Last week, the fund was able to purchase more shares of Ford. The price paid for these shares was $12.03. This brings the pre-dividends received price to $13.71 per share.
Some reasons for the purchase are below:
- Lower than normal stock price
- New shares are eligible for the special dividend
- Dividend increase in Ford of 66% (without special dividend) from the previous quarter.
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Week (1/15) In Review (Ford Dividend News, more)
There were no new purchases or sales this week. The next expected purchase is in the next 3-5 weeks.
Ford announced an extra dividend payment (link here). The next scheduled dividend is from Powershares BAB at the end of the month.
Some metrics to the current holdings are below.
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Ford announced an extra dividend payment (link here). The next scheduled dividend is from Powershares BAB at the end of the month.
Some metrics to the current holdings are below.
| Company | Current Price | Purchase Dates | Cost Basis | Current Profit/Loss | Date Sold |
| Ford | $12.00 | 8/7/2015 | $14.68 | -18.26% | Current Holding |
| AT&T | $34.00 | 9/28/2015 | $31.58 | 7.66% | Current Holding |
| Apple | $97.13 | 1/5/2016 | $103.28 | -5.95% | Current Holding |
| BAB | $29.69 | 12/15/2015 | $29.00 | 2.38% | Current Holding |
| Average | -5.12% |
**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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Ford Giving Extra Dividend
Yesterday, Ford announced that they are distributing an extra one time $0.25 dividend to shareholders. It is to be payable along with the regular $0.15 quarterly dividend on March 1st. Bloomberg's Keith Naughton writes about it (link here).
The fund was very happy to hear of this of course. With this extra dividend, the road to wealth has been quickened. The fund will reinvest this dividend.
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The fund was very happy to hear of this of course. With this extra dividend, the road to wealth has been quickened. The fund will reinvest this dividend.
**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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Week (1/8) In Review (Apple purchase, MFA and FFBC sale, more)
Welcome to 2016! This was a week of downturns but also one of opportunity. The fund sold its holdings in First Financial Bancorp and MFA Financial (link here). The fund also purchased Apple stock (link here)
Before selling, the fund did receive a dividend payment from First Financial Bancorp. Those funds were distributed as cash into the account. The next expected dividend is from Powershares Build America Bond Fund at the end of the month.
**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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
Before selling, the fund did receive a dividend payment from First Financial Bancorp. Those funds were distributed as cash into the account. The next expected dividend is from Powershares Build America Bond Fund at the end of the month.
| Company | Current Price | Purchase Dates | Cost Basis | Current Profit/Loss |
| Ford | $12.54 | 8/7/2015 | $14.68 | -14.58% |
| AT&T | $33.54 | 9/28/2015 | $31.58 | 6.21% |
| Apple | $96.96 | 1/5/2016 | $103.28 | -6.12% |
| BAB | $29.57 | 12/15/2015 | $29.00 | 1.97% |
| Average | -4.51% |
**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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
New Purchase of Apple Shares
The fund purchased shares of Apple today. The price paid for the shares was $103.27. The reasons for the purchase are as follows:
- The shares are currently at a 11 P/E ratio
- Increasing revenues
- Increasing markets
- New products (TV, Watch) expanding
- Dividend of $2.08
The plan is for the fund to hold onto shares for good.
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- The shares are currently at a 11 P/E ratio
- Increasing revenues
- Increasing markets
- New products (TV, Watch) expanding
- Dividend of $2.08
The plan is for the fund to hold onto shares for good.
**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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
Sold shares of MFA and FFBC
The fund has sold its positions in both MFA Financial and First Financial Bancorp. The reason for the sale is that there are now other investments that will better match the fund's mission and the funds were needed.
**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 or on 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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Week (1/1) In Review (Ford, more)
The fund did not make any new purchases or sales during the week.
There were no dividends received during the week. The next scheduled dividend is from First Financial Bancorp during the first week of January.
Newswise, there was a post made about a possible Google-Ford driverless car partnership (link here)
Some metrics of the current holdings are below.
**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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
There were no dividends received during the week. The next scheduled dividend is from First Financial Bancorp during the first week of January.
Newswise, there was a post made about a possible Google-Ford driverless car partnership (link here)
Some metrics of the current holdings are below.
| Company | Current Price | Purchase Dates | Cost Basis | Current Profit/Loss | Date Sold | Ending Profit/Loss |
| Ford | $14.09 | 8/7/2015 | $14.68 | -4.02% | Current Holding | |
| AT&T | $34.41 | 9/28/2015 | $31.58 | 8.96% | Current Holding | |
| MFA | $6.60 | 8/13/2015 | $7.23 | -8.71% | Current Holding | |
| FFBC | $18.07 | 11/19/2015 | $19.84 | -8.92% | Current Holding | |
| BAB | $28.99 | 12/15/2015 | $29.00 | -0.03% | Current Holding | |
| Average | -2.72% |
**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 or on twitter @kdkfund.
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