.45
  • February 10th, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – Covered call expired worthless, 100% gain on the premium

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD) and will continue to hold onto some cash if the market gets lower. I have started to slowly deploy that cash in case a bottom has already been hit, but only time will tell. I really want to deploy this cash position into $CMCSA, and $INTC to build 100 share positions in them for covered call activities. I will also be watching $T for opportunities to sell covered calls.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook for this wild week will be posted soon, so make sure to have the site bookmarked or subscribe via email on the homepage!

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 Portfolio: 2/3/23 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,370 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $14,048.98. That’s a total gain of 5.08%. The account is up $302.22 for the week which is a 2.20% gain.

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 -7.16% which puts us 12.24% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $509 to $518.

Dividends

This week I received three dividends. $0.91 from $SPY, $3.98 from $XYLG, and $27.79 from $T!

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: $55.72

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $466.12

This week marks the end of our second January of dividend investing. Our dividend income this January was 26% greater than the income from January 2022! Great progress and looks like February is going beat that by a lot!

Trades

This was quite the volatile week with the FOMC meeting raising rates another 25 bps and the historically strong labor data. But it was volatile in the up direction, not the down, counter to my expectations!

The market rallied very strongly this week. I hate buying stocks when they’re up, so you’ll see that most of my activity this week was buying down into my worst performing stocks like $INTC and $AY. We sold a very conservative covered call on $T, reinvested dividends, and kicked off the weekly ETF buys on Friday.

Pretty standard week, with the exception of the new position we added on Thursday! All week I have been working on an analysis of the soft lines industry and finally posted that article last night. You can read that here. The thesis is that with normalizing inventory levels, falling shipping and material costs, and an improving macro backdrop, soft line retailers (specifically luxury good retailers) are in a great position to realize large margin recoveries and growing sales. For that reason, I started a position in Steven Madden $SHOO. However, the article does have a number of other picks for the industry as well, so please go read it and assess your options if you agree with the analysis!

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

  • January 30th, 2023
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 2 shares at $27.86
  • January 31st, 2023
    • Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructures ($AY) – added 1 share at $26.85
    • S&P 500 ($SPY) – dividend reinvested
    • S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – dividend reinvested
  • February 1st, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – sold covered call $21.5 2/10 for $2 premium
    • AT&T ($T) – dividend reinvested
  • February 2nd, 2023
    • Air Product Chemicals ($APD) – added 0.1 shares at $293.40
    • Steven Madden ($SHOO) – added 1 share at $37.83
  • February 3rd, 2023
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $413.79 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $26.69 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $77.38 per share (weekly buy)

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD) and will continue to hold onto some cash if the market gets lower. I have started to slowly deploy that cash in case a bottom has already been hit, but only time will tell. I really want to deploy this cash position into $CMCSA, and $INTC to build 100 share positions in them for covered call activities. I will also be watching $T for opportunities to sell covered calls.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook for this wild week will be posted soon, so make sure to have the site bookmarked or subscribe via email on the homepage!

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 Portfolio: 1/20/2023 Weekly Update (Revision)

It came to my attention that I missed alerting some moves in this portfolio update! I apologize about that. This post is mostly a repost, but it does contain edits to include items that I missed. You can find these in the bolded and italicized font.

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,130 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $13,332.90. That’s a total gain of 1.55%. The account is down $233.43 for the week which is a 1.72% loss.

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 -10.84% which puts us 12.39% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $500 to $505. This is mainly because of a drop in the yearly payout from $XYLG following their most recent dividend declaration.

Dividends

This week I received no dividend, bummer!

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: $14.88

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $425.28

Trades

This was quite a busy week with a large mid-week dip that I took advantage of followed by a sweet two-day rally to leave the market and my portfolio significantly higher.

I made lots of buys in the portfolio on the down-day Wednesday and then a little more on Thursday. Firstly, we initiated a new position in Orsted (which I wrote a brief article on how they are poised to be a huge renewable power player in the North Sea, you can read that here), added to my favorite DCA’s of ALLY, INTC, and BAC, and also executed our weekly $10 adds in SPY, XYLG, & SCHD.

The buys on Wednesday were partially funded by sales in $JNJ and $MDT. Those positions were my only healthcare positions at the time. Though many would argue that both are strong companies and great holds, I personally don’t feel too confident in my knowledge of the sector.

I could go on and on listing the items I am not well-read on, but the main ones are: there are lots of moving parts with regulators, R&D into new drugs and technologies can be risky, patents and their expirations create frequently shifting product portfolios that need to be monitored, and increased political focus on cheaper healthcare. All of these things put the sector above my head. Now this isn’t to say that I won’t ever invest in the sector, I just simply to need to do a bit of research and familiarizing myself before committing to it.

Always invest in what your comfortable with. Take $INTC or $T for example. I’ve been following their business plans for quite some time. I am very familiar with where they’re at and where they’re going as companies. This familiarity gives me conviction and comfort. Because healthcare is pretty foreign to me, I don’t have that and am stepping back from it with these sales.

