Hi Everyone!
July was a busy month for us in the American Dividend Dream household. Our baby boy started crawling! So much fun to watch him explore and figure things out. Just yesterday he finally learned how to get down from a standing position. Before that it was either fall down or cry until someone put him down.
We drove to Maine for a wedding and our boy did great! As a heads up for anyone driving the east coast - DO NOT drive through CONNECTICUT. That state sucks for traffic! We stayed overnight in CT on the way up but on the way back we drove 12 hours straight home. A few stops but our boy only cried for the last ten minutes. I think he woke up from his third nap and was saying "holy crap this is a nightmare - I'm still stuck in the damn car!" The wedding was great and it was nice for my wife to see her side of the family which usually only happens once or twice a year.
In the financial world, stocks had a pretty nice comeback from the previous months. I continue to sell holdings and buy CVS stocks. Position size is over $20,000 now. One position I sold was BIIB after the huge jump for positive Alzheimer's results. It was only phase II so there is still a long way to go. Will I regret this in the future if phase III is positive and the stock doubles in no time - sure, but I'm happy with the gain and CVS provides me with good risk/reward plus dividends!
As for dividends, lets see how this month stacked up...
MO $19.60
O $41.07
UVE $16.80
CSCO $56.53
M.M $2.01
Total: $136.01
This was an $18 gain from last year. CSCOs dividend fell $30, VHT is no longer a holding, UVE had over $2 gain and I added MO and O from last year.
UVE has been an incredible stock for me and it looks like it might start growing its dividend! I'm looking forward to what this stock has in store for the future.
In seven months, O has grown organically from $38.68 to $41.07. This is fun to watch!
CVS will be a big hitter next month and into the future so we shall see where things go.
Hope you had a good July!!
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ReplyDeleteNice work and it's an increase from last year, which is awesome. Feel confident about that CVS investment? I am hoping it goes well. I may buy more shares, we'll see. WBA looks solid, as well.
-Lanny
Yes, I think WBA and CVS are good purchases but I like the upside better in CVS if the merger with Aetna goes through. As an example, my company has Aetna insurance but use express scripts for prescriptions. Forgive me if this is wrong but I think I read that Aetna could provide 30 million more people with regards to prescriptions. If they also use the retail side, revenue increases, profit increases, etc.
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Very nicely done. That is a large holding in CVS, good luck mate. Love following your blog. Cheers
ReplyDeleteThe holding is only getting larger!! Thanks for reading!
DeleteStill managed a gain from last year even with some stock shuffling. The power of dividends. Never drove through CT but can imagine terrible traffic, especially with a little guy. Reminds me of a road trip we did a couple years ago from L.A. to Seattle. Smooth sailing till we crossed into WA state. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya on road trips. We experienced similar out west only going into LA and down to San Diego. At least there were no babies at that time!
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ReplyDeleteCongrats to you baby boi. I have also a litte girl soon to come to the world.
What is a CVS? I dont think i own any of that. I own a lot of cool american stock i belive in but never heard of CVS.
Greetings from Sweden.
CVS is a retail/prescription benefit manager with almost 10,000 locations in the US
DeleteCongrats on your little girl and good luck! Its a lot of work but its a lot of fun!
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