All Weather Dividends: 8 Hot Buys For Sizzling Hot August

Seeking AlphaPortfolio StrategyAll Weather Dividends: 8 Hot Buys For Sizzling Hot AugustAug. 3, 2020 11:47 AM ET|| Includes: BAC, CMCSA, CVX, DTE, EIG, EVR, EXC, FLO, FRT, HPQ, IBM, IRM, MMM, MO, O, OKE, OMC, PFE, PFG, PM, RF, RS, SO, SPY, T, TROW, TXN, UNP, VFC, VLO, WECby: Robert & Sam KovacsRobert & Sam Kovacs Long only, dividend investing, dividend growth investingSummaryThe model portfolio we started in May is nearly a quarter old.
The performance is still above that of the S&P 500, all while yielding 3% more.
We identify 8 dividend buys for August.
Written by Robert & Sam Kovacs
You’re about to read the 4th update of our "All Weather Dividends Portfolio". On May 15th , we started sharing a model portfolio here on Seeking Alpha. The goal was to start displaying the way we manage our portfolios by creating a dividend portfolio from scratch, with a fictional $100,000 and $2,000 per month of extra contributions.
Weather is getting hot in Luxembourg where Robert is living. Sam has gotten used to the heat after having spent most of the year in Indonesia. In this heat, we've identified 8 hot buys for our model portfolio.
Source: Open Domain
Each month, we provide an update, with suggested transactions, and tracking the portfolio’s evolution. Because we are picky on prices, this portfolio is not identical to our portfolios. Some stocks which we own simply haven’t been available at a good entry point since we started tracking the portfolio.
That being said, we always purchase the stocks which we recommend purchasing in the model portfolio. In that sense, the model portfolio gives you a good idea of our buying activity.
We will present the portfolio's performance for the past month, then introduce our latest transactions (using the closing prices for the 31st of July). We'll then give a summary of the portfolio's investments and cash positions, an overview of the diversification and of expected dividends, before finally... Read more