Lastly, my first covered call on AT&T expired worthless this week giving me a 100% gain on that premium. I will be watching their earnings call next week and will be looking for a spot to write another.

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

  • January 17th, 2023
    • Orsted ($DNNGY) – added 3 shares at $34.17
  • January 18th, 2023
    • Microsoft ($MSFT) – added 0.14 shares at $240.79
    • Ally Financial ($ALLY) – added 3 shares at 26.84
    • Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) – sold position of 1 share at $170.63. Loss of $7.85.
    • Medtronic ($MDT) – sold position of 2.016938 shares at $78.87. Gain of $4.26.
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 2 shares at $33.72
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 2 shares at $28.77
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $394.45 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $25.88 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $76.39 per share (weekly buy)
  • January 19th, 2023
    • Ally Financial ($ALLY) – added 1 share at $25.70
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 1 share at $28.34
    • 3M ($MMM) – added 0.5 shares at $120.20
  • January 20th, 2023
    • Orsted ($SNNGY) – added 1 share at $29.73
    • AT&T ($T) – $20 Covered Call expired, 100% on $3 premium

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD) and will continue to hold onto the rest of my cash if the market gets lower. I have started to slowly deploy that cash in case a bottom has already been hit, but only time will tell. I really want to deploy this cash position into $CMCSA, and $INTC to build 100 share positions in them for covered call activities.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook for this wild week will be posted on Saturday, so make sure to have the site bookmarked or subscribe via email on the homepage!

Let me know what you think of the progress so far, share with me your progress and questions, interact with me on twitter and Instagram using the links below!

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

Regards,

Dividend Dollars

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Dividend Portfolio: 1/27/2023 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,250 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $13,694.30. That’s a total gain of 3.35%. The account is up $228.72 for the week which is a 1.70% gain.

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 -8.64% which puts us 11.99% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $505 to $509. This is mainly because of a drop in the yearly payout from $XYLG following their most recent dividend declaration.

Dividends

This week I received two dividends. $4.06 from ETRACS 2x Monthly Levered ETN and $4.10 from Comcast.

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: $23.04

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $433.44

Trades

This was a quite slow week for my portfolio. Except for the dip on Tuesday, the market rallied higher for most of the week. I’d much rather buy in more red weeks, so I did not spend too much time making buys. I executed our weekly ETF buys, reinvested all dividends, and did one opportunistic buy into $MSFT after their earnings.

Additionally, I sold a $T covered call going into the earnings, but second guessed it and closed it before the report. Boy am I glad I did! $T had a great earnings report and ran high enough to bring my position in the green for the first time since I began buying!

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

  • January 23rd, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – sold $20.5 covered call 1/27 for $7 premium
  • January 24th, 2023
    • AT&T ($T) – bought to close $20.5 covered call at $8
  • January 25th, 2023
    • ETRACS 2x Monthly Pay Leveraged ATN – dividend reinvested
    • Microsoft ($MSFT) – added 0.25 shares at $231.40
  • January 27th, 2023
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $406.47 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $26.42 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $76.38 per share (weekly buy)

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD) and will continue to hold onto some cash if the market gets lower. I have started to slowly deploy that cash in case a bottom has already been hit, but only time will tell. I really want to deploy this cash position into $CMCSA, and $INTC to build 100 share positions in them for covered call activities. I will also be watching $T for opportunities to sell covered calls.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook for this wild week will be posted on Saturday, so make sure to have the site bookmarked or subscribe via email on the homepage!

Let me know what you think of the progress so far, share with me your progress and questions, interact with me on twitter and Instagram 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 Stock Market

Dividend Portfolio: 1/20/2023 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,130 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $13,332.90. That’s a total gain of 1.55%. The account is down $233.43 for the week which is a 1.72% loss.

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 -10.84% which puts us 12.39% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $500 to $505. This is mainly because of a drop in the yearly payout from $XYLG following their most recent dividend declaration.

Dividends

This week I received no dividend, bummer!

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: $14.88

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $425.28

Trades

This was quite a busy week with a large mid-week dip that I took advantage of followed by a sweet two-day rally to leave the market and my portfolio significantly higher.

I made lots of buys in the portfolio on the down-day Wednesday and then a little more on Thursday. Firstly, we initiated a new position in Orsted (which I wrote a brief article on how they are poised to be a huge renewable power player in the North Sea, you can read that here), add to my favorite DCA’s of ALLY, INTC, and BAC, and also executed our weekly $10 adds in SPY, XYLG, & SCHD.

Lastly, my first covered call on AT&T expired worthless this week giving me a 100% gain on that premium. I will be watching their earnings call next week and will be looking for a spot to write another.

