Stock Portfolios V2

[ventrue]

I sold off my Petm for about a 7 grand profit. :icon_neut

I loved that stock, but I needed the cash.

Any good tips, Mr. Massholio? Other than Apple, I haven't really kept up on things for a few months.

 

[MASShole]

I sold off my Petm for about a 7 grand profit. :icon_neut

I loved that stock, but I needed the cash.

Any good tips, Mr. Massholio? Other than Apple, I haven't really kept up on things for a few months.

It depends - is this a taxable account or an IRA? Are you looking for monthly or quarterly income at a high amount or some growth plus divs or just growth? Looking to round out a portfolio or have it be a standalone investment? How often will you invest and are there brokerage fees?

All good questions to ask yourself so you can narrow down your choices first, and then choose.


Oh and PETM is on my watchlist right now for future investments.

 

[ventrue]

It depends - is this a taxable account or an IRA? Are you looking for monthly or quarterly income at a high amount or some growth plus divs or just growth? Looking to round out a portfolio or have it be a standalone investment? How often will you invest and are there brokerage fees?

All good questions to ask yourself so you can narrow down your choices first, and then choose.


Oh and PETM is on my watchlist right now for future investments.

Thanks man. Petm has been very good to me, but I had to pay off a couple of bills. I wouldn't have let it go otherwise. I had it for almost 2 years.

Right now, I still have a decent portfolio. My main stock is XOM. I have a little over 1,300 shares. Most of the shares came from my employee stock incentive plan, when I worked there.

I am looking for something long-term w/ dividend re-investment.

 

[MASShole]

That's a lot of XOM shares! I wish I had that many.

In that case, diversify away from energy. GIS and MCD are pretty beaten down right now but they've both had that happen in the past and have come out stronger afterwards. PG, JNJ and KO are staples in nearly any div reinvestment portfolio. They'll also have some cap appreciation. For a choice that's projected to grow EPS by 15% over the next 5 years or so, and pays a small but easily growable dividend, look to V (MA also a good choice) I think IBM is really undervalued right now too. Kinder Morgan family of companies is consolidating into KMI, and they have publicly stated they want to grow their div by 10% minimum over the next 5 years, and estimates for fair value have them undervalued right now. Good time to get in, IMO, but it's in energy.

Those are in consumer staples, consumer discretionary, information technology and healthcare.

So, there you have it. Lots of good, high quality choices that pay growing divs.


Other choices: SMG, SBUX, WFC, OHI

 

[ventrue]

Thank you, much respect for your help.

Will definitely check out those choices.

 

[MASShole]

Thank you, much respect for your help.

Will definitely check out those choices.

You're welcome, anytime.





I sold my ABBV shares and will be buying T. I might as well have both telecom giants, and if T's deal with DirecTV goes through that will be huge. Swapping a sub 3% div company with uncertain prospects and a high payout ratio for a healthcare company for a telecom with a >5% div and a bit of growth ahead? I think it'll be a good choice for me in the end, as it diversifies my portfolio more, lowers my overall beta, and improves the dividend portion of my portfolio.

 

[ElKarlo]

Mmm jnj and o are all great stocks to sit on and DRIP. Working on growing O size wise

 

[MASShole]

If O goes under $40, which it will when the fed announces anything, I'll add to it.

 

[ElKarlo]

If O goes under $40, which it will when the fed announces anything, I'll add to it.

Same here.

oh and recommendations, CSX or epically UNP are good RR picks. CSX may do well 9it is doing ok now)with the Panama canal expansion. WHile UNp is just kicking butt and taking names

 

[Phelly2]

So is the market coming out of this correction or the indices just re-testing the 50-day moving average before continuing downward? I'm looking to join the red hot healthcare sector.

GILD, SLXP, ALXN, AGN are some of my favorite candidates.

ALXN looks the best to me at the moment. The fundamentals are solid, earnings and sales have been growing consistently at a rate of 50% or so quarter over quarter for the past few years. It's been consolidating since February, but the number of funds claiming ownership since then has increased. It seems to be breaking out of this consolidation period based on today's price action(gained 6% on above average volume), especially if the bull market continues.

