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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Reddit Fails at Stock

 Reddit was up to some shenanigans this week that sent shock waves through the invest-o-sphere.  From what I can gather, they hatched some scheme to buy stocks in certain companies en masse to artificially drive the price up, then sell it to cash out and send the stock price crashing down  They did this because...I don't know, something about hedge funds; it was weird.

Right out of the gate, I could have told them that this was the wrong play and that they should have, instead, bought some dividend paying stocks, held on to them, and started building those passive income streams.  Hindsight is 2020, though, so what's done is done.  This would all be well and good, but brokerage firms are now restricting buys on these companies, which has prompted a lot of "the rich won't let us play in their sandbox" caterwauling. That's nonsense, but whatever.

The first company to get hit was GameStop.  Now, I was surprised to find out that this was a publicly traded company.  I figured they were the sort to operate on a franchise set up.  This company's inclusion perplexed me at first, given that GameStop doesn't have the best reputation.  They're one of the bigger heels in the retail industry.  Giving it further thought, though, it did make sense.  I could see people saying "hey, let's buy their stock en masse and sell it because $#^$ em".  To my knowledge, that wasn't the driving factor.  It might have been icing on the cake, but it seems like hedge funds were the primary target and the bigger adversary.

The second was AMC theaters.  This was a missed opportunity.  Movie theaters have been hit especially hard and a lot of AMC theaters have had to close as a result of the pandemic.  If people had bought the shares as a way to support the industry and ensure that movie theaters were able to open when the age of COVID did finally end, it could have actually been a useful bit of internet activism.  Alas, that wasn't how things played out.  

Bed, Bath, and Beyond was the final brand in the trifecta.  It doesn't seem like there's any rhyme or reason on this one.  If there is, I don't know what it is.

While a lot of people are talking about how this is making for a volatile market, that bridge had already been crossed some time ago.  On the plus side, this will probably just be a blip in the grand scheme of things.  I don't think it's going to be an ongoing endeavor.  I could be wrong, but it seemed more like a one and done action.  After a couple of weeks, things will even themselves out.

The lesson here is buy and hold.  Investing is better than trying the day trading thing; the latter is basically gambling.  If you want your cut of the Wall Street pie, go ahead and get it.  

April 2020 Dividend Income: Down With the Sickness

So, the bad news is that COVID-19 still hasn't been sent back to hell.  The good news is that, while the market was volatile, the dividends came in steady.  Without further ado, let's get to it.

Pepsi (PEP): $0.97  Up a penny from last quarter due to DRIP
Iron Mountain (IRM): $1.97  Up $0.04 QoQ from DRIP.  Up $1.36 from last year
AGNC: $0.18    Up a penny from last quarter

Best Buy (BBY): $3.85   Best Buy coming in with a dividend increase.  This marks the first reinvested dividend from this company.  A part of me wonders where the position would be if I had set the dividends to reinvest all those years ago, but at the same time, being able to see it now does seem like the more favorable set up.

Franklin Resources (BEN): $1.93    Up $0.02 QoQ and up $1.41 YoY
Bed, Bath, and Beyond (BBBY): $0.70  Up a penny due to DRIP

Realty Income (O): $0.97  Up $0.24 from last month due to a purchase and a dividend increase.  Up $0.26 QoQ with DRIP also contributing.  YoY growth is $0.28 cents

Armanino Foods (AMNF): $0.30  Up $0.02 due to a dividend increase

That brings the total to $10.87.  Breaking the double digit threshold in a non mid-quarter month is pretty nice (why is the quarter ender my weakest month?)  With the Best Buy dividend stabilized, it should ensure that the bar remains set.

The 401K added another $0.76 to the table, bringing the grand total to $11.63.  That's up $4.52 from last quarter and up $9.53 from last year.

Interest payments clocked in at  $3.17. This is up from last quarter, but down from last month.

It was a decent month on the buying front.  I added another share of Westrock (WRK) to the portfolio.  I also brought two new positions to the table with single share purchases of Leggett and Platt (LEG) and Walgreen's Boots Alliance (WBA). Both are aristocrats, with the pharmacy drug store chain only a stone's throw away from kinghood.  I think if I can keep making small purchases like this on a regular basis, it'll go a long way.  With the market doing what it's doing, it seems like a good chance to diversify, but I'm also making a point to build the already existing positions to get the snowball moving a bit faster.  It's kind of annoying to see a whole list of just one share stocks, so hopefully, I'll be able to spice it up with larger positions later on down the road.  The portfolio hasn't been updated just yet, but I'll be getting around to it in the near future.

