Money and Finance
On Tuesday, April 16th I added to my position in Caterpillar (CAT) by purchasing 18 more shares at $82.60 per share. I would have waited and tried to make the purchase tomorrow to get own the shares in time for the next dividend payment in May, but I got a little confused and saw the ex-div date of April 18th and was thinking that was the record date meaning today was the ex-div date. Oh well, I still feel it's a fair price, although it is a bit lower starting yield than I'd like. Caterpillar did lag the market on a generally up day and has recently been under pressure with concerns about the global economy. I'm not worried about them long-term and if housing does get rolling again here in the United States, that will provide ample demand to keep them going strong. My total positions for my FI portfolio has grown quite a bit so I was glad to get a chance to add to an existing position.
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Money and Finance
Recent Buy
On Tuesday, April 16th I added to my position in Caterpillar (CAT) by purchasing 18 more shares at $82.60 per share. I would have waited and tried to make the purchase tomorrow to get own the shares in time for the next dividend payment in May, but I got a little confused and saw the ex-div date of April 18th and was thinking that was the record date meaning today was the ex-div date. Oh well, I still feel it's a fair price, although it is a bit lower starting yield than I'd like. Caterpillar did lag the market on a generally up day and has recently been under pressure with concerns about the global economy. I'm not worried about them long-term and if housing does get rolling again here in the United States, that will provide ample demand to keep them going strong. My total positions for my FI portfolio has grown quite a bit so I was glad to get a chance to add to an existing position.
Read more »
- Recent Sells
Well Wednesday brought about some changes to my portfolio. This is something I've been thinking about doing for a while with two of my positions. Both Caterpillar and Intel are great companies although they've fallen on hard times. Caterpillar...
- Recent Buy
This morning I purchased 40 shares of Target (TGT) for a price of $61.81 per share. With the current dividend payment of $1.44 I was able to pick up the shares for a 2.32% YOC. I've been following Target for a while and the price just never quite...
- Recent Buy
Let's start November off right with a purchase after I made 7 in October. I decided to go on and take the chance to average down a bit in my Walgreens (WAG) position. I initiated the position back in August by purchasing 35 shares and today I...
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Earlier this morning I made 2 purchases. I bought 35 shares of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) for $25.73 per share. My YOC for this position is 2.70% based on the current $0.70 annual payout. I also purchased 35 shares of Walgreens (WAG) $35.85 per share....
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