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(This post was last modified: 10-29-2014, 11:58 PM by ronn38.)
Updated 10/30/14
Listed as company and percentage of my portfolio. AS I'm accumulating, I buy when the price is right, rather than for proper portfolio diversification-- its fairly lop-sided just now.
I try and go "all in" to a stock when I get the chance, or into a sector if I can. For example, I'm as deep in Oil and Nat. Gas as I intend to be. I'll add IBM and maybe MXIM to tech and be done, etc.
I like to buy competitors; i.e. Coke and Pepsi and maybe add Dr. Pepper to round out (or MDC and Yum). I feel that allows the major players to seesaw market share back and forth, and I win either way.
Security Breakdown (%)
Abbott Laboratories 1.38
AbbVie Inc 1.76
Alliance Resource Pa 3.17
American Capital Age 1.38
American Funds Capit 2.14
American Funds Growt 2.72
American Realty Cap 2.16
AmeriGas Partners LP 3.31
Apple Inc 3.55
AstraZeneca PLC ADR 3.12
BHP Billiton PLC ADR 1.82
Chevron Corp 2.95
Coca-Cola Co 2.94
ConocoPhillips 0.45
ConocoPhillips 1.90
CSX Corp 1.78
Deere & Co 1.47
Digital Realty Trust 3.12
Enterprise Products 1.63
Exelon Corp 2.60
Expeditors Intn. 2.59
Health Care REIT, In 3.47
Hercules Technology 1.43
Intel Corp 1.78
IBM 2.65
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 1.35
Kinder Morgan Eng 1.21
LinnCo LLC 1.17
McDonalds Corp 2.82
Microsoft Corp 4.10
National Retail Prop 2.61
Norfolk Southern 1.86
Omega Healthcare 3.47
Procter & Gamble Co 3.31
Realty Income Corp 2.68
Rogers Comm 2.08
Royal Dutch Shell PL 2.62
Spectra Energy Corp 3.29
TCP Capital Corp 1.37
Vanguard Natural Res 1.20
Verizon Comm 1.06
Vodafone Group 1.45
Western Union Co 1.27
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(09-23-2013, 04:10 PM)ronn38 Wrote: Listed as company and percentage of my portfolio. AS I'm accumulating, I buy when the price is right, rather than for proper portfolio diversification-- its fairly lop-sided just now.
I try and go "all in" to a stock when I get the chance, or into a sector if I can. For example, I'm as deep in Oil and Nat. Gas as I intend to be. I'll add IBM and maybe MXIM to tech and be done, etc.
I like to buy competitors; i.e. Coke and Pepsi and maybe add Dr. Pepper to round out (or MDC and Yum). I feel that allows the major players to seesaw market share back and forth, and I win either way.
Nice group of stocks there ronn. How long have you been accumulating?
I agree with all of the main points you made. Especially not worrying about balance so much in the accumulation phase -- buy when the things you want to hold for a long time are on sale.
Your REIT exposure is a little higher than I'd be comfortable with personally, but then again, your income is no doubt a good bit higher as a result.
Nice portfolio. Since I'm also in the accumulation phase, I don't worry about overweight positions. As I get closer to retirement, I expect to end up with around 50 stocks with the weights ranging from 1-3% with hopefully not too many near 3%. I'm currently at 32 positions. Still have a ways to go.
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Yes, I'm a charging the the ice-fields a bit with my REITs. For me they're my real estate substitution. I simply don't want to monkey with being a landlord (like my brother--whose often a nervous wreck). I try to diversify my REIT holdings under the assumption that REIT's will get their payout's hurt at the same time the industry they serve does (rather than as a group). Hence I have REIT's in health care, and technology, etc. I look at them as part of a sector, rather than in their own group.
Perhaps not the wisest course, but I'm still figuring this investment path out.
Actually, I've not been at this too long. I was an Index Fund guy for most of my days. When my father passed (he was very well-off in his later years) I started to look at investments through his eyes (odd how the loss of a loved one can bring you closer to them in off ways even after death). And began to see moving over to DGI was the way to go.
I'd like to have a little more income exposure, as I'm only about 15 years out from retirement. Not so much to actually get income, but to set up my re-investments better (as this whole portfolio is only generating about 4.5% annual dividend right now).
My 401 and Roth is still loaded with Index Mutual's--kinda all 401's let you do. I actually have a larger portfolio out of my tax-sheltered accounts as I haven't been able to really max them out until recently. So I can't get enough in them to actually cover the retirement I want. I, of course, max them out now before I fiddle with my taxable accounts. But I try and invest 50% of my income now, which is takes me beyond my max annual inputs into my ROTH and 401.
taxed or not, I'd rather save it than not (cause its taxed if I spend it or I save it--so why not save).
I'm still getting the hang of this GDI stuff.
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(09-24-2013, 04:09 PM)ronn38 Wrote: Perhaps not the wisest course,
Seems wise enough to me!
(09-24-2013, 04:09 PM)ronn38 Wrote: I actually have a larger portfolio out of my tax-sheltered accounts as I haven't been able to really max them out until recently. So I can't get enough in them to actually cover the retirement I want. I, of course, max them out now before I fiddle with my taxable accounts.
I'm in much the same boat -- a lot of my DG portfolio is in a taxable account, sadly. But as I've said before, it is not a bad problem to have, all things considered!
By the way -- you've inspired me to post more details about my DG portfolio over here.
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Added O to my REIT's when it dipped below $37 (edited above). Very nice yield and I think we're managed well enough to weather the eventual interest rate increase. IF CSCO drops below $20 next week, I'll jump on it.
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Even the preferred shares are becoming attractive. O-F briefly rose over 7% yield yesterday, and has appreciation potential because it was selling at near $23. Plus there is the buffer of an over $2 dividend on the common, which if understood correctly, would have to be suspended before payments could be suspended on the preferred shares.
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Added 14 shares of IBM @ 180 today, which was my entry price when I first acquired it.
Previously I added APU, which gives me 242.5 shares after the split
174 shares of HNC @ 58; 131 shares of PG @ 76; and 285 of SE @ 34.48
Working on rebuilding the 20% loss to my portfolio the divorce gave me. Doing OK so far ;-)
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Yeah, Ron! Glad you weathered it.
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Just added 60 shares of KO on todays dip--yummy :-)
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05-09-2015, 11:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-10-2015, 08:06 AM by ronn38.)
Though I haven't updated my portfolio in awhile (need to do that), I just today really recognized how much my dividend and non-dividend earnings came to last year; $19,775.00 (all dripped). My YOC is at 5.9% for the portfilo. This DGI stuff... it actually works ;-)
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(05-09-2015, 11:56 AM)ronn38 Wrote: Though I haven't updated my portfolio in awhile (need to do that), I just today really recognized how much my dividend and non-dividend earnings came to last year; $19,775.00 (all dripped). My COY is at 5.9% for the portfilo. This DGI stuff... it actually works ;-)
Ronn
Awesome Ronn.
Looking forward to the day my compounding is that high!
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