Weekly Dividend Investment Activity

Hello everyone,

Although this week was not very active for me, as I'm saving up for a larger buy this month, I did manage a few small purchases in my Loyal3 account. I'm really thinking I will go with a REIT on the next investment, but I'll see where the market is at that time.  I may end up adding to my XOM position as well, as I think there is real value in energy right now.  I'm hoping the market stays volatile so I can pick up some shares on clearance, either way.  

This posting will detail last week’s investment activity at Loyal3.  I ended up adding a tiny amount to some companies I already own. 

Dividend Growth Investing:

Loyal3:

As I was saying, I had a few small purchases in my Loyal3 account.  I really like the ability to throw down some nominal amounts at any time to slowly accumulate shares.  I'm hoping it eventually pays off, as it doesn't seem to be much, but I'm betting it will begin to slowly add up to pretty decent numbers. In addition, I'll keep taking advantage of no fee investing while the going is good!! I'm always skeptical of anything 'free' so we shall see. It's been great so far in the few months I've been using them. 

I ended up investing $90, which was spread out over four companies.  I invested the following: 

The Walt Disney Co.: $20.00

McDonald's Corp.: $30.00

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.: $20.00

Target Corp.: $20.00

Dividends:

I had one dividend payment for the week, as the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (DPS) paid out $0.58 in my Loyal3 account. I haven't really added to DPS lately, as I've been trying to add to KO first.  I do like the potential of DPS, but the price has risen to almost 12 month highs lately.  In this market, it doesn't appear to be of good value, in comparsion to others. I'll have to run some numbers and try to find a fair market value before I initiate any more buys in the company. 

Summary:

The week was not very interesting overall.  I invested $90.00 in fresh capital and put some other cash in my buy fund for a larger purchase coming up in a week or so.  This coming week I will be making some more purchases in my Loyal3 account and maybe a few automatic investments will go through.  My annual forward dividend income now sits at $135.09.  It's slowly starting to build up!