Buys and Sells for the Week 7/22

Markets were up again making me a bit hesitant to buy as this just may be a temporary bear rally. Still found something I did like 🙂 Here are my trades for the week:

1. Hasbro Inc. (HAS)    – increased position – Earnings were pretty good in light of the FX impact. But what got me really excited was they are finally reaching into their D&D line to create a new move franchise for 2023. Check out the trailer below that was released Thursday night. Grabbed 12 shares @ $82.69 and a 3.35% yield.

Buys and Sells for the Week 7/15

I miscalculated markets this week. With inflation numbers slightly higher than predicted I really thought markets would fall on Friday but instead it went up up and up. I missed out on Thursdays lows so buying was really light this week. Here are my trades for the week:

1. Hasbro Inc. (HAS)    – increased position – Below $80/share is enough to get my attention. Grabbed 2 shares @ $78.13 and a 3.58% yield.
2. Independent Bank Corp (IBCP)   – increased position – One of my trading accounts had a small balance so I just swept up what little funds there were and put them to work. Grabbed 1.3 shares @ $18.94 and a 4.65% yield.

Buys and Sells for the Week 7/8

Markets were down early in the shortened week but recovered quickly. Wasn’t quite fast enough to trades in when the markets were done but I got a few. Here are my trades for the week:

1. Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)    – increased position – Used my monthly Roth IRA contribution to add to this. Grabbed 7 shares @ $70.45 and a 3.44% yield.
2. Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)   – increased position – Price drop caught my attention. Grabbed 2 shares @ $57.00 and a 5.62% yield.
3. Packaging Corp of America (PKG) – increased position – As long as share price remains low I will slowly build this out. Grabbed 1 share @ $135.56 and a 3.69% yield

Buys and Sells for the Week 6/24

Normally post this at the end of the day but all my trades were done early in the week and my brokerage account only has a balance of 9 cents. Here are my trades for the week:

1. Packaging Corp of America (PKG)   – increased position – Have we hit a bottom yet? Grabbed 1 share @ $134.14 and a 3.73% yield.
2. Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)   – increased position – Still priced near its 52 week low. Grabbed 3 shares @ $70.53 and a 3.21% yield.

Buys and Sells for the Week 6/17

Another crazy week of down markets and we even saw the Dow dip below 30K after Thursday’s close. Not sure how much lower things will go but I’m in a buying mood. Also here are a few symbols I like but didn’t buy because I ran out of cash; AOS, ADP, BLK, HD, SNA, TXN, and WSO. Here are my trades for the week:

1. Packaging Corp of America (PKG)   – increased position – Trying to increase one of my smallest portfolio positions. Grabbed 1 share @ $145.51 and a 3.44% yield.
2. Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)   – increased position – Went from a little in to all in. Grabbed 39 shares @ $70.59 and a 3.21% yield.
3. Hasbro Inc. (HAS) – increased position – Is the recession going to hurt toy sales? Don’t know but like the price below $80. Grabbed 1 share @ $79.47 and a 3.54% yield
4. Medical Properties Trust (MPW)   – increased position – Too cheap to ignore and cannot imagine hospitals not paying their rent. Grabbed 3 shares @ $14.37 and a 8.07% yield
5. Garmin Ltd (GRMN)   – increased position – Its been 5 years since I added to this position. Grabbed 1 share @ $93.77 and a 3.11% yield
6. Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN)   – increased position – At this price the yield is hard to ignore. Grabbed 7 shares @ $13.06 and a 5.51% yield
7. Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB)   – increased position – Used the last of my cash on this buy. Grabbed 1 share @ $24.71 and a 4.21% yield
8. Allete Inc. (ALE)   – increased position – I do like utility stocks as electrical grids keep expanding to accommodate EVs. Grabbed 35 shares @ $56.80 and a 4.58% yield

Buys and Sells for the Week 6/10

Received just one dividend raise so far for the month from Oil-Dri Corp of America (ODC) for a 3.7% raise. Didn’t make any trades last week but back on track. Here are my trades for the week:

1. Packaging Corp of America (PKG)   – increased position – Trying to increase one of my smallest portfolio positions. Grabbed 1 shares @ $157.98 and a 3.16% yield.
2. Best Buy (BBY)   – increased position – Retail stocks will stay on the ropes may as well take advantage. Grabbed 2 shares @ $76.33 and a 4.61% yield.
3. Medical Properties Trust (MPW)   – increased position – Share price has been steadily dropping. Grabbed 4 shares @ $16.81 and a 6.9% yield.
4. Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)   – new position – A new addition for my ROTH IRA. Grabbed 7 shares @ $76.52 and a 2.96% yield.

