LOL, my buddy bought two GNs when we were just out of high school a few years. One still has under 20K miles on it and the other burned in a barn fire. They were really fast for the era. He has a Buick GSX Stage 1 vert as well. Total Buick nut. When my stang was primered, I enjoyed looking for high dollar cars at the track to victimize. Some of the special edition Vettes were tough though. There is always somebody faster than you no matter how much you spend.
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12-20-2018, 04:02 PM
No point in investing if you don't have any hobbies or passions to pursue once you've hit your goal (or along the way). Gotta enjoy the pursuit while making your way towards the goal.
I go frugal in the areas that don't interest me as much (cars), so that I enjoy the pursuit by spending on stuff that keeps me happy (travel and homebrewing stuff, mostly). I try never to cross an ocean in coach. Probably spend more time churning credit cards for bonuses than I should (and issuers like Chase have certainly made the game harder the past few years), but that seat better go horizontal and be paired with a decent wine list if I'm spending 12-15 hours in a metal/carbon-fiber tube.
12-20-2018, 05:01 PM
Back to the subject, I think I am going to visit your strategy for awhile. Purchasing 100 shares of one stock is getting painful in this market. I think it might be time to add some new positions that are truly cheap now. Of course I thought they were already pretty cheap last month.
 I can always consolidate positions after the dust settles in this market.
12-20-2018, 06:03 PM
(12-20-2018, 05:01 PM)fenders53 Wrote: Back to the subject, I think I am going to visit your strategy for awhile. Purchasing 100 shares of one stock is getting painful in this market. I think it might be time to add some new positions that are truly cheap now. Of course I thought they were already pretty cheap last month. I have a Robinhood account exactly for this sort of thing. I have a minimum purchase amount for my other brokerage accounts, to keep the commission under 0.5% of any single purchase, but the Robinhood account is for opportunistic snagging of shares with couch cushion money (and whatever dividends pile up there).
I've heard a lot about Robinhood. Almost all my funds are in my Vanguard account so I meet the threshold to get $2 stock and option trades, free ETFs and Mutuals. I won't feel too bad making purchases as small as $1000. Even smaller wouldn't be such a bad deal. My TD Ameritrade account has much higher fees so it's off limits for small purchases. I'd close the TD account but the investor research content is FAR superior to VG.
As I've mentioned repeatedly I much prefer entering positions by selling a a put, but I can give that a rest for a little while as I add a number of smaller positions in stocks I've had my eyes on for years, or owned them 25 yrs ago and sold them along the way. I am getting a bit overweight in some of my big dividend payers lately, T-KHC-MO etc. I'll feel comfortable if I diversify the DGI portion of my port a little more. Overall it's an imaginary problem as 1/3 of my port is in index mutuals and ETFs. Another 1/3rd in cash but that is going to change as I add more stocks if this dip continues at this pace. If you don't mind, give me your two cents on the following moves I am contemplating since you own most all of them. I'll share my port when I get a chance to make a spreadsheet like Eric's. You own almost all the stocks in my port, or something close enough. I have all the sectors covered with stocks or ETFs. I think I am a little light on consumer non-durables, but a little too heavy on KHC for my comfort as it seems to have no bottom and I don't like the growth prospects. -Almost sure I will buy GIS now, may lighten up on KHC soon and add more to GIS if further research warrants the flip. PEP is on the buy list but probably a nibble. I don't see it as dirt cheap yet. Most of the the other popular cons non dur stocks do not appear to be undervalued IMO -TELCOs- Probably buy some VZ soon. Lighten up on T and add to VZ. I'm pretty fat on T but wouldn't call it extreme. I could dump a couple hundred shares and have plenty left. -Transports, I have none outside index funds. UPS looks good for a nibble, maybe, since it pretty much hit my price target we were joking about last week. IMO it's virtually impossible for FDX 2019 projections to come true and UPS comes through it all unscathed. Treading lightly on UPS. -Industrials-Real bargains will come next recession, but MMM has been on my list forever. Might start a position. It will be small. Same with DE. I live next to world HQ so a hometown favorite. Also like BA, CAT and a few others that are tempting. None of them safe from a serious further drop IMO. I don't have any industrials now because the tariff threat was in play before I moved my port to VG and it was all in cash. -TECH- I have a lot in tech ETFs. May nibble on some CSCO down here. Little else looks compelling to me yet. For now I am good on the other sectors. I'd like to be balanced within the next 6 months if market allows. I'll always stay fat on healthcare and utilities though.
