Dividend stocks portfolio – recent changes – June 2019

Intro..

For those of you new to this website, in this post, I discuss the recent changes I made in my dividend portfolios, and sometimes I discuss my portfolio diversification strategies as well.

Another month passed by, and it is time to update the changes I made in my dividend portfolios last month.

I kept buying income-producing assets, aka dividend stocks and ETFs, here and there using the cash flow pile up in my investment accounts. Due to the compounding effect, the growth rate is accelerating.

I didn’t add any new money to the market at this record high level.

Actually, I spent money on summer fun activities and paid-down some debts.

I think paying down debts or building cash position is not a bad idea this time so I can improve my buying power if any buying opportunities come in the near future.

Since we are approaching to the end of the economic cycle, analysts and investors have been expecting a recession, plus stock market decline.

If they are right this time, then we will have a lot of buying opportunities.

However, I didn’t want to interrupt the compounding growth by waiting for market correction.

Thus, I tried to reinvest all the dividends as soon as they come in my accounts and purchased a couple of ETFs and dividend stocks.

In addition, a few dividend stocks and ETFs raised their distributions.

With the dividend hikes and new purchases, my annual estimated passive income increased to $11031, up over 9.91% year to date.

Now, let us look at the purchases I made last month.

Canadian portfolio

Last month, I purchased 10 shares Telus (TSE: T) to bring up my number of holding to 140, and bought 20 more shares of Keyara Corporation (TSE: KEY) to bring up my number of holdings to 180.

U.S portfolio

I just reinvested some cash-flow within the account and added my favourite dividend growth ETFs (DGRO, NOBL and ZUD).

International Portfolio

I just added 2 units of ZDH (Canadian hedged) international dividend ETFs and one unit of IDV (US dollar) ETF.

Currently, I have over $10500 in my international portfolio, which is still less than 5% of my investment value.

I will continue to build these positions to diversify my assets.

Here are the changes I made in my dividend portfolios in June 2019:

Disclaimer..

Please note the information posted on this website is the opinion of my own and should not be considered as professional financial advice. I am not a financial professional, and I can buy, sell, or hold any investment at any time.

Any transactions I publish on this website are not recommendations to buy or sell any securities or investments.

Please do your own research or consult with a qualified financial professional before even considering using the information obtained from this website.

The changes made in my Canadian portfolio in June 2019.

• Added 10 shares of T (Telus) at $48.40
• Added 20 shares of KEY at $32.25

The changes made in my U.S dividend portfolio in June 2019.

• Added 3 units of DGRO ETF at $37.96
• Added 1 unit of NOBL ETF at $69.80
• Added 1 unit of ZUD (Canadian hedged) U.S Dividend ETF at $24.03
  

The changes made in my International dividend portfolio in June 2019.

• Added 2 units of ZDH at $21.28 (average price)
• Added 1 unit of IDV at $30.59

With recent changes and dividend hikes my yearly estimated passive income (EPI) hit to new high of $11031 in June 2019, with year-to-date gain around 9.91%.

I have updated the portfolio pages with these changes.

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