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I’m glad to have received positive comments of last month’s monthly dividend stock purchases. And for the month of June, I think I invested a lot more than I would usually invest per month. So, please don’t expect July or other months to be similar.
While I am diversified to reduce price volatility and risk, my personal stock portfolio is over diversified in a few sectors.
I am full aware that owning more stocks can take away the impact of large stock gains and limit my upside, but my strategy is to focus on 1-3 stocks for compounding for each sector but also to see how things do if we do experience inflation or another stay-at-home due to the Delta variant which is accounting to 1/4 of cases in the US. Each week that passes, it seems that there is more uncertainty. I have no problem trimming my positions, but I have no problems holding onto a stock long term.
For the month of June, I took part in the following dividend and growth stocks and ETFs.
Communications Sector
Continuing to compound on T and VZ. Yes, I am aware of T’s merger next year, but it may become something better than what is expected. Granted, it wasn’t good news for those who heavily invested in T but I’m not heavily invested as others, so I’m willing to hold on to T and see what it will develop into. The FCOM ETF was added due to my weakness in the sector.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| T | AT&T | 2 | $28.73 | $57.46 | 7.26% | $4.16 |
| FCOM | Fidelity MSCI Telecommunication Services Index ETF | 1 | $52.97 | $52.97 | 0.57% | $0.28 |
| VZ | Verizon | 1 | $55.88 | $55.88 | 4.49% | $2.51 |
| TOTAL: | 4 | $137.58 | $166.31 | $6.95 |
Consumer Discretionary Sector
My purchase of a share of General Motors without a dividend is mainly to see how the company does, growth wise as they are considered #2 in the EV space, next to Tesla. We’ll see. But as for whittling things down to my primary two, I’m struggling as I invested in these companies because I do like them and have continued to invest in them. But we’ll see.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| GM | General Motors Co. | 1 | $58.92 | $58.92 | ||
| GPC | Genuine Parts Co. | 2 | $127.15 | $254.26 | 2.57% | $6.52 |
| HD | Home Depot Inc. | 1 | $289.84 | $289.84 | 2.07% | $6.60 |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corp | 1 | $128.93 | $128.93 | 3.44% | $4.56 |
| LEG | Leggett & Platt Inc. | 1 | $53.52 | $53.52 | 3.28% | $1.68 |
| VFC | VF Corp | 1 | $80.86 | $80.86 | 2.42% | $1.96 |
| TOTAL | 7 | $739.22 | $866.33 | $21.32 |
Consumer Staples Sector
When it comes to this sector, I absolutely like the Consumer Staples Sector and there is one other I have that I didn’t buy in June and that’s Pepsi which is at $148.17, 2.93% annual yield and a $4.30 dividend. I like the fact that the Consumer Staples sector is not too expensive and a good number in my portfolio are Dividend Kings.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 1 | $81.25 | $81.25 | 2.22% | $1.80 |
| CLX | The Clorox Company | 1 | $174.45 | $174.45 | 2.59% | $4.64 |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corp. | 1 | $48.45 | $48.45 | 2.06% | $0.98 |
| KO | Coca-Cola Co. | 1 | $55.26 | $55.26 | 3.12% | $1.68 |
| FSTA | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples | 1 | $41.93 | $41.93 | 2.33% | $1.00 |
| MKC | McCormick & Company Inc. | 1 | $86.52 | $86.52 | 1.55% | $1.36 |
| PG | Procter & Gamble Co. | 1 | $137.12 | $137.12 | 2.58% | $3.48 |
| SYY | SYSCO | 1 | $79.00 | $79.00 | 2.48% | $1.88 |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance | 1 | $51.99 | $51.99 | 3.60% | $1.87 |
| TOTAL | 9 | $755.97 | $755.97 | $18.69 |
Energy Sector
I know there are people who are not into Energy Sector stocks, but they do pay good dividends and have a high yield.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| AM | Antero Midstream Corp | 10 | $10.48 | $103.90 | 8.71% | $9.00 |
| CVX | Chevron Corp. | 1 | $108.17 | $108.17 | 5.17% | $5.36 |
