RECENT BUY (NYSE: KMI)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING

KINDER MORGAN, Inc. (KMI)

Purchased 15 shares of KMI on 9/29/2015 at $27.00
Total Spent: $405.00

Company Description

From Google Finance:

“Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) is an energy infrastructure and energy company in North America. The Company operates through six segments: Natural Gas Pipelines, CO2, Terminals, Products Pipelines, Kinder Morgan Canada and Other. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment includes interstate and intrastate pipelines and its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. The CO2 business segment produces, transports, and markets CO2. The Terminals segment includes the operations of its petroleum, chemical, ethanol and other liquids terminal facilities and all of its coal, petroleum coke, fertilizer, steel, ores and other dry-bulk material services facilities. The Products Pipelines segment consists of refined petroleum products, crude oil and condensate, and NGL pipelines and associated terminals, Southeast terminals, and its transmix processing facilities. The Kinder Morgan Canada segment includes its 100% owned and operated Trans Mountain pipeline system and a 25-mile Jet Fuel pipeline system”

Although the market finished barely in the green today, there were still many great buys found. The discounts were best found earlier in the day when the DOW dipped below 16,000 points. So as a long term investors, we took the opportunity to add a few more shares to our family's dividend stocks portfolio.  With today's purchase, we were able to lower our cost basis on another stock we currently own.  

Including the 15 shares added today, we now own 62 total shares of KINDER MORGAN, Inc. (KMI) in our family's dividend stocks portfolio. Our purchase today lowered our cost basis on KMI from $32.32 to 31.03. Additionally, our estimated forward dividends grew another $29.40, putting our yearly dividends at approximately $3,460/year (excluding our Edwards Jones account) and $3,819/year (including our Edward Jones account).

Since we had already held KMI shares in our family's dividend stocks portfolios (WF and EJ Accounts), the portfolio remains unchanged at a total of 47 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:

KINDER MORGAN, Inc. (KMI)

P/E: 33.97
Payout Ratio: 270%
Dividend Yield: 7.49%
3 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 7/29/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 10/29/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1937 (78 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 60.3 Billion
52-week high: $44.71
52-week low: $25.81
Purchased Price: $27.00

What are your thoughts on of recent purchase?

What are you buying?

RECENT BUY - (NYSE: PM)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING












 Phillip Morris Int'l Inc (PM)
Purchased 7 shares of PM on 3/31/2015 at $75.33
Total Spent: $527.31
$28.00 added to annual dividends

 

Even while on vacation, we made a purchase!! 

Well, our recent purchase of Phillip Morris Int'l (PM) was based on the results from our recent ASK THE READERS post. It actually took about a week before our purchase was executed, but it was because we had set a limit order to buy PM at $75.33. We were thinking that since PM recently had an ex-dividend, we figured that there was a good chance that it may drop a bit.  Not sure if our theory has any merit, but we've personally have found that many stocks tend to fall a bit in the weeks between their ex-dividend date and their payout date.  Either way, we were glad that we decided to be a bit more selective with our entry price because our hunch ended up coming true as PM went as low as $75.27 on 3/31/2015, setting a new 52-week low.

This is our first exposure to tobacco stocks, but glad to have bought in at what we feel is a good price for a long-term hold. With the recent purchase Phillip Morris Int'l (PM), our family's dividend stocks portfolio now holds a total of 37 different dividend paying stocks/ETFs in the portfolio.

With today's purchase, our estimated forward dividends grew another $28.00, putting our yearly dividends at approximately $3,176/year.

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:

Phillip Morris Int'l Inc (PM)

P/E: 16.23
Payout Ratio: 83%
Dividend Yield: 5.3%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 11.62%
6 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 3/24/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 6/24/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 2008 (7 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 119.5 Billion
52-week high: $91.63
52-week low: $75.27
Purchased Price: $75.33

What are your thoughts about my recent purchase?

What are you buying?

