Weekly Activity - Dividend Investments and TSP

Hi fellow dividend gamers,

Whew this week flew by… I can’t believe it’s Friday evening already.  I had some investment activity this week, as I made two buys and received one “small” dividend from KO.  In addition, I contributed to my Thrift Savings Plan ( TSP ), which is my retirement investment account.   In total, I invested approximately $1217.00 in fresh capital, as I’m putting it to work in my dividend growth and retirement accounts. 

Dividend Growth Investing:

  

I had one automatic investment completed during the week.  The following trade was completed:

Exxon Mobil Corp. ( XOM ):  I invested $65.00 at a purchase price of $92.85 for 0.700017 shares.  

I plan on continuing investing in XOM on a small basis and reinvesting my dividends until I obtain a nice size position. 

Yesterday, I bought Ford Motor Company ( F ) as detailed in the prior post.  F has had a significant downturn in the past week and I thought it presented a good opportunity to add a position.  While it may not be a traditional DGI stock, I feel F has room to grow its dividend and create some capital gains.  I bought 51 shares of Ford at a share price of $14.50, for a total of just under $740.  The Yield on Cost (YOC) was about 3.45%, so not bad at all.  If it keeps going down, I may add another 49 shares to round my lot to 100. 

Thrift Savings Plan ( TSP )

This week I again contributed to the Thrift Savings Plan ( TSP ), as I made a pre-tax contribution of approximately $412.00 to purchase shares of the C Fund, S Fund, and the I Fund.  I should have changed my allocations a bit and tweaked my holdings, but I stayed with the 60/20/20 split.  The I Fund was hit very hard during the month of September, so my overall balance has dropped even after making three contributions during the month.  The balance is now just north of $47,000. 

DIVIDENDS

I had one dividend deposited for the week, as The Coca-Cola Company ( KO ) rewarded my small position with a payment of $1.31.  This was deposited into my Loyal3 account, and I plan on using it with some fresh capital to make a purchase this coming week.

Summary:

A decent week, as I continue to put my money to work with investments.  I invested $1217.00 during the week, which was spread out between my retirement account and my dividend growth portfolio.  It was nice to see another dividend rolling in; it’s addictive really.  Even with the small amount, it just makes me want to invest more and more to grow my account quickly.  On another good note, my dividend growth portfolio crossed over the $5000 amount this week and my estimated annual dividend now sits at $133!  I'm happy about that, as my investments continue to grow week by week.  Thanks for checking out my weekly purchases!