12-21-2018, 09:22 AM
(12-20-2018, 06:24 PM)fenders53 Wrote: I've heard a lot about Robinhood. Almost all my funds are in my Vanguard account so I meet the threshold to get $2 stock and option trades, free ETFs and Mutuals. I won't feel too bad making purchases as small as $1000. Even smaller wouldn't be such a bad deal. My TD Ameritrade account has much higher fees so it's off limits for small purchases. I'd close the TD account but the investor research content is FAR superior to VG. Although I hold GIS, I just can't see adding more now. Typically I'd favor averaging-down, but the debt really concerns me. 72% payout ratio doesn't allow a lot of room to maneuver, and they lost their investment-grade credit rating after the Blue Buffalo acquisition. Past 5-year earnings growth is negative, and their projected 5-year growth (I take forward projections with a pillar of salt) is a paltry 5.85%. There is a not-inconsequential risk of a dividend cut if they fail to execute over the next several years. PEP I love. They are about 5% under their 10yr average P/E at the moment, so roughly fairly valued. Could certainly go down further with a bear market, but PEP at 3.4% yield ain't bad. For Telcos, I am comfortable splitting my holding almost evenly between the T/VZ duopoly, with a small BT holding for the hell of it (6% yield, with dividend frozen through 2020, most of the Brexit risk and BT Italia scandal has gotta be priced into the stock at this point). UPS and FDX are quality companies that will be around generating substantial profit for a long time, IMHO. I'd just nibble on the way down. I'm actually looking to initiate a position in FDX, but my time horizon is 20+ years. If you are a current retiree, I can see how the 1.6% yield and near-term prospects aren't too appealing. In the Industrial space, I really like LMT. Have wanted to own it for years, and it hasn't been below a 15 P/E since 2013 (damn close now at 15.4). 3.3% yield isn't historic, but is in the higher range of where it has traded for the past decade, and defense spending is about as reliable as it gets. Looking to open an LMT position this morning. I love my BA shares, but think it is still slightly overvalued. Same feeling about MMM (a company I have wanted to own, but the valuation just hasn't been right when I've been shopping). Others I like right now (in no particular order) are cash generating monster AAPL (just nibble on the way down), SBUX if it drops under $60, DG, TROW, and UTX.
12-21-2018, 10:30 AM
Appreciate the insight. I'll do more DD on GIS. It already bounced off the bottom on the earnings release anyway. I do need another consumer durable at some point. I agree FDX and UPS will be fine long-term. I like the idea of splitting up between T and VZ. I'm all in on AAPL already. I'll check out some of the others.
01-09-2019, 12:48 PM
(12-13-2018, 04:34 AM)crimsonghost747 Wrote: First of all, I agree with the notion that 80 stocks seems to be way too much. Even if you just skim through their quarterly reports and spend 10mins on each, you'll end up using 13h everytime the quarter changes. I know I spend 10min on some, 1h on other reports. I've been between 20 and 30 stocks for a while now and personally that feels like a good range to be in. It's not that one needs to plan on "Not spending the capital". We didn't plan it, but once the portfolio got to a certain size, and we did not need to draw down capital to meet expenses, it continued to grow and compound quickly (the larger it gets the faster it grows). Now we definitely don't have to draw down capital and its still growing. So we build up our cash reserve and just let the portfolio continue on its own. As for the OP, I believe one should develop their own DG strategy, have an evaluation process, then follow that process to develop a "List of Stocks to Consider". The list would be the stocks one would buy, hopefully at a reasonable price. Ignore all other stocks, or add new stocks after putting the through your evaluation. One does not need to buy or own all stocks on their list, they are just the ones you've screened and determined they meet your own criteria. We are fully invested, retired and only own 12 stocks in all our accounts. I don't suggest 12 is ideal, rather that one does not need to own any specific number, rather, build your portfolio over time and only add new stocks if they meet your buy criteria. Once you have a portfolio you are happy with, add to your current holdings and monitor those holdings and grow your income.
