As I mentioned earlier today, after a year hiatus, I am re-starting Magic Formula Investing with a clean slate. My approach will be 5 stocks to be bought a quarter, hold for a year, then rinse and repeat. I promise not to meddle and my focus (this time) will be on stocks at least 500m in market cap... I fell in love too much last time trying to hit home runs. I will also stay with my dividend portfolio, which has worked very well.
Here I am after day 1
| Stock | Start | Current | Dividend | Pct Gain | R3K Gain |
| DLB | $34.43 | $34.54 | $0.00 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| KFY | $13.98 | $14.14 | $0.00 | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| MSFT | $30.19 | $30.20 | $0.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| NSU | $3.62 | $3.58 | $0.00 | -1.0% | 0.0% |
| UIS | $19.96 | $20.47 | $0.00 | 2.5% | 0.0% |
| Totals | $20.43 | $20.58 | $0.00 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
Always nice to be off to a good start!
Dividend News
Tomorrow, two of my stocks go x-dividend: CPL and PRE. I jut noticed CPL as it was mentioned in this article (The Best Dividends On August 16, 2012). The CPL dividend is a drop from 2011... probably explains the stock price decline. Still, I think having a foreign utility that pays a decent dividend (6.5%) in a growing economy is a good part of diversification. I have no trouble buying some additional shares with my re-purchase at a lower price.
CSCO Skyrockets
CSCO is the third biggest holding in my entire portfolio (slightly behind PRE and ENH). I had added some shares this quarter as they sold off after a so-so quarter in May. So it is safe to say I was thrilled after the closing bell this evening to read they had solid earnings AND are increasing annual dividend from 32 cents to 56 cents (a 75% increase, 2nd increase of the year and a 3.2% yield) in their press release (Cisco Dividend Boost Signals Maturing Player; Profit Rises). They were trading up over 5% during happy hour this evening. We'll see what happens tomorrow, but I may be drinking some champagne.
Even without tomorrows hopeful CSCO pop, my divvy portfolio is doing quite nicely thank you, up over 16% ytd and has a 14% annual internal rate of return since I started tracking in Dec 2010.
| Stock | Shares | Avg Cost | Current Price | Dividends Received | Pct Change | R3K Change | Diff |
| BHK | 3,009 | 12.60 | 14.74 | 2,667 | 24.0% | 4.5% | 19.4% |
| CPL | 1,530 | 22.61 | 23.65 | 877 | 7.1% | 15.7% | -8.5% |
| CSCO | 4,230 | 17.19 | 17.35 | 825 | 2.1% | 5.0% | -2.9% |
| CSQ | 5,330 | 8.23 | 10.06 | 3,739 | 30.8% | 20.2% | 10.6% |
| ENH | 2,000 | 34.80 | 36.90 | - | 6.0% | 2.8% | 3.2% |
| FCX | 1,021 | 37.55 | 34.76 | 749 | -5.5% | 9.0% | -14.5% |
| FSC | 2,702 | 9.78 | 10.44 | 1,011 | 10.5% | 3.0% | 7.5% |
| HFC | 1,069 | 33.80 | 39.92 | 1,117 | 21.2% | 1.7% | 19.5% |
| INTC | 1,302 | 19.74 | 26.27 | 1,559 | 39.1% | 22.1% | 17.1% |
| JPM | 1,661 | 35.18 | 37.07 | 494 | 6.2% | 4.9% | 1.3% |
| JQC | 4,751 | 8.87 | 9.42 | 4,052 | 15.9% | 7.0% | 8.8% |
| KMF | 1,817 | 21.86 | 27.89 | 2,847 | 34.7% | 16.6% | 18.2% |
| KSS | 629 | 48.15 | 51.03 | 199 | 6.6% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| KSW | 13,673 | 3.78 | 3.85 | 6,633 | 14.7% | 19.6% | -4.9% |
| LNC | 2,442 | 24.30 | 23.60 | 789 | -1.6% | 14.7% | -16.3% |
| MPC | 579 | 43.89 | 49.72 | 343 | 14.6% | 2.6% | 12.1% |
| MSFT | 966 | 26.83 | 30.20 | 1,267 | 17.5% | 14.0% | 3.5% |
| O | 548 | 19.01 | 40.60 | 7,048 | 181.2% | 66.8% | 114.4% |
| OIBAX | 3,837 | 4.90 | 6.44 | 6,273 | 64.9% | 66.7% | -1.8% |
| PGR | 2,000 | 20.48 | 19.88 | - | -2.9% | 3.4% | -6.3% |
| PRE | 1,023 | 61.86 | 74.24 | 1,552 | 22.5% | 9.2% | 13.3% |
| PVD | 417 | 64.11 | 88.10 | 2,737 | 47.7% | 16.8% | 30.9% |
| SAI | 3,925 | 13.06 | 12.05 | 821 | -6.1% | -0.6% | -5.5% |
| STO | 1,040 | 23.82 | 25.14 | 1,121 | 10.1% | 18.5% | -8.4% |
| TROX | 2,023 | 24.12 | 24.90 | 500 | 4.2% | 3.1% | 1.2% |
| VIVHY | 2,296 | 16.70 | 19.21 | 3,749 | 24.8% | 2.0% | 22.8% |
| WBK | 508 | 105.89 | 124.84 | 6,166 | 29.4% | 14.5% | 14.9% |
| XOM | 224 | 52.79 | 88.00 | 1,211 | 76.9% | 20.6% | 56.4% |
| Total Open | 60,346 | 16.5% | 10.5% | 6.0% | |||
| Closed | 8.3% | 4.6% | 3.7% | ||||
| Combined | 11.6% | 7.0% | 4.6% | ||||
| IRR Since 12/31/10 | 13.9% | ||||||
| 2012 Gain | 16.4% | ||||||
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