Collection of RECENT BUYS (Summary) - August 2015

Since I began investing in dividend stocks approximately two years ago I've been keeping a personal log of what other dividend bloggers and dividend investors are buying.  Until now, I've just done it for my own personal knowledge and it has proven to be a great resource I use when I have no idea what I should buy. 

The collection essentially highlights the Recent Buys I have discovered throughout the dividend blog community. I always like to see what others are buying.  And with this collection, one can easily see all the buys in one centralized source. I Hope everyone has found it to be a great resource!

In case you just want a quick summary of what everyone has been buying this past month, below is a chart that depicts just that! :)

(The chart and table above only includes companies with more than 4 buys)

With the recent Black Monday sale and the overall decline in the market the past month and a half, the buying activity around the DGI community continued its momentum throughout the month of August. And once again, another record was set this past month for the highest number of buys logged by the DGI community in a single month. In all, a total of 132 buys were found throughout the month of August. 

Previously, we only charted companies with 3 or more buys. However, with 132 buys logged this past month, we decided to chart only those companies with 4 or more buys.  To think back to December of last year when we began our Collection of Recent Buys post, we had only charted companies with 2 or more buys.  

To summarize, out of a total of 132 buys found around the DGI community, a total of 61 companies were purchased, with 28 companies bought more than once.

1. The most popular company this past month was Chevron Corp (CVX), which was purchased by 9 different investors throughout the DGI community. CVX was the 2nd most popular purchase back in July.  
2. In second place was Emerson Electric (EMR), which was purchased by 8 different investors throughout the DGI community. EMR was the popular choice just last month. Good to see it hadn't lost to much of its luster. :)
3. Third place was a 2-way tie between 3M Company (MMM) and Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI) with a total of 6 buys.  
4. In forth place was a BHP Billiton Plc (BBL) with a total of 5 buys.
5. And fifth place saw a 4-way tie between Proctor & Gamble (PG), Union Pacific (UNP), The Walt Disney Company (DIS), and Oneok Inc (OKE).

And although not included in the chart, the following companies each had 3 buys (6 total): 

• Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), Phillip Morris (PM), Apple Inc (APPL), International Business Machine (IBM), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Omega Health Care (OHI).

Our family remained active during this past month.  In fact, we ended the month of August with the most buys logged in a single month as we made a total of 17 buys for our family's dividend stocks portfolio.  Details coming on Saturday in our monthly summary post.

What have you been buying?  Please feel free to share in the comments or send me a link to your Recent Buy post in case I happened to have missed it.

Don't forget to bookmark or add this page to your favorites!!

 COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

If you have a chance, make sure you also take a look at my COLLECTION OF STOCK ANALYSES!! As with my collection of recent buys, my goal is to make this collection also become a centralized source for everyone. It could become a place where one can get ideas on what to invest in next, to establish a desired stock purchase price, or simply to see what your favorite bloggers are buying.  Whatever your reason, my hope is that this collection proves to be a great reference tool and helps provide you that little extra advantage that you are looking for in order to succeed with your investing.

RECENT BUY - (NYSE : CVX)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING

CHEVRON CORPORATION (CVX)
Purchased 8 shares of CVX on 8/3/2015 at $85.50
Total Spent: $684.00
$34.24 added to annual dividends

On Monday (8/3/15), we decided to pick up 8 more shares of CVX (Chevron Corporation) to average down our cost basis. With our recent purchase, we now own 18 total shares of CVX in our family's dividend stocks portfolio.    
With our purchase of CVX, we added $34.24 in forward dividends to our family's dividend stocks portfolio. This puts our yearly dividends at approximately $2,962/year (excluding our Edwards Jones account) and $3,320/year (including our Edward Jones account). 

Since we had already held CVX shares in our family's dividend stocks portfolios (WF and EJ Accounts), the portfolio remains unchanged at a total of 44 different dividend paying stocks/ETFs and also 4 companies that either don't pay a dividend our has currently suspended their dividends.

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

We also just started a list of Recent Buys by other bloggers

that can be access through the link below:

COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

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

Chevron Corporation (CVX)

P/E: 9.35
Payout Ratio (DPS/EPS): 46.76% ($4.28/$9.15)
Dividend Yield: 4.84%
29 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 5/15/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. - 8/15/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1912 (102 years!)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 160.9 Billion
52-week high: $129.53
52-week low: $85.32
Purchased Price: $85.50

What are your thoughts about my recent purchase?