RECENT BUY - (NYSE: OXY)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING


Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY)
Purchased 5 shares of OXY on 3/18/2015 at $71.94
Total Spent: $359.70
$14.40 added to annual dividends

 

The market saw a nice gain towards the end of the day after the Federal Reserve removed the word "patient" from its statement.  The biggest boost seemed to have gone to energy stocks and internationally exposed companies. We were quite lucky that we picked up a few shares of OXY earlier in the morning for just $71.94 as we saw a nice 1-day $2.07 gain with OXY finishing the day at $74.01.  

Oil and energy certainly has a long way to recover, but I have to admit that it was a welcome site to see today's spike in the market. With the recent purchase, since we had already owned shares of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) in our family's dividend stocks portfolio, the total number of stocks/ETFs in the portfolio remains at 36.

With today's purchase, our estimated forward dividends grew just a tad, adding another $14.40 to our yearly dividends which now stands at approximately $3,148/year.

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:

Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY)

P/E: 98.80
Payout Ratio: 365%
Dividend Yield: 3.98%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 16.97%
1 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 3/6/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 6/6/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 1975 (40 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.Market Cap: 57.0 Billion
52-week high: $101.38
52-week low: $71.75
Purchased Price: $71.94

What are your thoughts about my recent purchase?

What are you buying?

RECENT BUYS (NYSE: RDS, NOV and ESV)

WE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FOLLOWING



Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS-B)
Purchased 9 shares of RDS-B on 3/13/2015 at $59.97
Total Spent: $539.73
$33.84 added to annual dividends

National Oilwell Varco, Inc (NOV)
Purchased 9 shares of NOV on 3/13/2015 at $48.54
Total Spent: $436.86
$16.56 added to annual dividends

Ensco Plc (ESV)
Purchased 30 shares of ESV on 3/13/2015 at $21.00
Total Spent: $630.00
$18.00 added to annual dividends

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we purchased a few shares of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), respectively. And today, with the another decline in the market, a total of 3 additional purchases were made when the stocks reach our limit price. So we took the opportunity to add shares of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS-B), National Oilwell Varco, Inc (NOV), and Ensco Plc (ESV) to our family's dividend stocks portfolio.

We realize that there is still a rocky road ahead for energy and oil stocks but we truly believe that oil and gas prices will eventually recover and along with it would be a recovery in these stock prices. As we have seen with banks stocks since the huge collapse with lending industry in 2009, we remain confident that oil stocks will eventually recover. As long term investors, we therefore look at these moments as an opportunity to buy quality companies from out of favor sectors.

So with the recent purchases today, we added another NEW stocks to our family's dividend stocks portfolio. Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS) now brings our family's dividend stocks portfolio to a total of 36 stock/ETFs. National Oilwell Varco, Inc (NOV) and Ensco Plc (ESV) were companies we had already previously owned.

With the purchases mentioned above, our estimated forward dividends grew another $68.40 and now stands at approximately $3,223/year in 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 STOCKS I JUST PURCHASED:

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS)

P/E: 12.57
Payout Ratio: 72%
Dividend Yield: 6.1%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 2.30%
3 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 2/11/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 5/11/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 2005 (10 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 73 Billion
52-week high: $88.13
52-week low: $59.33
Purchased Price: $59.97

National Oilwell Varco, Inc (NOV)
P/E: 8.43
Payout Ratio: 32%
Dividend Yield: 3.7%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): 28.04%
4 consecutive years of dividend increases
Last Ex-dividend date: 3/11/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 6/11/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 2009 (6 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 20.1 Billion
52-week high: $86.55
52-week low: $48.07
Purchased Price: $48.54

Ensco Plc (ESV)
P/E: N/A
Payout Ratio: N/A*
Dividend Yield: 2.7%
Dividend Growth rate (5yr AVG): N/A*
4 consecutive years of dividend increases*
Last Ex-dividend date: 3/5/2015

Next Ex-dividend date: approx. 6/5/2015
Have paid a dividend since: 2010 (5 years)
Pays a dividend 4 times a year.
Market Cap: 4.7 Billion
52-week high: $55.89
52-week low: $20.20
Purchased Price: $21.00

*ESV recently cut their dividend payments from .75 to .15/share.

What are your thoughts about my recent purchaseS?

What are you buying?