Below are dividends I will be receiving this week and how they will be utilized:

10/2

$CMA - $0.71 per share, $19.37 total, cash

$PPL - $0.24 per share, $4.38 total, cash

$KO - $0.46 per share, $1.91 total, cash

10/3

$VDE - $0.87 per share, $8.96 total, reinvesting

$VIG - $0.77 per share, $2.33 total, reinvesting

10/3

$VNQ - $0.73 per share, $7.27 total, cash

$KMB - $1.18 per share, $15.66 total, reinvesting

$VIG - $0.77 per share, $3.85 total, cash

Are you expecting any dividends this week?

Over my 2% cash position target, so making another buy. I am buying 1 share of $VDE. $VDE was tied for top rated holding in my portfolio at 5/7. The other holdings it was tied with are $XLE, $PFE and $HE. $VDE wins the tiebreaker because my average cost basis is outperforming the S&P 500 by the largest percentage at 19.9%.

Average Cost Basis from $83.58 to $87.31.

PADI from $498.78 to $503.87.

DECISION

Type: Buy

September 25, 2023

$VDE - Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Energy ETF

1 share @ $125.73 per share

Scorecard Buy

Scorecard Score - 5/7

S&P Rank - +1. Outperforming S&P by 19.9%.

FCF Rank - +1. ETF default to 1.

Conviction Rank - +1. High.

Dividend Yield - +0.5. Yield of 4.05% is higher than Portfolio Average of 3.27%, less than Top 5% of 7.13%.

Total Yield - +0.5. Total Yield of 8.38% is higher than Portfolio Average of 4.49%, less than Top 5% of 8.52%.

Share Count - +0.5. ETF default to 0.5.

Weighting - 0. Overweight in position and sector.

P/E - +1. P/E of 6.7 is less than both S&P P/E of 23.46 and Portfolio Median of 18.75.

Good morning! Below are dividends I will be receiving this week and how they will be utilized:

9/25

$SCHB - $0.19 per share, $0.38 total, cash

$SCHD - $0.65 per share, $1.39 total, reinvesting

9/26

$VTI - $0.80 per share, $4.02 total, cash

9/29

$BN - $0.07 per share, $0.07 total, cash

$PEP - $1.27 per share, $6.49 total, reinvesting

9/26

$VTI - $0.80 per share, $3.19 total, cash

9/29

$RICK - $0.06 per share, $0.18 total, reinvesting

Are you expecting any dividends this week?

I added a large number of names to my Watchlist in August after completing a screener on Koyfin. There are some new names, particularly in my Roth Watchlist.

I have also taken advice not to add new holdings for the sake of diversification. I am only focusing on the top rated holdings in my Watchlists, even if they are not in my target sectors.

Goal - to add to un-represented sectors in portfolio. These sectors are Healthcare, Defense, Consumer Discretionary and Utilities.

August Watchlist:

Add:

Remove:

For reference:

Consumer Discretionary:

$GES - 6/7

Defense:

$LMT - 5.5/7

Utilities:

$CCOI - 5.5/7

Goal - to track companies in sectors I will most likely sell out of that have higher rankings than current holdings.

I am currently less than 1% weighted in $CRON and $BUD, so Sin Stocks are a target sector. I do not have any holdings in Entertainment or Real Estate.

For reference:

August Watchlist:

Add:

Remove:

None

Defense:

$LMT - 5.5/7

If I were to be buying right now, I would buy both $ETD and $GES in my Roth IRA.

In my Taxable account, I would buy $OMC. I will most likely be sold out of my current Sin Stock and Defense holdings by the time I make my annual new position adds in January. That will increase the current rankings of $PENN and $LMT. I would purchase either of those two prior to $OMC, if they were tied.

Good morning! Below are dividends I will be receiving next week and how they will be utilized:

9/22

$VWO - $0.35 per share, $2.84 total, cash (estimated)

$VEA - $0.30 per share, $2.10 total, cash (estimated)

9/18

$MCD - $1.52 per share, $3.52 total, cash

9/22

$VWO - $0.35 per share, $7.09 total, cash (estimated)

$VEA - $0.30 per share, $8.71 total, cash (estimated)

$XLE - $0.80 per share, $4.19 total, reinvesting (estimated)

Are you expecting any dividends this week?