| KNOP | Knot Offshore Partners LP | 5 | $19.02 | $19.02 | 10.60% | $10.40 |
| MPLX | MPLX LP | 1 | $29.93 | $29.93 | 9.43% | $2.75 |
| OKE | ONEOK Inc. | 1 | $53.73 | $53.73 | 6.78% | $3.74 |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | 1 | $86.98 | $86.98 | 4.23% | $3.60 |
| PSXP | Phillips 66 Partners LP | 1 | $40.22 | $40.22 | 8.89% | $3.50 |
| TOTAL | 20 | $348.53 | $441.95 | $38.35 |
Financials Sector
I tend to invest heavy in financials, second to REITs. There are the traditional banks which I will invest in, insurance companies which I will invest in and of course, BDC’s (Business Development Companies). I do like the sector and I keep re-examining my investment in various companies. There are high yield companies with great dividend payouts, but I’m always cautious that things can flip upside down. So, I’m always keeping my eye on this sector.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| AFL | Aflac Inc. | 1 | $57.10 | $57.10 | 2.46% | $1.32 |
| AFG | American Financial Group | 1 | $120.40 | $120.40 | 1.62% | $2.00 |
| APO | Apollo Global Management Inc. | 3 | $61.00 | $183.00 | 3.36% | $2.10 |
| ARCC | Ares Capital Corp. | 30 | $19.76 | $592.80 | 8.17% | $48.00 |
| BAC | Bank of America | 2 | $40.79 | $81.82 | 1.76% | $1.44 |
| CCAP | Crescent Capital BDC Inc. | 1 | $19.08 | $19.08 | 8.80% | $1.64 |
| BEN | Franklin Resources Inc. | 1 | $31.40 | $31.40 | 3.51% | $1.12 |
| GAIN | Gladstone Investment Corp | 5 | $13.87 | $72.02 | 5.86% | $4.20 |
| GLAD | Gladstone Capital Corp | 11 | $11.56 | $127.16 | 6.87% | $8.58 |
| GSBD | Goldman Sachs BDC Inc. | 1 | $20.18 | $20.18 | 9.19% | $1.80 |
| HRZN | Horizon Technology Finance Corp | 8 | $15.67 | $125.36 | 7.02% | $9.60 |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase & CO | 1 | $148.03 | $148.03 | 2.34% | $3.60 |
| MFC | Manulife Financial Corp. | 1 | $20.03 | $20.03 | 4.74% | $0.93 |
| ORCC | Owl Rock Capital Corp. | 36 | $14.78 | $532.08 | 8.66% | $44.64 |
| PRU | Prudential Financial Inc. | 1 | $104.99 | $104.99 | 4.52% | $4.60 |
| PSEC | Prospect Capital Corp. | 37 | $9.06 | $335.22 | 8.51% | $26.64 |
| TD | Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1 | $72.62 | $72.62 | 3.65% | $2.55 |
| TPVG | Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp | 6 | $16.34 | $98.04 | 9.52% | $8.64 |
| TSLX | Sixth Street Speciality Lending Inc. | 1 | $22.19 | $22.19 | 7.37% | $1.64 |
| BIZD | VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF | 2 | $17.41 | $34.82 | 8.44% | $1.41 |
| TOTAL | 150 | $836.26 | $2,798.34 | $176.45 |
Healthcare Sector
I didn’t add any JNJ this month and to be truthful, the only ones that I have been interested in is Abbvie Inc., Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC. But I’m still trying to figure out my primary 2 or 3 of what stocks I want to stay long on.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| ABBV | Abbvie Inc. | 1 | $114.42 | $114.42 | 4.63% | $5.20 |
| BME | BlackRock Health Sciences Trust | 1 | $49.50 | 49.5 | 4.98% | $0.80 |
| BMY | Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. | 1 | $62.42 | $62.42 | 2.96% | $1.96 |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline PLC | 3 | $39.95 | $119.85 | 5.44% | $6.51 |
| MDT | Medtronic PLC | 1 | $124.46 | $124.46 | 2.02% | $2.52 |
| THQ | Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund CEF | 1 | $23.02 | $23.02 | 5.84% | $1.32 |
| VTRS | Viatris | 5 | $15.71 | $78.55 | 3.03% | $2.20 |
| TOTAL | 13 | $429.48 | $572.22 | $20.51 |
Industrials Sector
One of the things about the Industrials Sector is that investing in a good company, you’re going to pay a bit more for shares that produce solid dividends. But I recently discovered Greif Inc., with a 4.50% yield and $2.64 dividend income per share. And it’s not that expensive. And there is iCahn Enterprises LP with an $8.00 annual dividend, $2.00 quarterly and also not as expensive. But it has a crazy high yield but yet were able to make their dividend payments. So, we’ll see how this goes!
