The Retirees' Dividend Portfolio: John And Jane's November Taxable Account Update
Published Dec 9, 2020 on Seeking Alpha

Seeking AlphaThe Retirees' Dividend Portfolio: John And Jane's November Taxable Account UpdateDec. 9, 2020 3:45 PM ET|| Includes: AAPL, ABR, ABR.PA, ABR.PB, ABR.PC, ADM, APLE, BME, BP, BPAQF, CAH, CARR, CLX, CMI, DOV, EAFAX, EMR, EPD, EPR, EPR.PC, EPR.PE, EPR.PG, ET, EVT, GIS, GOOG, GOOGL, HON, HP, HRL, IRM, JCI, LEG, LTC, MCD, MIND, MINDP, MO, MSB, NRZ, NRZ.PA, NRZ.PB, NRZ.PC, O, ORI, OTIS, PH, PSXP, R, RTX, SKT, SLB, SO, SOJB, SOJC, SOJD, SPG, SPG.PJ, T, T.PA, T.PC, TBB, TBC, TXN, VFC, VZ, WASH, WLKP, WPC, XOMby: Matthew UteschMatthew Utesch Dividend Investing, Dividend Growth Investing, Long Only, REITsSummaryThe Taxable account generated $1,592.38 of dividends in November of 2020 compared with $1,692.41 of dividends in November of 2019.
The Taxable account had a balance of $429,520.65 as of November 30th, 2020, vs. $333,305.38 on November 30th, 2019. The annualized cost basis yield is 4.44%.
A total of four companies in the Taxable portfolio paid increased dividends or a special dividend during the month of November.
One company cut its distribution during the month of November.
We examine the realized gain-loss for the Taxable Account and our thoughts going into the end of 2020.
The Taxable Account balance is up nearly $47K over the course of a month from October 31st to November 30th. The increased value of the Taxable account is in line with the performance of the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq over the same time period.
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The Nasdaq Composite is still outperforming both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 by a long shot.
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This shouldn't surprise anyone considering the Nasdaq is made up of the largest tech stocks in the United States. This shouldn't be a huge surprise considering the top 10 largest stocks make up over 1/3 of the index and these companies have seen explosive growth during the pandemic. The 10 positions shown below were accurate as of April 15th, 2020.
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