Weekly Buys and Sells for the Week 5/27

Someone keeps turning that dividend growth crank, CTO Realty was not satisfied with giving us a raise in February and decided to up it again another 3.7% for a total annual increase of 12% for 2022 and Canadian Imperial Bank (CM) and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) followed that up with a 3% raise each.

Was hoping to add more to my positions but markets rallied for most of the week . Here are my trades for the week:

1. Williams-Sonoma (WSM)   – increased position – Another good retailer taking it on the chin. Grabbed 1 shares @ $102.45 and a 3.05% yield.
2. Armanino Foods of Distinction (AMNF)   – increased position – An OTC position that I can’t DRIP into so adding a few shares. Grabbed 50 shares @ $3.40 and a 3.53% yield.

Buys and Sells for the Week 5/20

That dividend raise song just keeps on playing with Leggett & Platt (LEG) raising their dividend 4.76% and Packaging Corp of America (PKG) with a 25% raise.

Retail was the dagger in the heart of the markets this week . Here are my trades for the week:

1. Best Buy (BBY)   – increased position – Retail dropped like a lead balloon. Grabbed 2 shares @ $74.19 and a 4.74% yield.
2. Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB)   – increased position – Adding a little more to my small local bank position. Grabbed 2 shares @ $25.16 and a 4.13% yield.
3. Packaging Corp of America (PKG)   – increased position – Recent raise puts this back over the 3% mark. Grabbed 1 shares @ $148.96 and a 3.36% yield.
4. Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income (DIVO) – new position – Used the proceeds from last weeks ETF sales to start this new position. Grabbed 305 shares @ 34.67 and a 5.08% yield and 459 shares @ 34.23 with a 5.14% yield.
5. Global X S&P 500 Covered Call (XYLD) – new position – Used the proceeds from my PSEC sales to start this new position. Grabbed 168 shares @ 44.18 and a 10.88% yield.

Buys and Sells for the Week 5/13/22

Dividend raises have slowed but the occasional one still trickles in like Phillips 66 (PSX) who raised their dividend 5.24% and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN) with a 5.98% raise.

Only one word to describe markets…DOWN. Here are my trades for the week:

1. Air Products (APD)   – increased position – Bought the dip, can you blame me. Grabbed 1 share @ $226.37 and a 2.78% yield.
2. Vanguard Long Term Bond Index (BLV) – sold position – This no longer fits my portfolio and part of my strategy to reallocate to targeted income sources. Sold 59 shares @ 79.70.
3. Vanguard Long Term Corp. Bond Index (VCLT) – sold position – This no longer fits my portfolio and part of my strategy to reallocate to targeted income sources. Sold 58 shares @ 81.50
4. iShares High Yield Bond (HYG) – sold position – This no longer fits my portfolio and part of my strategy to reallocate to targeted income sources. Sold 64 shares @ 77.00.
5. iShares Preferred and Income (PFF) – sold position – This no longer fits my portfolio and part of my strategy to reallocate to targeted income sources. Sold 357 shares @ 33.07.

Buys and Sells for the Week 5/6

Received a surprise and unplanned raise from Telus (TU) who just increased their dividend last November and decided to hike it again another 3.42%.

Not much to say about the markets other than volatility, volatility, and more volatility. Here are my trades for the week:

1. Medical Properties Trust (MPW) – increased position – Been awhile since I bought a REIT. Grabbed 10 shares @ $18.32 and a 6.33% yield.
2. United Parcel Service (UPS) – increased position – Not sure why no one is buying this but looks good at this price. Grabbed 2 shares @ 178.41 and a 3.41% yield.
3. Best Buy (BBY)  – increased position – Building this out a few shares at a time. Grabbed 2 shares @ $90.90 and a 3.87% yield.
4. Air Products (APD)   – increased position – Can’t seem to hold a share price above $240. Grabbed 1 share @ $233.33 and a 2.78% yield.
5. Prospect Capital (PSEC)   – decreased position – Overallocated to BDCs and PSEC is the weakest of my holdings. Chose to scale back the position. Sold 911 shares @ $7.81.