That about wraps things up.  All in all, I was pleased with how the numbers turned out.  It wasn't an all-time record, but I think this is a peak for the quarter opener months, which is something.  Next quarter, though, is the big cahuna of the quarterly payouts.  It'll be a doozy, that's for sure.

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January 2020 Dividend Income: We Must Protect This House

2020 is off and running.  A month has already come and gone, but that just means it's time to log the dividends of the past month.  Let's get to it.

Iron Mountain (IRM): $1.93   Up $0.06 from last quarter due to DRIP and a dividend increase.
Pepsi (PEP): $0.96   Same as last time
Franklin Resources (BEN): $1.91  Up $0.60 due to a dividend increase and DRIP
AGNC: $0.17  Same as last time
Bed, Bath, and Beyond (BBBY): $0.69  Up a penny due to DRIP
Realty Income (O): $0.71   Same as last month 
Armanino Foods (AMNF): $0.28  Same as last quarter


This brings the sub-total up to $6.65.  It's up $0.68 from last quarter, but down compared to last year.

The 401K threw in $0.46, which is down 4 cents from last quarter, but up $0.30 from last year.

This brings the grand dividend total to $7.11, up $0.64 from last quarter, but down when looking at the YOY numbers.  That is largely due to the Best Buy fluke.

Speaking of, I've got good news for those who have been flummoxed by the randomness of that particular payer. Whilst visiting family for the holidays, I went rummaging through some old papers and found a way to get my Best Buy account sorted out.  So now, they have my current residential info and I set that dividend to reinvest.  As such, not only will the pay schedule normalize going forward, but we'll also be seeing a bit more momentum added to the dividend snowball. I am going to miss those checks, but I can change it back (and even do a DRIP/payment split apparently, which is kind of cool) later on down the line.

Interest payments clocked in at $3.05, which is down from December.  I chalk this up to the fact that I have started moving money from my online savings account into the IRA's.  It's a lateral move, at face value, but given the way compounding works, it actually results in a small step back, as you can see.  The way I figure, the Roth is giving me tax free growth and the deposits in the traditional IRA are going to give me a bigger tax return (I'm still working on the 2019 contributions at this point), so I think this strategy will work out to my benefit in the long term.

No buys this month.  I said that investing was going to be light early on and it proved true here.  I'm viewing the IRA contributions as my "moves" for the month.  I was able to increase my 401K contribution, though.  My employer had originally set the limit an associate could contribute to 10% of their income, which is what I was doing, but this year they upped the contribution limit to 30%...which I can't do...yet.  My brain fought itself pretty hard on this one.  There was a lengthy internal back and forth of

   "Do it!"
   "Can't"
   "Do it!"
   "Can't!"
   "DOO IIIT!!!"
   "CAAAANN'T!!!"



Ultimately, I didn't, though it is a goal for me to get myself to the point where I can.  As of now, it's at 11%, a small increase, but I am at least taking advantage of the bigger window.

Overall, this wasn't a shabby way to start off the new year.  There was decent growth due to DRIP, as well as a few dividend increases.  It may not have been a blow out and there were some decreased numbers peppered throughout, but pieces are being moved into place so that, going forward, things can progress much more effectively.

           


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Taking Stock: The Portfolio

(As of 12/18/2023)


It's common procedure for investing bloggers to display their portfolios.  Others often have a separate page, but I'm just making it a post in its own right.  I'll update it when I can and indicate it as such with the date noted above.  With that out of the way, let's run down the list, shall we?

E-Trade

AGNC:   10.763 shares
Armanino Foods (AMNF): 20 shares
AT&T (T): 13.208 shares

Coca-Cola (KO): 3.253 shares

Exxon Mobil (XOM): 2.235 shares
Flowers Foods (FLO): 7.021 shares
Franklin Resources (BEN): 11.683 shares
Hormel (HRL): 4.39 shares
Iron Mountain (IRM): 6.476 shares

Kimberly Clark (KMB): 1.103 shares
Kinder Morgan (KMI): 9.902 shares

Kraft-Heinz (KHC): 4.432 shares
Kroger (KR): 6.685 shares
Leggett and Platt (LEG): 5.46 shares