02-22-2019, 11:56 AM
Credit rating is becoming an ever more important part of my portfolio strategy for selecting and keeping stocks. Companies with lousy credit don't have a lot of room to maneuver when times get tough. As I mentioned in the initial post, BBB+ and better is my preferred range for creditworthiness. KHC today (BBB rating) just reiterated that sentiment.
Perhaps no surprise that some of my worst-performing holdings have lousy credit ratings: BT: BBB CVS: BBB F: BBB GIS: BBB SKT: BBB T: BBB Granted, I have some dogs with good credit (NGG, QCOM, WFC), but those downtrends tend to be from unique issues (regulatory, Brexit, lawsuits, etc.). Clean balance sheets will outperform in the next downturn.
02-22-2019, 08:43 PM
(02-22-2019, 11:56 AM)Otter Wrote: Credit rating is becoming an ever more important part of my portfolio strategy for selecting and keeping stocks. Companies with lousy credit don't have a lot of room to maneuver when times get tough. As I mentioned in the initial post, BBB+ and better is my preferred range for creditworthiness. KHC today (BBB rating) just reiterated that sentiment.There isn't any doubt most of my severe under performers are/were BBB or worse. Credit rating trumps PE. Unfortunately I haven't always invested that way. The allure of the accidental high yielders gets the dividend investor in trouble if you over indulge. It surely won't get better for those companies when a recession finally comes. (02-22-2019, 11:56 AM)Otter Wrote: Credit rating is becoming an ever more important part of my portfolio strategy for selecting and keeping stocks. Companies with lousy credit don't have a lot of room to maneuver when times get tough. As I mentioned in the initial post, BBB+ and better is my preferred range for creditworthiness. KHC today (BBB rating) just reiterated that sentiment. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought BBB/Baa2 credit ratings were acceptable, not the best obvious but not really considered lousy or bad credit ratings for a business...not to be funny but wouldn't they be better then say, "ok"....lol...I do love those commercials! What site do you guys use to check CR, other then googling the ticker's CR? Fidelity doesn't make it easy unless I'm missing the CR on their site. (02-25-2019, 06:32 AM)rayray Wrote:(02-22-2019, 11:56 AM)Otter Wrote: Credit rating is becoming an ever more important part of my portfolio strategy for selecting and keeping stocks. Companies with lousy credit don't have a lot of room to maneuver when times get tough. As I mentioned in the initial post, BBB+ and better is my preferred range for creditworthiness. KHC today (BBB rating) just reiterated that sentiment. Honestly, I catch it while reading the press releases during the course of research prior to buying, but it is also in the analyst reports I get free with my brokerage accounts like TD. BBB by itself is not the end of the world. BBB + dividend twice as high as the A team's credit + a company in a slow or not growth industry better concern me though. Add in some mediocre or worse management and you have a perfect storm brewing for a dividend cut and the share price drop that goes with it. Personally I've been whacked about three times over my investing career, and the above were usually in play. The high div yield trap was almost always there. Uber growth momentum stocks are supposed to be the risky plays, and the Div stocks the safe haven. That's not quite how it's been in my real world port, when the Div goes way above market (S&P). There is nothing profound in this post, but our forum tendency to include the high Divs as too good to pass up has more risk than we collectively perceive, or at least admit here. I share my fails in some detail because I hope to warn others. I don't miss a chance to share my wins so it evens out.
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