July EOM Wrapup

Survived another month!

July was especially fun with the unexpected KRFT payment. I was going to be on the bubble to reach my $1500 yearly goal but now I'll far exceed it.

Charts

Purchases

Loyal3
-Normal buys
BUD
DIS
KO
UL
INTC

-Took a speculative position in FTR. I mostly took the position due to dividend yield and that i can buy it commission free and DRIP via Loyal3. Its also nearing all time lows. I don't insist on waiting for a bottom but this one was near lows so figured I'd take the purchase.

FTR

Taxable

Canadian Banks are/were on sale due to a rate cut announced in  July. So i purchased:
BNS
RY
BMO

Ford  (F) was cheap, so I added some additional shares

I also averaged down on :
IPPLF
EBGUF

Lastly,  a speculative position on CSD http://guggenheiminvestments.com/products/etf/csd  CSD is a spin off ETF and allows me some exposure to companies i wouldn't want to buy individually or too difficult (for me) to track.

Of course all the above (with the exception of F) is in the red with how the market is :-/ I'll keep looking for opportunities when sectors are on sale.

I've updated the portfolio spreadsheet Google doc.

IRA Purchase VOD, RY, GE

Bought 10 RY @ 62.3999

I want to slowly add some foreign exposure.  Historically Canadian banks have held up ok. So figured some exposure wouldn't hurt and the dividend yield is good (3.97%).  This adds $25.10 in passive dividend income.

Chart

The stock is looking weak right now but I guess i'm hoping its on sale.  Checking out a monthly chart most of the time the 50 SMA has held up as support. If we blow through that maybe i'll start to get worried.

On the weekly the 200 has held as support.

Will also be eyeing that $60 area for a swing trade if it holds.

other info

http://www.dividendgrowthinvestingandretirement.com/2013/07/the-great-canadian-banking-series-royal-bank-of-canada-dividend-stock-analysis-part-4-of-10/

There was also a more recent article on Canadian banks but i cant find it.

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Bought 15 VOD @ 34.86

In the theme of a little more foreign exposure I bought VOD.  This adds $16.50 in passive dividend income.

Chart

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I also added to my GE position as planned if it went under $24.

Bought 20 GE @ 23.7199