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

  • January 17th, 2023
    • Orsted ($DNNGY) – added 3 shares at $34.17
  • January 18th, 2023
    • Microsoft ($MSFT) – added 0.14 shares at $240.79
    • Ally Financial ($ALLY) – added 3 shares at 26.84
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 2 shares at $33.72
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 2 shares at $28.77
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $394.45 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $25.88 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $76.39 per share (weekly buy)
  • January 19th, 2023
    • Ally Financial ($ALLY) – added 1 share at $25.70
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 1 share at $28.34
    • 3M ($MMM) – added 0.5 shares at $120.20
  • January 20th, 2023
    • Orsted ($SNNGY) – added 1 share at $29.73
    • AT&T ($T) – $20 Covered Call expired, 100% on $3 premium

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD) and will continue to hold onto the rest of my cash if the market gets lower. I have started to slowly deploy that cash in case a bottom has already been hit, but only time will tell. I really want to deploy this cash position into $CMCSA, and $INTC to build 100 share positions in them for covered call activities.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The market recap and outlook for this wild week will be posted on Saturday, so make sure to have the site bookmarked or subscribe via email on the homepage!

Let me know what you think of the progress so far, share with me your progress and questions, interact with me on twitter and Instagram using the links below!

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

Regards,

Dividend Dollars

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Dividend Portfolio: 1/13/2023 Weekly Update

Welcome back to the weekly Dividend Dollars portfolio review! This portfolio update 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 $13,010 into the account the total value of all positions plus any cash on hand is $13,449.56. That’s a total gain of 3.38%. The account is up $241.53 for the week which is a 1.83% gain.

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 -10.24% which puts us 13.62% higher than the market! I love tracking my portfolio against a benchmark like the S&P. The above chart comes from Sharesight which makes portfolio and dividend management a breeze!

We added $120 in cash to the account this week, trades made will be broken out below.

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 this week decreased from $486 to $500.

Dividends

This week I received 3 dividends, view the chart below!

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. $MDT and $O will be reinvested at next market open.

Dividends received for 2023: $6.97

Portfolio’s Lifetime Dividends: $425.28

Trades

This was a very eventful week in the market. We experienced an initial dip, a run up into and through the CPI release on Thursday, and then banks kicking off earnings season with some volatility on Friday.

After closing my short position last week, this week I began to deploy more cash into buying some of my token stocks like Intel and BofA.

Secondly, I added back to some shares in $SMHB after selling off some of that position a few months ago. I did this to take advantage of the ex-dividend date on Thursday.

Third, I added a little bit to $AY as my secondary sustainable energy holding, I think companies like $AY and $NEE will be huge in the future, so I am just slowly but surely adding to it.

Lastly, I took time this week to try out a cash secured put position on $LABU which I held for only a few days for a nice 40% gain. Currently, that contract is only worth $5 which would put the position at an 83% gain! Going forward, I am going to start doing more with cash secured puts and covered call in order to earn premium while my stock and cash works for me. I have been involved with a discord server called 3X Trading in the past few weeks that has taught me a little bit about option wheel strategies. Using their resources and trainings, I would like to continue to use this strategy as well as a separate option trading account which, if successful with it, could help boost my dividend portfolio through its extra earnings. The dividend portfolio will always be my focus, I am just learning about other avenues on how I may be able to make it grow faster. Use the link above if your interested in checking out the discord, I chat in there often about the market, macro data, long term holds, and price action.

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

  • January 9th, 2023
    • S&P Biotech Bull 3x ($LABU) – Sell to open cash secured put $6 1/27 for $0.30
  • January 10th, 2023
    • SPDR S&P 500 ETF ($SPY) – added $10 at $388.74 per share (weekly buy)
    • Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF ($XYLG) – added $10 at $25.57 per share (weekly buy)
    • Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ($SCHD) – added $10 at $77.07 per share (weekly buy)
  • January 11th, 2023
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Leveraged US Small Cap ETN ($SMHB) – added 2 shares at $7.70
  • January 12th, 2023
    • S&P Biotech Bull 3x ($LABU) – Buy to close cash secured put $6 1/27 for $0.18 (40% gain)
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 1 share at $29.88
    • Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure ($AY) – added 1 share at $26.36
    • ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Leveraged US Small Cap ETN ($SMHB) – added 1 share at $7.71
  • January 13th, 2022
    • Intel ($INTC) – added 1 share at $29.89
    • Bank of America ($BAC) – added 1 share at $33.86

Next week I will continue to add $10 into each ETF ($SPY, $XYLG, and $SCHD) and will continue to hold onto the rest of my cash if the market gets lower. I have started to slowly deploy that cash in case a bottom has already been hit, but only time will tell. I really want to deploy this cash position into $CMCSA, and $INTC to build 100 share positions in them for covered call activities.

Summary

That is it for the update this week. The weekly market recap and outlook article is live. Read that here to understand what happened this week and prepare for the next!

Let me know what you think of the progress so far, share with me your progress and questions, interact with me on twitter and Instagram using the links below!

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

Regards,

Dividend Dollars