Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Quick Shout Out From Bermuda

I am on the lovely island of Bermuda today for business. While waiting for room service, thought I would type out a quick note.

The market continues to move up smartly.  Shows what I know.  The one recent move that is gnawing at me was my knee jerk sale of TROX post their earnings in November.  Since I sold them, they have actually rallied about 28%.  QCOR was another early mistaken trigger, it is up a snappy 35%. 

That is what makes investing so difficult.  One makes a stock purchase for what seems a good reason.  Then, it is very easy to read many articles about that stock, some of which will invariably be negative.  It is often difficult to have conviction in the face of that.  That is probably why I am more successful investing in insurance companies as I just have more general knowledge about that business, the companies and the overall environment.  I do not get spooked as easily by a seeking alpha article.

That is also the beauty of a dividend-based approach while picking high quality companies initially at decent prices.  You can shut out the noise and just let the magic of compounding work.

Enough preaching.  Here is where I currently stand on the dividend portfolio:

Stock Shares Avg Cost Current Price Dividends Received Pct Change R3K Change Diff
AAPL             150        527.94             533.90                     -   1.1% 2.2% -1.1%
BHK         2,240          12.75               15.15        2,554.27 27.7% 7.6% 20.1%
CSCO         4,292          17.22               20.38        2,013.95 21.1% 9.0% 12.1%
CSQ         5,444            8.26               10.00        5,241.56 32.7% 24.4% 8.3%
FCX         1,100          32.17               33.99                     -   5.7% 2.8% 2.9%
FSC         2,803            9.81               10.53        2,058.92 14.8% 6.8% 8.0%
HFC         1,117          34.16               46.57        2,586.20 43.1% 5.5% 37.7%
INTC         1,974          20.99               20.96        1,998.36 4.7% 17.8% -13.2%
JPM         1,673          35.22               43.87            992.36 26.2% 8.9% 17.3%
JQC         4,192            9.11                 9.63        4,663.74 17.9% 8.4% 9.5%
KMF         1,845          21.97               28.66        3,637.01 39.4% 20.7% 18.7%
MPC             582          43.98               63.00            546.09 45.4% 6.5% 38.9%
MSFT             979          26.83               27.56        1,534.52 8.6% 18.1% -9.6%
O             556          19.33               40.96        7,377.95 180.5% 71.1% 109.4%
OIBAX         3,925            4.93                 6.62        6,589.08 68.3% 71.1% -2.9%
PGR         2,092          20.54               21.45        2,000.00 9.1% 7.2% 1.9%
PRE             536          67.43               81.92        1,285.77 25.0% 7.4% 17.7%
PVD             427          65.11             101.60        3,787.87 69.7% 20.7% 49.0%
SAI         4,680          12.83               11.79        1,376.70 -5.8% 2.9% -8.8%
SLCA         2,000          14.28               16.31                     -   14.2% 0.7% 13.5%
STO         1,040          23.82               24.94              1,121 9.2% 23.1% -13.8%
VIVHY         2,296          16.70               22.22              3,749 42.8% 5.9% 36.9%
           
           
           
           
           
           
Total Open            55,115 22.6% 9.2% 13.4%
Closed 10.7% 8.6% 2.1%
Combined 14.0% 8.8% 5.2%
IRR Since 12/31/10 15.7%
2012 Gain 24.7%

1 comment:

AndrewsDad said...

Saw this... thought of you. http://beta.fool.com/reubengbrewer/2012/12/20/dividends-and-the-little-book/19500/?ticker=MSFT&source=eogyholnk0000001