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| MMM | 3M | 1 | $193.03 | $193.03 | 3.02% | $5.92 |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | 1 | $209.28 | $209.28 | 2.06% | $4.44 |
| CNHI | CNH Industrial NV | 1 | $16.23 | $16.23 | 0.80% | $0.13 |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | 1 | $92.90 | $92.90 | 2.13% | $2.02 |
| GD | General Dynamics Corp. | 1 | $185.24 | $185.24 | 2.55% | $4.76 |
| GEF/B | Greif Inc. (GEF/B) | 1 | $59.28 | $59.28 | 4.50% | $2.64 |
| HON | Honeywell International | 1 | $215.11 | $215.11 | 1.72% | $3.72 |
| IEP | Icahn Enteprises LP | 1 | $55.24 | $55.24 | 14.47% | $8.00 |
| TOTAL | 8 | $1,026.31 | $1,026.31 | $31.63 |
Information Technology Sector
No Apple or Microsoft this month. But tech stocks are great for growth, not usually known for dividends. I used to be hardcore towards the tech sector, but not as much now as before.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| BST | BlackRock Science and Technology Trust | 1 | $58.80 | $58.80 | 4.61% | $2.64 |
| BST/RT | BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (Rights) | 25 | $0.50 | $12.50 | ||
| ORCL | Oracle | 1 | $76.24 | $76.24 | 1.64% | $1.28 |
| TXN | Texas Instruments | 1 | $186.29 | $186.29 | 2.12% | $4.08 |
| TOTAL | 28 | $321.83 | $333.83 | $8.00 |
Materials Sector
I tend to put more towards AMCR and NUE but I also have been investing in gold, silver and copper, especially towards mining ETF’s. But I do like the growth of certain material companies and we’ll see how things go with my investments toward this sector.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| AMAT | Applied Materials | 1 | $133.28 | $133.28 | 0.68% | $0.96 |
| AMCR | Amcor PLC | 10 | $12.03 | $120.30 | 4.10% | $4.70 |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | 1 | $37.30 | 37.3 | 0.80% | $0.30 |
| FUL | HB Fuller Co. | 1 | $68.00 | $68.00 | 1.06% | $0.67 |
| SLV | iShares Silver Trust | 1 | $25.66 | $25.66 | 0.50% | |
| SLVP | iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF | 1 | $17.31 | $17.31 | 2.28% | $0.40 |
| NUE | Nucor | 2 | $99.35 | $198.70 | 1.71% | $3.24 |
| SCL | Stepan Co. | 1 | $123.96 | $123.96 | 1.00% | $1.22 |
| GDX | VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF | 1 | $37.62 | $37.62 | 0.48% | $0.18 |
| GDXJ | VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF | 1 | $52.33 | 52.33 | 1.57% | $0.85 |
| TOTAL | 20 | $606.84 | $814.46 | $12.52 |
Real Estate Sector
For me, I love REITs for the dividend but also for the fact that I can invest in real estate without managing property.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| ABR | Arbor Realty Trust | 1 | $17.65 | $17.65 | 7.53% | $1.36 |
| ACRE | Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. | 5 | $16.60 | $83.00 | 9.02% | $6.60 |
| AGNC | AGNC Investment Corp. | 4 | $18.13 | $72.52 | 8.57% | $5.76 |
| ALEX | Alexander and Baldwin | 11 | $19.44 | $213.84 | 3.44% | $7.04 |
| BRG | Bluerock Residential | 40 | $9.88 | $395.20 | 6.50% | $26.00 |
| CIM | Chimera Investment | 5 | $14.07 | $70.35 | 8.89% | $6.60 |
| CLPR | Clipper REIT | 5 | $7.39 | $36.95 | 5.14% | $1.90 |
| RQI | Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund | 3 | $15.84 | $47.52 | 6.06% | $2.88 |
| CTO | CTO Realty Growth | 1 | $51.70 | $51.70 | 7.50% | $4.00 |
| GOOD | Gladstone Commercial Corp | 1 | $22.39 | $22.39 | 6.71% | $1.50 |
| HIW | Highwood Properties | 1 | $43.21 | $43.21 | 4.26% | $1.92 |