What are you buying?

Collection of RECENT BUYS (Summary) - July 2015

Since I began investing in dividend stocks approximately two years ago I've been keeping a personal log of what other dividend bloggers and dividend investors are buying.  Until now, I've just done it for my own personal knowledge and it has proven to be a great resource I use when I have no idea what I should buy. 

The collection essentially highlights the Recent Buys I have discovered throughout the dividend blog community. I always like to see what others are buying.  And with this collection, one can easily see all the buys in one centralized source. I Hope everyone has found it to be a great resource!

In case you just want a quick summary of what everyone has been buying this past month, below is a chart that depicts just that! :) 

(The chart and table above only includes companies with more than 3 buys)

The buying activity around the DGI community continued its momentum throughout the month of July. Although I believe the growing number of buys is somewhat related to my continued efforts to provide a more complete list, another record was set this past month for the highest number of buys logged by the DGI community in a single month. In all, a total of 94 buys were found throughout the month of July. 

Once again, since there were so many buys logged, we have only charted those companies with 3 or more buys (we originally charted companies with 2 or more buys).  

To summarize, out of a total of 94 buys found around the DGI community, a total of 53 companies were purchased, with 23 companies bought more than once.  

1. The most popular company this past month was Emerson Electric (EMR), which was purchased by 6 different investors throughout the DGI community.  
2. In second place was Chevron Corp (CVX), which was purchased by 5 different investors throughout the DGI community. 
3. Third place was a tie between Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Caterpiller Inc (CAT), Wal-Mart Stares (WMT) and Omega Health Care Investor Inc (OHI) with a total of 4 buys.  

The following companies each had 3 buys (3 total): 

• Union Pacific (UNP), 3M (MMM), Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI). 

And although not included in the chart, the following companies each had 2 buys (14 total): 

• T.Rowe Price (TROW), Qualcomm Inc (QCOM),  Oneok Inc (OKE), National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Realty Income Corp (O), Dover Corp (DOV), Ventas, Inc (VTR), Inter Pipeline Ltd (IPL), Royal Bank of Canda (RY), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Bank of Montreal (BMC), International Business Machine (IBM), Target Corp (TGT).

I am happy and thankful to report that our family remained active during the continued buying frenzy this past month.  During the month of July, we picked up shares in CVX, EMR, UNP, MMM, and TD for our family's dividend stocks portfolio.  Can't wait til the forward dividends from our recent buys show up in future dividend income reports!!

What have you been buying?  Please feel free to share in the comments or send me a link to your Recent Buy post in case I happened to have missed it.

Don't forget to bookmark or add this page to your favorites!!

 COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

If you have a chance, make sure you also take a look at my Collection of Stock Analyses!! As with my collection of recent buys, my goal is to make this collection also become a centralized source for everyone. It could become a place where one can get ideas on what to invest in next, to establish a desired stock purchase price, or simply to see what your favorite bloggers are buying.  Whatever your reason, my hope is that this collection proves to be a great reference tool and helps provide you that little extra advantage that you are looking for in order to succeed with your investing.

RECENT BUY - (NYSE : CVX)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING

CHEVRON CORPORATION (CVX)
Purchased 5 shares of CVX on 7/06/2015 at $95.00
Total Spent: $475.00
$21.40 added to annual dividends

For our last purchase in June (on 6/26), we ended up picking up a few shares of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM), which was our readers 2nd pick from our recent ASK THE READERS post. 

On Monday (7/6), we decided to pick up a few more shares of CVX (Chevron Corporation) to average down our cost basis. With our recent purchase, we now own 10 total shares of CVX in our family's dividend stocks portfolio.  The cost basis for our CVX shares is now $97.50.  Our estimated forward dividends grew another $21.40, putting our yearly dividends at approximately $2,928/year (excluding our Edwards Jones account) and $3,310/year (including our Edward Jones account).

Monday's purchase, however, did not add a new holding to our family's dividend stocks portfolio, which remains at a total of 40 different dividend paying stocks/ETFs in the portfolio

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

We also just started a list of Recent Buys by other bloggers

that can be access through the link below:

COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

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

Chevron Corporation (CVX)

P/E: 10.249
Payout Ratio: 46.76%
Dividend Yield: 4.57%
29 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 5/15/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. - 8/15/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1912 (102 years!)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 176.3 Billion
52-week high: $135.10
52-week low: $93.26
Purchased Price: $95.00

What are your thoughts about my recent purchase?