 

[Phelly2]

Same here.

oh and recommendations, CSX or epically UNP are good RR picks. CSX may do well 9it is doing ok now)with the Panama canal expansion. WHile UNp is just kicking butt and taking names

I would also add KSU to the list of possible Railroad stocks.

Increasing earnings and sales, and it has just broken out of a cup and handle chart pattern on the weekly chart with increased volume. With the market correcting, it fell mildly, but on reduced volume. In the last two days, it has regained its strength on increased volume again.

Its relative strength rating has been rising since March, as well. (meaning, in March it began outperforming the market as it formed the right side of that cup & handle). Obviously, these things point toward increasing institutional support.



I wish these pictures were bigger.

 

[Blood Python]

MASShole, do you still like ishares?

 

[MASShole]

MASShole, do you still like ishares?

Depends on the fund. For the most part yes. There are quite a few other companies offering similar low cost ETFs like Vanguard, Schwab etc.

To compare you have to compare the underlying indices

what's up?

 

[ElKarlo]

I would also add KSU to the list of possible Railroad stocks.

Increasing earnings and sales, and it has just broken out of a cup and handle chart pattern on the weekly chart with increased volume. With the market correcting, it fell mildly, but on reduced volume. In the last two days, it has regained its strength on increased volume again.

Its relative strength rating has been rising since March, as well. (meaning, in March it began outperforming the market as it formed the right side of that cup & handle). Obviously, these things point toward increasing institutional support.

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I wish these pictures were bigger.

KSU has been doing very well lately. I still would recommend UNP over everyone else, as it just sits in such a good centralized location.

 

[ElKarlo]

Depends on the fund. For the most part yes. There are quite a few other companies offering similar low cost ETFs like Vanguard, Schwab etc.

To compare you have to compare the inderlying indices

what's up?

I think that their international ETFs are pretty dang good. I don't personally hold any, but looked at some, and they seem well managed, balanced, as well as having good returns.

Though they seem too heavy in Australia and NZ, and kinda randomly so. their international div funds are full of Oz and NZ companies.

 

[Phelly2]

KSU has been doing very well lately. I still would recommend UNP over everyone else, as it just sits in such a good centralized location.

UNP is a good choice as well. My only problem with them is that at the moment is that they're already 6% above their last consolidation area. Even for a long term investment, that is too risky for my investment style. Too easy to get shaken out if it drops back into that consolidation area.

 

[ElKarlo]

UNP is a good choice as well. My only problem with them is that at the moment is that they're already 6% above their last consolidation area. Even for a long term investment, that is too risky for my investment style. Too easy to get shaken out if it drops back into that consolidation area.

Meh, a good company is a good company. You just have to be willing to pay for it. UNP with over 15% div growth, over 2 years, meets my criteria. Don't get hung up on man

 

[Blood Python]

Depends on the fund. For the most part yes. There are quite a few other companies offering similar low cost ETFs like Vanguard, Schwab etc.

To compare you have to compare the inderlying indices

what's up?

I'll tell you the specific ones I was looking at later.

Sounds messed up but I read that some pharmaceutical companies are making big gains due to Ebola. Anybody gonna mess with that?

http://www.businessinsider.com/ebol...utm_campaign=Feed:+clusterstock+(ClusterStock)

 

[MASShole]

I'll tell you the specific ones I was looking at later.

Sounds messed up but I read that some pharmaceutical companies are making big gains due to Ebola. Anybody gonna mess with that?

http://www.businessinsider.com/ebol...utm_campaign=Feed:+clusterstock+(ClusterStock)

I already own GSK, so yes I'm hoping for some increase in appreciation. Oddly enough it's their HIV drug working on Ebola.



Let me know which one. Mostly I have some interest in their index funds and haven't paid much attention to their actively managed funds. The only actively managed fund I own outside of a 401k is VYM, Vanguard's high div fund, and it's in my wife's Roth.

 

[MASShole]

I think that their international ETFs are pretty dang good. I don't personally hold any, but looked at some, and they seem well managed, balanced, as well as having good returns.

Though they seem too heavy in Australia and NZ, and kinda randomly so. their international div funds are full of Oz and NZ companies.

That's because OZ and NZ companies pay really high divs relative to other developed countries, and have pretty good fundamentals backing those divs.