Friday, May 30, 2014

Week In Review (Realty Income, Ford, AT&T, Sysco, more)

There were no new purchases this week. There were no dividends received this week.

Realty Income closed the week at $43.29. That is a rise of $0.37 for the week. The next scheduled dividend is around June 15th. The fund will continue to hold the shares.

Ford closed the week at $16.44. That is a rise of $0.42 for the week. The next scheduled dividend is around June 2nd. The fund will continue to hold the shares.

AT&T closed the week at $35.47. That is a rise of  $0.15 for the week. The next scheduled dividend is around August 1st. The fund will continue to hold the shares.

Sysco closed the week at $37.53. That is a rise of $0.94 for the week. The next scheduled dividend is around July 25th. The fund will continue to hold the shares.

The next scheduled purchase will happen in the next 2-4 weeks. Candidates include Powershares' Build America Bond ETF, Starbucks, or picking up more shares of Realty Income.


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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

One Reason For Having AT&T in Portfolio

As many know, AT&T is in KDK Fund's portfolio. Their vehicle usage is one (not only) reason why AT&T is in the portfolio. Take a look at the following article and enjoy.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ts-cng-vehicles-touch-8000-175005215.html

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Week In Review (Realty Income, Ford, AT&T, Sysco, more)

There were no new purchases this week. There were no new dividends received this week.

Realty Income shares closed the week at $42.93. That is a decline of $0.95 for the week. The next scheduled dividend for Realty Income is around June 15th. The fund will continue to hold shares.

Ford shares closed the week at $16.02. That is an increase of $0.26 for the week. The next scheduled dividend from Ford is around June 1st. The fund will continue to hold shares.

AT&T shares closed the week at $35.32. That is a decline of $1.32 for the week. The next scheduled dividend from AT&T is around August 1st. The fund will continue to hold shares.

Sysco shares closed the week at $36.59. That is a rise of $0.03 for the week. The next scheduled dividend from Sysco is around July 20th. The fund will continue to hold shares.

The next purchased is scheduled for the next 2-4 weeks. Candidates include more of one of the current holdings, or Starbucks.

If you have any stocks that you think KDK Fund would be interested in researching, let us know at kdkfund@gmail.com or twitter @kdkfund.

**All posts on this blog are information and opinions only. They are not to be considered recommendations to buy or sell any security. Please do your due diligence first before trading and investing. Please direct all questions and comments to the blog or to kdkfund@gmail.com** 

Friday, May 16, 2014

Week In Review (Realty Income, Ford, AT&T, Sysco, Dividends, more)

There were no new purchases or sales this week. There was a dividend payment received from Realty Income. The next scheduled purchase is scheduled for about 4 weeks from now.

Realty Income closed the week at $43.88. That is a rise of $0.10 for the week. There was a dividend given of about $0.185 per share given on the 15th. The fund will continue owning shares into the future.

Ford closed the week at $15.76. That is a decline of $0.01 for the week. The fund will continue owning shares into the future.

AT&T closed the week at $36.74. That is a rise of $0.30 for the week. The fund will continue owning shares into the future.

Sysco closed the week at $36.56. That is a decline of $0.26 for the week. The fund will continue owning shares into the week.

Future purchase targets include the commodity ETF DBC, more shares of Realty Income, or more shares of Ford, or shares of Starbucks.


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Dividend Day For Realty Income

For the fourth month in a row, KDK Fund has received a dividend payment from Realty Income. The dividends are automatically reinvested.

Dividends received from Realty Income represent 1.75% of the shares of Realty Income owned by KDK Fund. Dividends now represent 0.75% of the entire portfolio.

The plan continues to make dividend receipts to be a growing source of funding for the fund. Dividend reinvestment is being used to add growth to the account. The next dividend to be received will be from Ford on or around June 1.

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Assisting Weapons Manufacturing Without Knowing It

Every once in a while, an article is written that wakes you up to the fact that your retirement 401k plans are funding the operations of companies that you want nothing to do with. This Huffington Post article about funding weapons companies by Kevin Short (link here) is one of those articles.

KDK Fund is dedicated to invest in companies that represent its ethical and moral standards. It believes that there is enough profit in the world to not need to invest in companies that conflict with its ethical and moral standards. Weapons manufacturers are definitely one industry where KDK Fund feels that its capital needs to avoid.

Kudos to Campaign To Unload for making this an important issue to raise.

Being proud of where and how your retirement comes from is important.

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Friday, May 2, 2014

Week In Review (Realty Income, Ford, AT&T, Sysco, Dividends, Earnings, more)

There were no new purchases or sales  this week. There was a dividend received from AT&T this week. Earnings were released this week for Realty Income. Ford has named  Mark Fields as the new CEO. The fund will likely make a purchase of Sysco shares next week.

Shares of Realty Income closed the week at $43.22. That is a rise of $0.33 for the week. The next scheduled dividend for Realty Income will be around the 16th of May. Shares will continue to be held.

Shares of Ford closed the week at $15.90. That is a rise of $0.12  for the week. The next scheduled dividend for Ford will be around June 2nd. Shares will continue to be held.

Shares of AT&T closed the week at $35.63. That is a rise of $1.14 for the week. The next scheduled dividend for AT&T will be around August 1st. Shares will continue to be held.

Sysco is the current choice for the next purchase of shares for the fund. It has a decent wage scale for its employees. It has a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per quarter, which is normally given out at the end of the first month of each quarter. This will They are a leader in their industry. The plan is to make the purchase at some point next week. This purchase will increase KDK Fund's quarterly dividend receipts by 21.9%.

AT&T issued out a dividend of $0.46 per share during the week. The funds were reinvested for free. It is important to show how using dividend reinvestment can eliminate a portion of the commissions cost for the fund. Right now, dividends represent 0.65% of capital spent on stock.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

May Day is Dividend Day

Today is another dividend day for KDK Fund (cue Forrest Gump explaining that he went to meet the president.....again scene). AT&T just released its quarterly dividend of $0.46 per share today. This presents an annual yield of about 5.25% based on today's stock price.

Dividends now constitute 0.65% of the portfolio. The next expected dividend will be received from Realty Income on around May 15. The fund currently has 20 dividend days throughout the year.

Dividends are one of the pillars of investing with KDK Fund. The plan is to use dividend reinvestment to push further dividend payments as high as they can go. Nobody can argue that the practice of dividend reinvestment with the right stocks/ETFs can put an investment account on exponential long term growth pattern.

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