Me: A lot of stocks are up
Friend: Cause it's Fridaaaaayyy
Friend: People are pumped, wanna relax, spend some dough.
So there you have it, that was the reason the market was up today. This week I sold a lot of stocks, and did not buy any new ones.
This past trading week I sold my shares of Ford, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, and Target.
| Company | Ticker | Buy Price | Sell Price | Difference | Dividend | Fee | % Gain |
| Ford | F | $73.40 | $73.75 | $0.35 | $0.15 | -$0.02 | 0.65% |
| Intel | INTC | $62.70 | $64.72 | $2.02 | $0.48 | -$0.02 | 3.96% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | $91.99 | $102.60 | $10.61 | $0.75 | -$0.02 | 12.33% |
| Microsoft | MSFT | $96.26 | $106.74 | $10.48 | $0.72 | -$0.02 | 11.61% |
| Target | TGT | $72.40 | $73.60 | $1.20 | $0.56 | -$0.02 | 2.40% |
| Total | $396.75 | $421.41 | $24.66 | $2.66 | -$0.10 | 6.86% | |
To determine the % Gain, I used the following equation.
=(Difference + Dividend + Fee)/Buy Price.
Ford has been an interesting stock for me. I like investing in it because I feel patriotic buying it. Since the stock price is lower, there isn't a ton of stock price swing, so it made it hard to average down and hard to sell it for a positive gain. I really hope they can keep up with Google and Apple with the self-driving cars. I don't have a lot of faith that the traditional automobile manufacturers will be able to keep up though.
I got my first share of Intel at a good price, got a second share for the upcoming dividend, and sold while I was ahead. This was the same for JNJ and Microsoft, I bought at good prices, and sold after I got the dividends.
I didn't hold my share of Target for very long, but knowing this stock, I wanted to quit while I was ahead, and I will also receive a dividend from from Target.
I want to acknowledge that on JNJ and MSFT, I had 12.33% and 11.61% gains, respectively. I'm very happy with double digit gains. The overall gain was 6.86%, which I'm also very happy with.
Below is information on my year-to-date (YTD) investing numbers.
| MITCH Investing - 2015 | |
| Dividends Received | $5.28 |
| $'s Gained | $60.30 |
| Dividend % of Gain | 8.76% |
| Overall % Gain | 12.06% |
Signed,
Mitch
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