RECENT BUYS - (NYSE: WMT & VZ)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING



Wal-mart Stores, Inc (WMT)
Purchased 9 shares of WMT on 6/15/2015 at $72.00
Total money spent: $648.00
$17.64 added to annual dividends

Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)
Purchased 10 shares of VZ on 6/15/2015 at $47.00
Total money spent: $470.00
$22.00 added to annual dividends

Before today, we had 8 limit orders open for various stocks including (JNJ, BAX, OHI, OKS, TIS, HCP, WMT, and VZ).  This morning, 2 of the 8 orders were executed since the stock price reached our desired purchase price.  The first order was a purchased of WMT at $72.00. The second order was a purchase of VZ at $47.00.  We had actually bought shares in both WMT (click link for post) and VZ (click link for post) earlier this year so our purchase today was simply an addition to our current holdings. We now own 17 total shares in WMT and 35 total shares in VZ.  Both purchases not only added to our passive income stream, but also allowed us to average down our cost basis on two stocks that we plan to hang onto for the long haul. 

Since our purchases of Wal-mart Stores, Inc (WMT) and Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) today were shares in companies that we already owned, our family's Dividend Stocks Portfolio remains the same with a total of 39 different dividend paying stocks/ETFs in the portfolio.

Our estimated forward dividends, however, grew another $39.64, putting our yearly dividends at approximately $2912/year (excluding our Edwards Jones account) and $3,294/year (including our Edward Jones account). 

Our family's dividend stocks portfolio may be found

by clicking on the link below:
DIVIDEND STOCKS PORTFOLIO

We also maintain an extensive list of stock analysis

that can be access through the link below:
COLLECTION OF STOCK ANALYSES

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COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

HERE IS A QUICK FACT SHEET FOR THE STOCK JUST PURCHASED:

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (WMT)

• P/E: 14.47
• Payout Ratio: 39.7%
• Dividend Yield: 2.71%
• Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 11.14%
• 8 consecutive years of dividend increases
• Last Ex-dividend date: 5/6/2015
• Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 8/6/2015
• Have paid a dividend since: 1975 (40 years)
• Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
• Market Cap: 253 Billion
• 52-week high: $90.97
• 52-week low: $72.61
• Purchased Price: $72.00

Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)

• P/E: 19.74
• Payout Ratio: 57.1%
• Dividend Yield: 4.66%
• Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 2.95% 
• 8 consecutive years of dividend increases
• Last dividend Ex date: 4/8/2015
• Next dividend Ex date: 7/8/2015
• Have paid a dividend since: 1984 (31 years)
• Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
• Market Cap: 231.6 Billion
• 52-week high: $53.66
• 52-week low: $45.09
• Purchased Price: $47.00

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