Dividend stocks portfolio – recent purchases – September 2017

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

Canadian stocks especially financial stocks have been performed well in last couple of weeks. Some Canadian banks stocks are trading near record high, and TD bank hits record high.

My portfolios’ value also hit record high after slow summer months. I hope this trend will continue until early next year.

Everyone is expecting a deep correction in U.S market, but it continues to march higher and higher every month.

Based on past history, market correction will come, but nobody knows when it will happen. So, we have to be prepared for everything. One way to prepare is to stick with diversified high quality assets.

In order to diversify, I made a couple of changes in my U.S holdings in September. I trimmed some positions, took some profits and initiated couple of new positions.

All the changes were made in my registered accounts. Thus, I don’t need to pay any tax for the profits.

I also made a minor change in my Canadian holdings.

Here are the changes I made my portfolio:

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Here is the changes I made in my dividend portfolios in September 2017:

The changes made in my Canadian portfolio in August 2017.

• SOLD 75 shares of SU at $42.53
• added 10 shares of TRP at $60.90

The changes made in my U.S dividend portfolio in August 2017.

• Sold 10 shares of AFL at $82.06 (reduced)
• Sold 20 shares of WMT at $80.60 (reduced)
• Sold 13 shares of PG at $93.60 (reduced)
• Sold 11 shares of NSC at $130.45 (sold entire position)
• Sold 40 shares of KO at $46.91 (reduced)


• Initiated 25 shares of HRL at $30.60
• Initiated 15 shares of CVS at $79.88
• Initiated 5 shares of MCK at $149.50
• Initiated 5 shares of GWW at $169.00
• Initiated 10 shares of DIS at $98.79
• Initiated 5 shares of AMGN at $187.25
• added 15 shares of INTC at $37.13
• added 10 shares of GIS at $51.90
• added 10 shares of CSCO at $32.90

With these last month changes, my estimated yearly passive income dropped down by $70 to $8330. One of my 2017 short-term financial goals is to bring this number to $8400. I really hope that I could easily hit back this number with upcoming dividend hikes from my dividend holdings.

Please note that I’ve reduced or trimmed some of my positions. It doesn’t mean they are bad stocks. I just wanted to take some profits and diversify my portfolios. I will consider add them back if their price start to move south.

Many readers asked me how or why I execute very tiny orders of ETFs. They were wondering about the commission fees. Actually, I use Questrade for ETFs purchases. There are no commission fees for ETFs purchases at Questrade. Therefore you could buy any number of ETFs without paying commission costs.

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I have updated the portfolio pages with these changes.

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