This MS Excel workbook now shows not only the Expected Dividends from the currently held positions across the HYHRD portfolio ($11,364.34/year), but now I have also added in the Equal Weight spreadsheet that shows the dollar amounts invested in each stock ($115,687.77), but this figure is now incorrect because of the migration to sharebuilder (apparently some of the the costs did not migrate). This also enables me to calculate the ACTUAL YIELD for the portfolio holdings, and adds another spreadsheet called, amazingly enough, Actual Yield! From this sheet, I can further determine the most ‘bang for the buck’ by calculating the dividend expected per dollar invested! Um, please don’t put too much faith on that and base your investment on it, as I just wanted to calculate how much each stock would potentially earn (This portfolio should be expected to return about 9.82% in dividends alone, according to the calculations that were last done). This does NOT consider capital gain/loss, like the new ‘scoring’ procedure does. I now use this new ‘scoring’ procedure along with all of the other indicators and sometimes my ‘gut feeling’ as to what and how to invest. Do your homework and do your own due diligence! YMMV!
The Costco brokerage has weekly contributions which will be ongoing at $75.00 per week starting May 30th. I am beginning the Advantage Plan in June and will invest in 3 stocks weekly, with some input using the new ‘scoring’ procedure along with all of the other indicators.
The Costco Roth IRA account (now fully transferred from the sharebuilder Roth IRA) has weekly contributions ongoing at $125.00 per week. I am continuing with the Advantage Plan and will invest in 3 stocks weekly, with some input using the new ‘scoring’ procedure along with all of the other indicators.
The Costco IRA account (now fully transferred from the Fidelity IRA) has no weekly contributions but I am begining the Advantage Plan and will invest in 3 stocks weekly using dividends to fund the investments, with some input using the new ‘scoring’ procedure along with all of the other indicators.
The phoenix brokerage has weekly contributions which will be ongoing at $75.00 per week starting May 30th. I am beginning the Advantage Plan in June and will invest in 3 stocks weekly, with some input using the new ‘scoring’ procedure along with all of the other indicators.
The phoenix Roth IRA account (now fully transferred from the optionsXpress Roth IRA) has weekly contributions ongoing at $125.00 per week. I am beginning the Advantage Plan and will invest in 3 stocks weekly, with some input using the new ‘scoring’ procedure along with all of the other indicators.
The phoenix IRA account (now fully transferred from the optionsXpress IRA) has no weekly contributions but I am begining the Advantage Plan and will invest in 3 stocks weekly using dividends to fund the investments, with some input using the new ‘scoring’ procedure along with all of the other indicators.
The eoption IRA is to explore other ‘options’ for revenue streams. This account is also good for buying stocks which cannot be bought in the sharebuilder TIRA accounts. Stay tuned…
Mr. Market may have different ideas than you or I, so it’s always a good idea to at least have a look each day. I don’t like buying when the market is down or going down, but I don’t mind buying so much when the market is going up.
Here is the Expected Dividends workbook;
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