Portfolio balancing for NYSE:GE with a purchase of additional 40 shares for 30,29 USD per share. I’m not a huge fan of averaging up but I suppose that would count as a first world problem. I’m actually quite bullish on GE so I don’t really have huge problems with the current valuation. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) would require similar actions but it has a bit more challenging valuation in my books. I’m also keeping an eye on the Diageo (NYSE:DEO) for my next purchase.
Recent Buy: Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc
Market has been turbulent lately but I couldn’t resist the valuation NYSE:OHI is getting at the moment. On February 9th I bought additional 40 shares for 28,54 USD per share. Pretty much everything has been hammered down hard lately. Perhaps some for a good reason, but to me this valuation seems ridiculously cheap. This is now a full position and then some so it’s not very likely that I’d be adding on this unless it goes through the floor without any real reason.
Recent Sell & Buy: BHP Billiton PLC
Just another averaging down operation on NYSE:BBL. On February 4th I sold 130 shares for 21,01 USD per share and on February 8th bought back 140 shares for 20,42 USD per share.
Recent Buy: Nordea Bank AB
Slightly unplanned action since “official” January purchase was already made and Nordea wasn’t really on my short term watch list. It has been hammered so down lately that I didn’t see any problems in adding to my position. Today I bought additional 110 shares for 9,07 EUR per share. Typically we would see a dividend rally during Q1 but in the current market environment it’s difficult to know what happens next. Technically I don’t even care.
Recent Buy: Telenor
Balancing of the portfolio with a purchase of additional 60 shares of Telenor for 137,50 NOK per share. This action was executed on January 14th and was the first buy of the year. NYSE:GE would require similar addition during February but the market turbulence is starting to look so promising that a better valuation might lay ahead. Meanwhile few other existing positions are starting to look really tempting, especially NYSE:OHI is really difficult to pass on.
Q4/2015 & FY2015 Report
Another quarter and fiscal year has passed with following statistics:
- 411 USD received as dividends during Q4 (244 USD during Q4/2014)
- 420 NOK received as dividends during Q4 (0 NOK during Q4/2014)
- 8 purchases made during Q4 (10 during Q4/2014)
- Total dividends for FY2015 were 458,32 EUR, 1455 NOK and 1360,81 USD (123 EUR and 584,32 USD during FY2014)
There are no major changes for strategy in FY2016. Environment is getting a bit challenging as we are, in my opinion, moving towards the end of an cycle. I expect to add steadily on cyclical companies and also those which are a bit underweight positions at the moment. Valuations might slow down the balancing of the portfolio even though I’m not fully trying to time the market. Having said that, I still have loose buy zones I try to enforce.
Recent Buy: Deere & Company
This is most likely the last trade for FY2015. I decided to skip on GE and Telenor and instead slightly increased my position on Deere today by purchasing 13 shares for 77,35 USD per share. There’s nothing special behind this action but I skipped GE because of the valuation. I’m hoping to add on it in the 28-29 range. Telenor however is on my buy range at the moment which makes it the strongest candidate for January purchase unless GE drops to the mentioned range.
Recent Sell & Buy: BHP Billiton Plc
Nothing new here, just a minor strategic operation with NYSE:BBL. As it became evident that basically all miners would be taking extra beating, I decided to sell my 110 shares on December 7th for 23,2401 USD per share. The following day I bought back 130 shares for 21,68 USD per share. As a bonus I recorded some losses to be used later for tax deductions.
Long term fundamentals haven’t really changed but the current situation is challenging. There could be a dividend cut in the cards but personally I wouldn’t event mind having one. Current situation in the overall market provides excellent possibilities for strategic moves by such a big player.
Recent Buy: BHP Billiton Plc
I’ve been waiting to add on various cyclical companies but BHP Billiton has been taking extra beating lately due to various problems. Latest one was the collapsing of a dam in Brazil in a mine co-operated with NYSE:VALE. It’s tragic but also hopefully a one time indecent that has very little to do with the company itself. Sure there are risks involved with this purchase. Cleaning up this mess can cost anything from tens of millions to hundred millions dollars. On top of that there’s the overall economic situation which alone is a real risk for the dividend. Then again the long term fundamentals haven’t really changed. Having said that, today I bough additional 50 shares for 26,93 USD per share which brings my total up to 110 shares.
Additional information: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3665126-bhp-vale-samarco-dam-failures
Recent Buy: VEREIT, Inc
As anticipated, balancing positions continued with NYSE:VER (formerly NYSE:ARCP). Troubled company in transition process and my only truly speculative position. On November 6th I bought additional 130 shares for 8.18 USD per share. I still doubt that I would build a full position on VEREIT but the jury is still out on that one. Interest rate issues will play a significant part here but I ended up with a target value in the neighbourhood of 9.90-10.10 USD per share. That’s just a side note though as my primary focus is on the dividends.
One view on the matter: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3657246-net-lease-reit-vereit-continues-to-execute-on-investor-day-blueprint