Main Street Capital (MAIN): 1 share

Realty Income (O): 26.775 shares
Omega Healthcare (OHI): 8.194 shares

Paramount Global (PARA) (formerly ViacomCBS): 10.556 shares
Paychex (PAYX): 2.318 shares

Pepsi (PEP): 1.127 shares

Pfizer (PFE): 3.317 shares
Proctor and Gamble (PG):  2.133 shares
The SJW Group (SJW): 1.094 shares

SpartanNash (SPTN): 5.319 shares
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT): 5.538 shares
VF Corp (VFC): 7.558 shares

Walgreen's Boots Alliance (WBA): 3.478 shares

Wendy's (WEN): 12.215 shares
Westrock (WRK): 7.65 shares

Independent Positions

Best Buy (BBY): 15.048424 shares

Publix: 415.5987 shares

Robin Hood portfolio

3M (MMM): 0.364741 shares

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): 0.59775 shares

Emerson (EMR): 0.846335 shares

Pepsi (PEP): 0.555361 shares

AT&T (T): 3.49 shares

Target (TGT): 0.463863 shares

McDonald's (MCD): 0.335331 shares

ConEd (ED): 1.06 shares

Proctor & Gamble (PG): 0.415436 shares

Vanguard Total Market Index (VTI): 4.21 shares

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): 1.15 shares

Vanguard S&P 500 Index (VOO): 0.340448 shares

Vanguard REIT Index (VNQ): 1.09 shares

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index (VIG): 1.02 shares

Vanguard Utilities Index (VPU): 0.526899 shares

Starbucks (SBUX): 0.645776 shares

Campbell's (CPB): 1.12 shares

Realty Income (O): 1.11 shares

Invesco High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): 1.07 shares

AGNC: 2.09 shares

GlobalXSuperdividend (SDIV): 1.18 shares

Wisdom Tree (DON): 0.832006 shares

Verizon (VZ): 1.24 shares

Stag (STAG): 1.09 shares

Main (MAIN): 1.15 shares

Nasdaq Covered Call ETF (QYLD): 1.3 shares

Chevron (CVX): 0.334233 shares

Smuckers (SJM): 0.211433 shares

Paychex (PAYX); 0.32829 shares

Exxon Mobil (XOM): 1.06 shares

Hormel (HRL): 1.04 shares

Papa Johns (PZZA): 0.403487 shares

Domino's (DPZ): 0.101864 shares

Lockheed (LMT): 0.162697 shares

Yum (YUM): 0.352905 shares

General Dynamics (GD): 0.246862 shares

SJW: 1.05 shares

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG): 0.131474 shares

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO): 1.08 shares

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD): 1.08 shares

Intel (INTC): 1.15 shares

Apple (AAPL): 0.069912 shares

MicroSoft (MSFT): 0.05748 shares 

IBM: 0.113651 shares

Hewlett Packard (HPQ): 1.11 shares

Kinder Morgan (KMI): 1.11 shares

VF Corp (VFC): 1.09 shares

Coca-Cola (KO): 0.388672 shares

Kroger (KR): 0.430987 shares

Kraft-Heinz (KHC): 0.756372 shares

Unilever (UL): 0.703842 shares

McCormick (MKC): 0.136082 shares 

NextEra Energy (NEE): 0.413895 shares

iShares Gold Trust (IAU): 4.19 shares

iShares Silver Trust (SLV): 7.01 shares

Dogecoin (DOGE): 1,975.74

Ethereum (ETH): 0.097486

Bitcoin (BITC): 0.00724303

Robinhood Roth IRA

General Mills (GIS): 2.6 shares

Kellogg (K): 2.92 shares

Clorox (CLX): 0.837545 shares

Colgate (CL): 2.46 shares

Northrop Grumman (NOC): 0.277419 shares

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD): 0.818728 shares

Exxon Mobil (XOM): 0.481795 shares

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): 0.419791 shares

WK Kellogg Co (KLG): 1.4 shares

401K

Invesco Stable Value Trust Fund: 322.1983 shares

Baird Aggregate Bond Fund: 162.7132 shares

T. Rowe Price Value Fund: 47.0659 shares

State Street S&P 500 Index Fund: 17.8886 shares

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund: 29.0268 shares

State Street S&P Midcap Index: 44.2931 shares

DFA US Small Cap: 22.6985 shares

American EuroPacific Growth: 16.2716 shares

Publix: 226.1639 shares

State Street Conservative Strategy Balanced Securities: 42.6204 shares

State Street Moderate Strategy Balanced Securities: 35.2041 shares

State Street Aggressive Strategy Balanced Securities: 31.4233 shares

Roth IRA

Realty Income (O): 9 shares

Exxon Mobil (XOM): 6 shares

Campbell's Soup (CPB): 10 shares

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO): 2 shares

PepsiCo (PEP): 3 shares

SJW Group (SJW): 8 shares

