{"id":2803,"date":"2015-05-20T15:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2015-06-08T15:27:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T19:27:17","slug":"dividend-portfolio-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/dividend-portfolio-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Dividend Portfolio Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2805 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Dividend-Portfolio-300x199-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Dividend-Portfolio-300x199\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Dividend-Portfolio-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Dividend-Portfolio-300x199-175x116.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Dividend-Portfolio-300x199-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Dividend-Portfolio-300x199-110x73.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The time has finally come to discuss my current dividend portfolio. \u00a0As I\u2019m just beginning down the path of strict dividend growth investing, you will see some definite holes in the sector allocations that I have chosen to invest in initially.<\/p>\n<p>There haven\u2019t been many opportunities (or I didn\u2019t recognize the opportunities at the time) to buy these sectors at undervalued prices yet. \u00a0At the moment, the financial and pharmaceutical sectors are clearly absent from my holdings.<\/p>\n<h2>Here is the link to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/dividend-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\">dividend portfolio<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p>The building of this portfolio has taken a little less than a year. \u00a0You\u2019ll see that I have had a few holdings for a little longer, AT&amp;T (T) &amp; Duke (DUK), for example. \u00a0The rest have been added within the last 9 months.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, it hasn\u2019t taken very long to redirect my investing strategy to one of strict dividend growth. \u00a0While I still have holdings in mutual funds that I will eventually sell, the vast majority of the dividend stock portfolio are income producing stocks.<\/p>\n<p>In the portfolio spreadsheet, I have included the current yield on cost as well as the portfolio average weighted yield. \u00a0I have also included the current yearly dividend income produced by the dividend portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, the dividend portfolio has 20 positions and making almost $1,100 a year in dividend income off a total value just over $42,000. \u00a0This is not bad for the first year, and it is definitely enough motivation for me to prove the merits of this dividend growth strategy.<\/p>\n<p>You may also notice I have a large percentage of the portfolio in cash. \u00a0A good bit of the cash is accounted for with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedividendpig.com\/dividend-investing-psychology-why-i-use-limit-orders\/\">limit orders<\/a>. \u00a0I have 4 positions with buy orders waiting on the \u201cright price\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, with this market continuing up, my limit orders are getting further and further away from reality. \u00a0Or, the market is moving further and further from reality. \u00a0I guess only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Do we share any holdings? \u00a0Are there any Dividend Growth and Income stocks you are seriously considering purchasing right now? \u00a0What\u2019s the number one position in your portfolio?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time has finally come to discuss my current dividend portfolio. \u00a0As I\u2019m just beginning down the path of strict dividend growth investing, you will see some definite holes in the sector allocations that I have chosen to invest in initially. There haven\u2019t been many opportunities (or I didn\u2019t recognize the opportunities at the time)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[113],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.7 (Yoast SEO v19.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dividend Portfolio Update - The Dividend Pig<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Pig&#039;s current Dividend Portfolio is finally posted. 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