Sunday, August 2, 2015

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!!


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.

16 comments:

  1. Wow. What a busy month for all of us! I bought a few of these companies on your list. Hopefully, August will be another busy buying month.
    D4s

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    1. Yes, hoping we can all continue the momentum into August. There are a few I have my eye on: EMR and CVX are certainly high on the short list!

      Cheers to a busy August! AFFJ

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  2. Thank you for taking the time to compile this list AFFJ. I know it takes a lot of work and we appreciate it. Keep it up and cheers to our journey! Thanks bud.

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    1. My pleasure Dividend Hustler...interest in our Collection of Recent Buys has certainly grown since we first made it available last November. It is work to keep it up to date but rewarding when we get positive feedback as you have done. Thanks for stopping by and leaving feedback. It's appreciated!

      Regards, AFFJ

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  3. Great Summary AFFJ. (I will not be compiling monthly stats for my weekly posts). EMR keeps popping up.. I need to really look at that more seriously.

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    1. Since you do weekly summaries, I can understand why you don't do monthly summaries.

      There are a few companies that are loved by many DGI investors right now and EMR is definitely one of them. I also have CVX and WMT on my current short list.

      Regards, AFFJ

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  4. Busy month for DGI bloggers out there. Not surprised to see EMR and CVX on the top of the list.

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    1. So far, August appears to be headed in the same direction. Well, at least for oil stocks and CVX...it was down in the $85s today.

      Cheers to buying $100billion companies at a discount. :)

      AFFJ

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  5. That is a really nice burst of purchases. You are hitting your portfolio into supersonic growth for many more years to come. Great going.

    All the best.

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    1. Thanks DividentVet...we certainly hop to keep the momentum going. Can't wait to look back a few years from now and see how far we've come.

      Thanks for stopping by. AFFJ

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  6. Great post! Love seeing what everyone else is purchasing all summed up. I'm just starting the journey, and trying to keep track of everyone is daunting! Just stumbled on your site this morning, so excited to have bookmarked it! :)

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    1. Thanks WD...glad to hear you like the summary. It is work to maintain the collection but glad to share this resource with other DGI investors.

      Hope it proves to be one of your goto resources for ideas in nothing more. Btw, be sure to check out our Collection of Stock Analyses to further your research on any one particular dividend paying stock.

      Best wishes! AFFJ

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  7. I've been picking of a lot of CVX. Thanks for the summary.

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    1. Glad to hear from a fellow shareholder. CVX is currently attractive in the mid-80s. Can't go wrong buying and holding CVX at those prices. Worse case, you wait around a little longer while collecting almost 5% dividends. :)

      Best wishes. AFFJ

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  8. Love these posts and seeing what other people are buying in one spot. I was part of the TD buys but have EMR on my August watch list. No doubt they are facing some serious near term headwinds and many industrials are as well. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Glad you enjoy them DivHut. TD was certainly a great pick up this past month, we picked up shares also. Looking to possible grab a few more shares of EMR this coming month so hopefully Mr. Market provides us both with an opportunity.

      Thanks for stopping by and leaving your feedback. Regards, AFFJ

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