| IVR | Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. | 63 | $4.24 | $267.12 | 9.18% | $22.68 |
| KRC | Kilroy Realty Corp. | 1 | $69.95 | $69.95 | 2.86% | $2.00 |
| LFT | Lument Finance Trust | 61 | $4.06 | $247.66 | 8.57% | $21.96 |
| LTC | LTC Properties Inc. | 1 | $39.98 | $39.98 | 5.86% | $2.28 |
| MAC | Macerich Co. | 8 | $16.10 | $128.80 | 3.27% | $4.80 |
| MPW | Medical Properties Reit | 1 | $20.89 | $20.89 | 5.54% | $1.12 |
| NREF | Nexpoint Real Estate Finance Inc. | 3 | $20.72 | $62.16 | 9.23% | $5.70 |
| O | Realty Income Corp | 5 | $67.15 | $335.75 | 4.16% | $14.15 |
| ORC | Orchid Island Capital Inc. | 310 | $5.56 | $1,723.60 | 14.91% | $241.80 |
| PMT | PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust | 5 | $21.02 | $105.10 | 9.03% | $9.40 |
| SACH | Sachem Capital | 25 | $5.28 | $132.00 | 9.06% | $12 |
| TWO | Two Harbors Investment corp | 25 | $7.77 | $194.25 | 9.03% | $17 |
| UBA | Urstadt Biddle Properties | 5 | $19.60 | $98.00 | 4.75% | $4.60 |
| VICI | VICI Properties | 5 | $31.43 | $157.15 | 4.25% | $6.60 |
| VNO | Vornado Realty Trust | 2 | $46.55 | $93.10 | 4.56% | $4.24 |
| TOTAL | 597 | $616.60 | $4,729.84 | $435.89 |
Utilities Sector
Right now I’m taking a look at clean energy stocks and big players in renewable energy. But also water, as I believe water companies, especially waste water, will become important. In terms of dividends, I definitely like Duke Energy Corp, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure but also Nextera!
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| ATO | Atmos Energy Corp | 1 | $98.00 | $98.00 | 2.50% | $2.50 |
| AWR | American States Water Co. | 1 | $81.68 | $81.68 | 1.68% | $1.34 |
| AY | Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC | 3 | $36.82 | $110.46 | 4.55% | $5.16 |
| BEP | Brookfield Renewable Partners LP | 1 | $38.27 | $38.27 | 3.12% | $1.22 |
| CWT | California Water Service Group | 1 | $55.97 | $55.97 | 1.66% | $0.92 |
| DUK | Duke Energy Corp. | 1 | $101.44 | $101.44 | 3.93% | $3.86 |
| MDU | MDU Resources Group Inc. | 1 | $34.31 | $34.31 | 2.74% | $0.85 |
| NEE | Nextera Energy Inc. | 1 | $72.07 | $72.07 | 2.08% | $1.54 |
| NEP | Nextera Energy Partners LP | 1 | $68.49 | $68.49 | 3.40% | $2.55 |
| NWN | Northwest Natural Holding Co. | 1 | $54.00 | $54.00 | 3.65% | $1.92 |
| UTG | Reaves Utility Income Trust CEF | 5 | $34.25 | $171.25 | 6.62% | $2.16 |
| SO | Southern Co. | 1 | $59.02 | $59.02 | 4.37% | $2.64 |
| SGU | Star Group LP | 10 | $11.02 | $110.20 | 5.07% | $5.70 |
| SJW | SJW Group | 1 | $63.99 | $63.99 | 2.15% | $1.36 |
| TOTAL | 29 | $809.33 | $1,119.15 | $33.72 |
ETFs
I continue to invest in QYLD, RYLD, JEPI and NUSI and they do earn solid distributions.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| QYLD | Global x NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF | 9 | $22.01 | $198.09 | 11.99% | $23.76 |
| RYLD | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | 15 | $25.31 | $379.65 | 10.71% | $43.20 |
| JEPI | JP Morgan Equity Premium Inc. ETF | 3 | $59.29 | $177.87 | 7.57% | $16.80 |
| NUSI | Nationwide Risk-Managed Income | 10 | $27.19 | $271.90 | 7.89% | $21.60 |
| SPHD | Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF | 1 | $45.94 | $45.94 | 3.85% | $1.44 |
| SRLN | SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF | 1 | $46.18 | $46.18 | 4.68% | $2.04 |
| TOTAL | 39 | $225.92 | $1,119.63 | $108.84 |
BOND ETFs
I do have bond ETF’s that I occasionally invest and if they pay a dividend, even better.
