Robinhood Buys: 3/30/2021

 

Toppo: Do you think you can defeat me with this amount of power?

17: No, but it's according to plan. HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

AT&T (T): $5

Papa Johns (PZZA): $5

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG): $5

Dominos (DPZ): $5

Lockheed (LMT): $5

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): $5

Yum! (YUM): $5

General Dynamics (GD): $5

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): $5

Due to the calendar layout, I actually had 5 rounds of buys this month.  That was pretty crazy. Decided to go ahead and do another "wild card" round to cap off the month.  A few new positions, which is odd as I've said more than once that I want to try and focus on building up existing positions.  These names, however were just calling to me.  The pizza chains are largely due to the fact that I work in the industry (though, ironically enough, I'm employed by one of their competitors, but whatever.)  With the addition of Lockheed and General Dynamics, not only do I bring in representation to a sector that my portfolio didn't have before, but it's a freaking cool one.  Defense and aerospace (ie space exploration)? Heck yeah, I'll throw money at that.  Of course, I also got some Vanguard goodness in there too. To top things off, AT&T becomes the first full share holding in my Robinhood portfolio. Not too shabby, all things considered.

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Robinhood Buys: 3/23/2021

 

Starbucks (SBUX): $3

Campbell's (CPB): $3

Realty Income (O): $3

Verizon (VZ): $3

Global X Superdividend (SDIV): $1

Wisdom Tree (DON): $1

Powershares High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): $1

AGNC: $1

STAG Industrial (STAG): $1

Main Street Capital (MAIN): $1

Nasdaq Covered Call ETF (QYLD): $1

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Robinhood Buys: 3/16/2021

 

It might sound crazy, but it ain't no lie; baby, buy buy buy

3M (MMM): $3

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): $3

Emerson (EMR): $3

PepsiCo (PEP): $3

AT&T (T): $3

Target (TGT): $3

McDonald's (MCD): $3

ConEd (ED): $3

Proctor & Gamble (PG): $3

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'Let's Get It Right' EX3 Network 9

 

Everybody, one clap!   ....Please clap?

Robinhood Buys: 3/9/2021

 

Vanguard Total Market Index (VTI): $4

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): $4

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO): $4

Vanguard US REIT Fund: $4

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index (VIG): $4

Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU): $4

After the super zany last round of buys, we go back to the tried and true Vanguard batch.  Admittedly, some of these funds got hit last time around, but there's nothing wrong with that.

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Robinhood Buys: 3/4/2021

 Routine, repetitive systematic stock buys are all well and good, but every so often, you need to throw a curve ball in there to keep things interesting.  Let's get weird.

Chevron (CVX): $3.02

Vanguard Total Market Index (VTI): $4.01

JM Smucker (SJM): $3.01

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): $3.01

Paychex (PAYX): $2.04

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG):  $2.02

Exxon Mobil (XOM): $3.02

Vanguard REIT Fund (VNQ): $3.03

Hormel (HRL): $4.02 

AT&T (T): $4.03

The repossession of Dunkin' Brands left some loose change in my Robinhood account.  Since I usually only deal in full dollar buys, I thought I'd clear it out and bring it back to an even keel.  Again, got a good mix of Vanguard ETF's and individual holdings.  There were two new positions added, Chevron and JM Smucker.  A lot of the other buys are new to the Robinhood wing, but were positions I already had over on E-Trade, thus I am still fulfilling the goal of building up rather than out.  It's interesting to note that JM Smucker manufactures and distributes the bags and boxes of Dunkin coffee that is sold in grocery stores, so I was able to restore the position in a manner of speaking. Another cool thing, AT&T is very close to becoming the first full share holding on Robinhood.  Would be very surprised if it didn't happen this month.  All in all, a good round to start the month off. 

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February 2021 Dividend Income: Penny and Dime

 You need some good news, baby, cause the world's going crazy.  Well, much like X, I am going to give it to you.  It was a mid-quarter!  These are the big cahunas for these posts.  As such, there isn't much time to dilly dally.  Let's get to it.

Campbell's Soup (CPB): $.04

AGNC: $0.29 (+$0.15 QoQ; +$0.12 YoY)

Westrock (WRK): $0.84 (+$0.01 QoQ; -$0.58 YoY)

Proctor & Gamble (PG): $0.87 (+$0.05 QoQ)

AT&T (T): $2.92 (+$0.54 QoQ; +1.81 YoY)

Global X Superdividend (SDIV): $0.02

Paychex (PAYX): $1.33 (+$0.01 QoQ; +$0.04 YoY)

People's United (PBCT): $0.36 ($0.18 QoQ)

Kinder Morgan (KMI): $1.41 (+$0.02 QoQ; +$0.39 YoY)

Powershares S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): $0.01

Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI): $3.06 ( +$0.06 QoQ; +$0.87 YoY)

Hormel (HRL): $0.76 (+$0.04 QoQ; +$0.05 YoY)

Sprague Resources (SRLP): $9.67 (+$0.39 QoQ; +$1.51 YoY)

Realty Income (O): $1.02 (+$0.02 QoQ; +$0.29 YoY)

Tanger Factory Outlets (SKT): $0.36 (+$0.36 QoQ; -$1.12 YoY)

Publix: $9.18 (Same QoQ; +$8.88 YoY)

This brings the sub-total to $32.14, up $2 from last quarter and up $9.45 from last year.  Some positions regressed, Westrock from its dividend cut and Tanger from its suspension and the subsequent sale.  It is good to see it back in the rotation, though.  I can rebuild it: better, faster, stronger; natch.

401K dividends were as follows

Publix: $2.73   ($0.09 QoQ; +$1.26 YoY)

Baird Aggregate Bond Fund: $0.81 (+$0.04 QoQ; +$0.17 YoY)

401K Subtotal: $3.54  (+$0.13 QoQ)

That makes the grand total $35.68, up $2.10 from the last record breaking mid-quarter

Most of the buys have already been logged (here, here, here, and here).  Outside of that, I added another share of Sprague Resources (SRLP).  I hadn't really touched that position in some time due to the fact that it's one of my chonkier positions (barring Publix, it's actually the chonkiest) and the DRIP alone seems to be moving it right along.  There is a reason I added it now, and you'll see why in the May post.  That post is going to be fun. 

Oh, and interest clocked in at $2.61.

I actually did make an attempt to update the portfolio, but as I was logging into my 401K, Blogger decided to undo my work and revert the portfolio post to what it was when I first opened it. This next month will have a bigger impact, so it's probably better to just wait at this point.  

Overall, though, this was a solid month.  It's always nice to break a record and while some positions did have year over year regression, the forward progress remained intact.  

2021 is moving right along.  It's hard to believe we're almost at the end of the first quarter.  It seems like the year just started.  There's still ten months remaining, though, plenty of time to move the needle and raise the bar ever higher.

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