Money and Finance
Well 2014 is now well under way with January already having come and left us. The markets started to be much more volatile with earnings season in full swing and the Federal Reserve announcing further tapering. I still don't know why tapering is such a bad thing unless you believe that the economy and markets will collapse without the infusion of that capital. Plus, it's not like they've completely stopped the bond buying program, they're still buying over $65 billion, per month. When the markets are volatile and routinely giving -100 or more point days is when you find out if you're cut out to withstand the worse losses that will come in the future. It might be today or tomorrow or 10 years from now, but at some point we'll see another 25-50% sell off. For the month the DJIA gave up 5.3% and the S&P 500 retreated 3.6%.
This was music to my ears, and I know to a lot of my fellow bloggers as well, although it came about month earlier than I would have liked. I made several purchases throughout the month by adding to existing positions in Chevron, Phillip Morris, and Target. I'm looking very closely at Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart as well. Overall I was able to add almost $140 in dividends before any further reinvestment or dividend increases.
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- Recent Buys
Last week was quite a busy week for both my FI Portfolio and my Roth IRA. I made 3 purchases between the two accounts and while that hurts my capital raising for an investment property, I felt all 3 represented good value at the time so I went ahead...
- Recent Buys And A Dividend Increase
With more news of the Fed possibly tapering on their QE infinity, interest rates have started to move higher. This has brought about some shakiness in the stock markets which is music to my ears and has allowed me to add to some recent new positions....
- Dividend Update - January 2013
January was an okay month for dividends but still a far cry from December's personal record. I ended up having 2 companies pay in my FI portfolio and 1 in my Roth IRA. Normal January's from now on would see 3 pay outs in the FI portfolio but...
- December Dividend Update
Time for my December dividend update, what a year it's been! My dividend total for the month of December was $285.71 which is a 34% improvement over last year but a 5.6% decrease from last quarter. The decrease in dividends this month was due to Walmart...
- December Dividend Update
It's time to report on my December dividend income! This month my dividend total was $213.07 which is down from the $227.94 that I made last quarter in September. This was not due to anything sinister like a dividend cut but merely some of...
Money and Finance
Dividend Update - January 2014
Well 2014 is now well under way with January already having come and left us. The markets started to be much more volatile with earnings season in full swing and the Federal Reserve announcing further tapering. I still don't know why tapering is such a bad thing unless you believe that the economy and markets will collapse without the infusion of that capital. Plus, it's not like they've completely stopped the bond buying program, they're still buying over $65 billion, per month. When the markets are volatile and routinely giving -100 or more point days is when you find out if you're cut out to withstand the worse losses that will come in the future. It might be today or tomorrow or 10 years from now, but at some point we'll see another 25-50% sell off. For the month the DJIA gave up 5.3% and the S&P 500 retreated 3.6%.
This was music to my ears, and I know to a lot of my fellow bloggers as well, although it came about month earlier than I would have liked. I made several purchases throughout the month by adding to existing positions in Chevron, Phillip Morris, and Target. I'm looking very closely at Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart as well. Overall I was able to add almost $140 in dividends before any further reinvestment or dividend increases.
Read more »
- Recent Buys
Last week was quite a busy week for both my FI Portfolio and my Roth IRA. I made 3 purchases between the two accounts and while that hurts my capital raising for an investment property, I felt all 3 represented good value at the time so I went ahead...
- Recent Buys And A Dividend Increase
With more news of the Fed possibly tapering on their QE infinity, interest rates have started to move higher. This has brought about some shakiness in the stock markets which is music to my ears and has allowed me to add to some recent new positions....
- Dividend Update - January 2013
January was an okay month for dividends but still a far cry from December's personal record. I ended up having 2 companies pay in my FI portfolio and 1 in my Roth IRA. Normal January's from now on would see 3 pay outs in the FI portfolio but...
- December Dividend Update
Time for my December dividend update, what a year it's been! My dividend total for the month of December was $285.71 which is a 34% improvement over last year but a 5.6% decrease from last quarter. The decrease in dividends this month was due to Walmart...
- December Dividend Update
It's time to report on my December dividend income! This month my dividend total was $213.07 which is down from the $227.94 that I made last quarter in September. This was not due to anything sinister like a dividend cut but merely some of...