What are you buying?

RECENT BUYS (NYSE: NOV and CVX)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING

Chevron Corporation (CVX)
Purchased 5 shares of CVX on 1/30/2015 at $100.00
Total Spent: $500.00
$21.40 added to annual dividends

 

National Oilwell Varco Inc (NOV)
Purchased 12 shares of NOV on 1/28/2015 at $54.00
Total Spent: $648.00
$22.08 added to annual dividends

We decided to make a few more purchases this week and add shares of two companies to our family's ividend stocks portfolio.  On 1/28/15, we picked up 12 more shares of NOV to add to our portfolio. Our recent purchase brings out total holding to 36 shares in National Oilwell Varco, Inc (NOV). 

Today, we followed that up by initiating a position of 5 shares in Chevron Corporation (CVX) at exactly $100.00 when we saw it dip below the 52-week high.  It went as low as $98.88, but we are still happy with our purchase of CVX at $100.00. So with our purchase today, CVX became the 34 stock/ETF we currently hold in our family's dividend stocks portfolio.

With the purchases mentioned above, our estimated forward dividends grew another $43.48 and now stands at approximately $3,296/year in dividends.

Our family's dividend stocks portfolio may be found

by clicking on the link below:

DIVIDEND STOCK PORTFOLIO

We also maintain an extensive list of stock analysis

that can be access through the link below:

COLLECTION OF STOCK ANALYSES

We also just started a list of Recent Buys by other bloggers

that can be access through the link below:

 

COLLECTION OF RECENT BUYS

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

Chevron Corp (CVX)

P/E: 9.40
Payout Ratio: 39%
Dividend Yield: 4.28%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 9.64%
19 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 11/14/2014

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 2/12/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1912 (103 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 192.99 Billion
52-week high: $135.10
52-week low: $98.88

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV)
P/E: 9.81
Payout Ratio: 27%
Dividend Yield: 3.5%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 24.37%
4 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 12/3/2014

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 3/3/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 2009 (5 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 25.23 Billion
52-week high: $86.55
52-week low: $52.14

What are your thoughts about my recent purchase?

What are you buying?

ASK THE READERS - Should I buy BBL, GE, CVX, COP?

 

We tried this out for the first time last month I thought it went well so I am planning to continue with an "Ask the Reader" post every month. 

As we did last month, we have selected four stocks on our current watch list that we have considered buying at this time.  But rather than stress ourselves out trying to decide which one to buy, we have decided to add some fun into our buying process and turn to our fellow bloggers and readers to find out what you think we should buy. 

Please spend a few minutes to vote for one stock from this group that you would consider buying in the upcoming week.  Also, please briefly tell us why you like the stock that you picked. 

Thanks in advance for your contribution!

STOCK #1 (BBL)

• Sector: Materials - Metals & Mining
• Market Cap: 93 Billion
• Dividend Yield: 4.26% 
• Consecutive years of dividend increase: 11 Years
• Paying Dividends Since: 1990
• Payout Ratio: 56%
• P/E Ratio: 11.6

STOCK #2 (GE)

• Sector: Industrials - Electrical Equipment
• Market Cap: 252 Billion
• Dividend Yield: 3.5% 
• Consecutive years of dividend increase: 3 Years
• Paying Dividends Since: 1899 
• Payout Ratio: 67%
• P/E Ratio: 19.1

STOCK #3 (CVX)

• Sector: Energy - Oil & Gas
• Market Cap: 206 Billion
• Dividend Yield: 4.10% 
• Consecutive years of dividend increase: 19 Years
• Paying Dividends Since: 1912 
• Payout Ratio: 39%
• P/E Ratio: 10.0

STOCK #4 (COP)

• Sector: Energy - Oil & Gas
• Market Cap: 85.9 Billion
• Dividend Yield: 4.6% 
• Consecutive years of dividend increase: 1 Years
• Paying Dividends Since: 1934
• Payout Ratio: 38%
• P/E Ratio: 9.25

**LET US KNOW WHICH STOCK YOU WOULD PICK AND WHY**