Hershey (HSY): 2 shares

Lowe's (LOW): 3 shares

Home Depot (HD): 2 shares

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK): 6 shares

JP Morgan ETF Trust (JEPI): 8 shares

Scott's Miracle Gro (SMG): 12 shares

IRA

Vanguard Total Market ETF (VTI): 5 shares

Coca-Cola (KO): 8 shares

NextEra Energy (NEE): 6 shares

Verizon (VZ): 10 shares

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): 6 shares

Proctor & Gamble (PG): 3 shares

Hormel (HRL): 10 shares

Sherwin Williams (SHW): 2 shares

T. Rowe Price (TROW): 4 shares

Schwab US Dividend Equity Fund (SCHD): 7 shares

Kimberly Clark (KMB): 4 shares

iShares Dividend Core Growth ETF (DGRO): 12 shares 

October 2019 Dividend Income: Straight Cash Homie

With Halloween having come and gone, it's time to see whether the month of October delivered tricks or treats.  Let's do the dividend thing, shall we?

Pepsi (PEP): $0.96   Technically, this is a September payer, with an official listed payout date of 9/30.  However, as dividends don't appear in my account until the next day, this becomes an October payer.  It's odd, but it is what it is.

Iron Mountain: $1.87  Up $0.04 from last quarter due to DRIP
AGNC: $0.17   Same as last month.
Franklin Resources (BEN): $1.31  Up $0.79 due to new shares bought and DRIP
Bed, Bath, and Beyond (BBBY): $0.68
Realty Income (O): $0.70   Same as last month.  I was going to lament the fact that even the combination of DRIP and a dividend increase wasn't enough to move the needle, however, next month's payment is projected to have that one cent uptick, as such, I can roll with it.

Armanino (AMNF): $0.28 same as last quarter.


All in all, that brings us to $5.97.  With the 401K throwing in an extra $0.50 we get a total of $6.47.  This total is actually down over a quarterly basis.  It's annoying, but there wasn't much I could do about it.  Just as Best Buy contributed to last month's growth, so too does it account for the QoQ shrinkage here.  Annually, the total is only up $0.26.  The Barnes and Noble loss had a lot to do with that figure, giving me yet another reason to be vexed by that whole fiasco.

That being said, I do think my portfolio is a lot stronger now than it was then.  As such, I can shake it off for the most part.

Interest payments clocked in at $3.90, which is up $0.07 from last month.

October purchases were as follows.

1 share of Kinder Morgan (KMI)
1 share of Tanger Factory Outlet (SKT)
1 share of Sprague Resources (SRLP)
1 share of Bloomin' Brands (BLMN)
1 share of Westrock (WRK)

Can you tell I'm not paying brokerage commission fees anymore?  It looks absurd, but really, this development is great for a small timer like myself.  I can nickel and dime my way up; plus, those "work annoyed me" purchases won't be so much of a detriment. 

My original plan was to just buy 5 shares of SRLP, but I figured this was the better way to go.  That company accounts for a large portion of my income already.  It's funny, lately I've been trying to find companies that don't pay in the mid-quarter months, as that segment is so far ahead of the other months.  This time, however, I zeroed in on those specific companies so that I could hit a milestone.  I'm pretty sure I hit it, but we'll see next month.

I have started keeping cash on me.  It helps keep the credit card balance down.  While I pay them in full to avoid interest and there's no rebate incentive, it is nice not seeing that number creep up as the week or month progresses.  On top of that, stockpiling loose change is a longstanding savings technique, so that's pretty cool.  I've also used this as an impetus to do the Ramsey/Hogan envelope thing.  It's working pretty well so far.

That wraps things up for this month.  Considering October is supposed to be one of the rougher months for wall street, this went pretty smoothly.  Next month is the mid-quarter, though, and that's always the heavy hitter for me.  Definitely looking forward to that post.

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August 2019 Dividend Income: "David, No!" "David, YEEESSSS!!!"

