Robinhood Buys: 2/23/21

 

Starbucks (SBUX): $3

Campbell's Soup (CPB): $3

Realty Income (O): $3

Powershares S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): $1

AGNC: $1

Global X Superdividend (SDIV): $1

Wisdom Tree (DON): $1

Verizon (VZ): $3

Stag Industrial (STAG): $1

Main Street Capital (MAIN): $1

Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD): $1

Thus, a third cluster is born.  This one differs in that we actually see different numbers; whereas up until now I had always just picked a number and stuck with it down the line.  I'm not quite as confident in some of these as I am, say, the Vanguard ETF's or the individual holdings.  Still, they're monthly payers, and I couldn't resist.  That covered call ETF scared me off at first, as options are weird as hell and I have no intention of getting into that; still, though, monthly payer.  We'll see how it pans out.  

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Robinhood Buys: 2/16/21

 

Buy buy birdie

3M (MMM): $3

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): $3

Emerson (EMR): $3

PepsiCo (PEP): $3

AT&T (T): $3

Target (TGT): $3

McDonald's (MCD): $6

ConEd (ED): $3

Proctor & Gamble (PG):$3

A smaller volley than what we've seen prior, but that's OK.  The McDonald's buy was a bit of a fluke.  The site told me that it terminated the buy due to momentary technical difficulties, so I put in another, and then it registered both.  It's not a problem, but that's why that one number is different when I've kept them the same up until this point.  It does round out the total amount deployed, though, so that works out pretty well.

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Robinhood Buys: 2/9/21

 Today is a good day to buy.

Vanguard Total Market Index (VTI): $5

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): $5

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO): $5

Vanguard US REIT Fund (VNQ): $5

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index (VIG): $5

Vanguard Utiltites ETF (VPU): $5

Back to the usual format with this batch.  Nothing too fancy, but it's still forward progress.

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Robinhood buys: 2/2/21

Getting some momentum going for the new month

Starbucks (SBUX): $5

Vanguard Total Market Index (VTI): $5

Verizon (VZ): $5

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): $5

AT&T (T): $5

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG): $5

Campbell's Soup (CPB): $5

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO): $5

I deviated from my usual "cluster" approach this time around.  There were some positions that I missed last month that I wanted to hit.  I also figured that doing this occasionally would make the posts more interesting.  I got a good mix of Vanguard ETF's and individual holdings too, which is nice.  I also initiated a position in Verizon.   AT&T is under $30 again so I didn't want to miss out on that.

Despite all the hullabaloo, I had no trouble buying these stocks through Robinhood.  There are a lot of stocks out there (a whole market of them, in fact.)  So, yeah, the train keeps on rolling.  

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January 2021 Dividend Income: Senzu Bean

 

Just like that, the first month of the new year is done.  It hasn't been too shabby, in all honesty.  It's been busy, but I can't complain.  I've been tuning out the news and pulling away from social media (you'd be surprised what a positive effect that has.)  I upped both my 401K and United Way contributions.  I've also been more fiscally aggressive. This was helped, in part, by the $600 economic impact payments that went out earlier in the month.   

As we do, it's time to log the dividends. January is in a tough spot.  We're coming off two strong months, with November's record breaking mid-quarter and December's big 401K payout.  So, right there, this is when some of the air gets let out of the balloon and the numbers start to come back down to Earth. It's made worse by the fact that it's followed by another mid-quarter month.  As far as positions on the dividend calendar go, it's really the worst spot to be in.  Nevertheless, it persists, so with that in mind, let's get to it.

Armanino Foods (AMNF): $0.19  Same as last quarter

Invesco Powershares High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): $0.01

ViacomCBS (VIAC): $0.24

GlobalXSuperdividend (SDIV): $0.02

AGNC: $0.28  (+ $0.14 QoQ due to DRIP and a share buy; +$ 0.11 YoY) 

Franklin Resources (BEN): $2.37 (+ $0.11 QoQ; + $0.46 YoY)

Leggett & Platt (LEG): $0.41 Up a penny from last quarter

Pepsi (PEP): $1.13 (+ $0.05 QoQ; + $0.17 YoY)

Best Buy (BBY): $3.92  Up a penny from last quarter

Realty Income (O): $1.02  Up 2 cents from last month due to DRIP and a partial share buy

Iron Mountain (IRM): $3.41 (+ $0.08 QoQ; + $1.48 YoY)

This brings the sub-total to $12.99, which is $0.54 higher than last quarter and up $6.34 from last year.

Over in the 401K, the Baird Aggregate Bond fund thew in $0.63.  It's a down a couple of cents from last quarter, but higher than last year.  

All in all, the portfolio pulled in $13.62, not too much growth QoQ, but the YoY spread is much better.  

Interest clocked in at $2.57. How banks can boast about high yield savings accounts at this point is beyond me.

 

In addition to the Robinhood buys (which you can read about here and here) I also made some moves over in my primary brokerage account.  I made single share buys of Kimberly Clark (KMB), People's United (PBCT), Lumen (LUMN),  and Wendy's (WEN).  A share of Tanger (SKT) was added as well, seeing as they announced that they were bringing their dividend back, albeit at a lower amount than it was pre-suspension.  Still, it's better than nothing.

I also sold my last remaining share of Bed, Bath, and Beyond (BBBY).  I wasn't really sweating the 'wallstreetbets" stuff.  I only had one share with a buy point of $8.  There really wasn't too much that could happen there that would affect me drastically.  Still, I had family members texting me telling me to sell, so I caved and sold it at $45.  It wasn't paying a dividend anyway, so I can't really say that cashing out was a bad move.  I took that money and used it for coke...a share of Coca-Cola (KO) to be more specific.  Yes, I know the "C" should have been capitalized, but keeping it lower cased makes the joke work, so just roll with it.  This did eliminate two one share positions in one fol swoop.  I'm hoping to phase those out in the months ahead.

The portfolio has been updated accordingly.  

All in all, January was OK.  Bad spot aside, the numbers were solid, sans the interest which needs to stop going down.  Hopefully, this'll break the $20 barrier this year; we'll see.  Next month's post should definitely be fun, though.

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