| SYMBOL | COMPANY NAME | QUANTITY | BUY PRICE | TOTAL COST | YIELD | INCOME |
| PBND | Invesco PureBeta US Aggregate Bond ETF | 1 | $25.90 | $25.90 | 2.30% | $0.48 |
| FALN | iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF | 1 | $29.69 | $29.69 | 4.72% | $0.96 |
| ANGL | VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond | 1 | $32.50 | $32.50 | 4.59% | $1.20 |
| TOTAL | 3 | $88.09 | $88.09 | $2.64 |
INDEX FUNDS
The following is my ongoing investment in my Fidelity ZERO Minimum Investment Mutual Funds for this month:
| FZIPX | Fidelity Zero Extend Market Index Fund | 5 | $13.49 | $67.45 | 1.04% | $1.25 |
| FNILX | Fidelity Zero Large Cap Index Fund | 7 | $14.78 | $103.46 | 1.08% | $1.12 |
| FZILX | Fidelity Zero International Index Fund | 10 | $12.42 | $124.20 | 1.50% | $1.90 |
| FZROX | Fidelity Zero Total Market Index | 10 | $14.92 | $149.20 | 1.13% | $1.70 |
| TOTAL | 32 | $55.61 | $444.31 | $5.97 |
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Cryptocurrency didn’t do well for the month of March but I did buy on the dip.
| DOGE | Dogecoin | 133 | $34.54 |
| XLM | Stellar Lumens | 111 | $31.21 |
| ANKR | Ankr | 354 | $27.97 |
| AMP | AMP | 412.37 | $24.00 |
| TOTAL | $117.72 |
So, my goal was to max out my Roth IRA for 2021 this month, which I did. Compound on stocks I have in all eleven sectors. This is no doubt a rare month in which I would invest this much. But this will makeup for the next upcoming few months which will be a bit slim, as I have to divert income to prepare for taxes and to also want to work in building my index fund portfolio.
I know some may wonder, for those stocks that I probably won’t compound, will I sell them or keep them. Will, I’ll find out after a year of holding them. I’m in no real rush to sell, unless I’m desperate. But if anything, I want to see how things go, if we face something crazy in the market or the Delta variant spins out of control. A lot of cyclicals this month, but I also went heavy on BDCs and REITs.
I invested in a total of 885 shares for $13,624.71 for June 2021 in stocks, majority are all dividend paying stocks. I invested in total of 39 units in ETFs for $1,119.63 this month and a total of 3 units in bond ETFs for $88.09.
I invested in 32 unit shares for my index funds for $444.31. And a total of $117.72 in cryptocurrency.
So, a total of $15394.46 was invested in June 2021 which added around $921 extra towards my annual dividend income.
Now, I’m sure that a few may say, why not just invest in 2,625 shares of ORC (using today’s closing price of $5.19 per share for $.78 annually with a 14.91% yield) and for $13,623.75, I can earn $170.62 per month and earn $2,047.50 annually on dividends.
Sure, that would be nice and I know many people solely investing in ORC are making their $1,000 dividend per month (about $85,000 invested). But then I would not be diversified in all sectors, nor would I be prepared for market volatility (and I know there are people who could care less about being diversified and want to earn passive income now).
But if that’s your focus for your portfolio, then all power to you. I would love to make a thousand on dividends per month as quickly as possible but I want to do it while investing in various stocks for each sector and various ETFs. It’ll take me longer to get there, doing it this way and depending on how much money I do invest, but I’m not interested in putting my money all into one stock.
So, this was my June 2021 dividend stock investment + investments in ETFs, Index Funds and Cryptocurrency.
Again, It is recommended that you should always consider visiting a financial advisor for independent financial advice before making investment decisions.