Good morning! Below are dividends I will be receiving this week and how they will be utilized:

9/11

$TGT - $1.10 per share, $4.40 total, cash

9/14

$HD - $2.09 per share, $4.18 total, cash

9/15

$HSY - $1.19 per share, $4.83 total, reinvesting

$CSX - $0.11 per share, $0.33 total, reinvesting

Are you expecting any dividends this week?

July '23 Month End: $11,231.19

August '23 Month End: $10,991.84

Value Difference: -$239.35

Performance: -2.31% (Excluding contributions)

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July '23 S&P Month End: $4,588.96

August '23 S&P Month End: $4,507.66

S&P % Difference: -1.77%

% Difference Portfolio vs S&P: -0.54%

August '23: $13.74

August '22: $10.34

% Difference: +33%

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PADI: $283.08 to $282.70 (-0.1%)

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Buys

​8/7

$EMB - 0.0216 shares via dividend reinvestment

8/10

$CARR - 0.0437 shares via dividend reinvestment

8/25

$SBUX - 0.0509 shares via dividend reinvestment

8/28

$RICK - 1 share at $64.94

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Sells

None

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Had the opportunity to make one buy this month. Like with my Taxable account, our savings goals have changed and we are not putting as much towards these two specific accounts.

As always, I appreciate any feedback or thoughts you leave below!

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July '23 Month End: $17,930.85

August '23 Month End: $17,136.85

Value Difference: -$794

Performance: -4.43%

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July '23 S&P Month End: $4,588.96

August '23 S&P Month End: $4,507.66

S&P % Difference: -1.77%

% Difference Portfolio vs S&P: -2.66%

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August '23: $26.83

August '22: $16.92

% Difference: +58.6%

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PADI: $501.07 to $503.32 (+0.4%)

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Buys

8/17

$AAPL - 0.0055 shares via dividend reinvestment

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Sells

None

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Not much activity this month. Lighter dividend month and no contributions with some recent changes to our savings plan.

Would love to hear your thoughts or feedback in the comments.

Below are dividends I will be receiving this week and how they will be utilized:

9/8

$EMB - $0.36 per share, $1.93 total, reinvesting

$LQD - $0.38 per share, $1.90 total, cash

9/5

$PFE - $0.41 per share, $6.71 total, cash

9/7

$VTEB - $0.12 per share, $0.84 total, cash

$RTX - $0.59 per share, $1.23 total, reinvesting

$BLV - $0.26 per share, $0.54 total, cash

9/8

$LQD - $0.38 per share, $0.76 total, cash

$TIPX - $0.06 per share, $0.60 total, cash

$HE - $0.36 per share, $2.22 total, cash

Are you expecting any dividends this week?

Above my 2% cash target in my Roth IRA, so it is time to buy.

Had a number of holdings tied at the top of my Scorecard at 4.5/7. This is a relatively low score, but I am giving things time to play out and evolve with the 7th KPI being recently added. The two things that are hurting $RICK scorecard score are price performance and dividend yield. Share price has dropped nearly 25% since I started the position in January and dividend is still low, but growing.

$RICK held the tie breaker as most underweight over other 4.5 scorers $EMB, $CSX, $LQD, $OZK, $CARR and $VWO.

Average Cost Basis from $95.16 to $85.18.

PADI from $280.70 to $280.91

DECISION

Type: Buy

August 27, 2023

$RICK - RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc

1 share @ $65.19 per share

Scorecard Buy

Scorecard Score - 4.5/7

Cost Basis Rank - 0. Average cost basis performance is down 41.89% compared to the S&P 500.

FCF Rank - +1. Dividend to FCF is at 4.88%. Lots of room to continue to grow the dividend.

Conviction Rank - +0.5. Medium.

Dividend Yield - 0. Dividend Yield of 0.32% is less than portfolio average of 2.67%.

Dividend Growth - +1. 1 Year DGR of 18.75% and 3 Year DGR of 13.48% are higher than portfolio medians of 5.88% and 3.83%.

Weighting - +1. Underweight by 1.3% vs target weighting.

P/E - +1. P/E of 16.02 is less than portfolio median P/E of 21.96 and S&P 500 P/E of 23.46.