Some in my family have raised concerns and objections about these dividend posts.  It may seem odd that this comes up more than a year after I started, but I think the impetus was the unclaimed property, where the numbers featured were a bit larger (though in the grand scheme of things, it wasn't that big).  The fear largely centers around hacking/identity theft.  The thought is that these posts will draw the wrong kind of attention. I get it. I do want to go on record and say that the objections were duly noted and I did take the "stop doing them" suggestion under advisement.  As you can see, though, I have decided to push forward. 

So, yeah, onward and upward as they say.

Alright, with all that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff; the material you really came here for: the dividend income for August.  As has been mentioned before, the mid-quarters are my big payer.  There's a lot to cover, so let's dive in.

AT&T (T): $1.05  Up a penny from last quarter due to reinvestment
AGNC: $0.16       Same as last month
Sprague Resources (SRLP):  $3.71    Up $0.13 from reinvestment
Hormel (HRL): $0.43   Up a penny from reinvestment
Kinder Morgan (KMI): $0.75
Omega Healthcare (OHI): $2.09   Up $0.04 from reinvestment
Realty Income (O): $0.70   Same as last month
Senior Housing (SNH): $0.15  Same as last quarter
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT): $1.07
Westrock (WRK): $0.91
Paychex (PAYX): $1.27 Up a penny from reinvestment
Arconic (ARNC): $0.02   Same as last quarter
Barnes and Noble (BKS) $3.08  Up $0.09 from last quarter due to reinvestment.
Publix paid $1.27 in dividends.  The non-401K portion remained $0.30, while the 401K shares threw in $0.97 in dividends.  The latter number is up $0.25 from last quarter.  This is due to reinvested dividends as well as some of my contributions going to more shares in the company.

The 401K also added another $0.44 in dividends (up $0.08) courtesy of one of the other funds.

That brings the non 401K dividend total to $15.69.  If we include the 401K, the total jumps to $17.10.  It's another record and just shy of the $20 threshold.  I'm pretty confident I'll have that beat by November.

Bank interest threw in $3.46 of passive income, which is up $0.74 from last month.

Sadly, this is going to be the last time you see Barnes and Noble featured on this list.  They were bought out by some hedge fund and became privately owned.  I, myself, voted against this arrangement, as Barnes and Noble was the passion project of the portfolio.  You could say that this was the company I was most invested in.  Sadly, the other shareholders didn't think the same way.  It's odd too, as by the time the form went out for us to cast our vote, the stock was worth more than what the hedge fund was offering.  I was certain that no one was going to take that deal, but here we are.  You did a dumb, shareholders.   You did a dumb.

I have no idea how to go about getting the company back into the public market, but I hope it happens.  This not being a Barnes and Noble shareholder thing isn't working for me.  I need my stake in the company back. Seeing as the deal just went through, I think it's safe to say it's going to be a while so I guess I'm just going to have to get used to it....for now.

In addition to a plethora of dividends that got reinvested.  This was a pretty active month on the stock buying front, with 4 purchases under the belt.

The first was a share of Pepsi (PEP).  A bit pricier than what I'm used to, but a great brand.  Now, when I use the vending machine at work, I can not only quench my thirst, but fund my own future.  See, tactics.

The second was 5 shares of Sprague Resources (SRLP).  I haven't really gone back to this company.  The thing that drew me to it in the first place (low cost, big dividend) suddenly became the reason I decided to keep my distance. However, with the loss of Barnes and Noble, I had to make up that loss in forward income.  With the money I got from the hedge fund, this was the only company that could allow me to do that.  On the plus side, it not only succeeded in that goal, but also boosted the number higher than it was before.

The third purchase was 3 shares of Franklin Resources (BEN).  I picked these up after that 800 point drop in the market.  An affordable dividend aristocrat and a company that I knew DIDN'T pay in the mid-quarter month.  I figured it was worth nabbing a few more shares.

The fourth and final purchase was 4 shares of Bed, Bath, and Beyond (BBBY).  Like the prior, this was a post-dip purchase, though it did happen at a later date.  This also doubled as a "work annoyed me" purchase, so hooray for multi-tasking.

All in all, this was a good month, Barnes and Noble loss notwithstanding.  A lot of forward progress with some interesting curve balls thrown in. 2019 is going into its third trimester.  It should be interesting to see where things go as we move closer to year's end.

                                                                                                    

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