This past trading week I sold 1 share of Hewlett Packard and 2 shares of Best Buy.
Company | Ticker | Buy Price | Sell Price | Difference | Dividend | Fee | % Gain |
Hewlett Packard, Inc. | HPQ | $11.99 | $12.25 | $0.26 | $0.12 | $0.01 | 3.25% |
Best Buy | BBY | $62.02 | $62.74 | $0.72 | $0.46 | $0.02 | 1.93% |
Total | $74.01 | $74.99 | $0.98 | $0.58 | $0.03 | 2.15% |
To determine the % Gain, I used the following equation.
=(Difference + Dividend + Fee)/Buy Price.
I bet HPQ because of the recent company split. I didn't have a lot of money left in my Robinhood account to buy new stocks last week, and I saw that HPQ had an upcoming dividend. My Chromebook is made my Hewlett Packard, and I wouldn't have bought an HP Chromebook if I didn't think it was a good brand.
Coincidentally, I bought my Chromebook at a Best Buy, and this was the other stock I sold this week. I bought Best Buy for the dividend. I do have some concerns holding this stock long term, but I find myself still going to shop there occasionally. Because of this, I was OK with buying the stock short term.
I should be selling my other stocks, but I really don't want to sell for a loss right now. I know eventually the share prices will go back up, I just need to be patient. Opportunity costs are screaming right now, but I'm not really listening.
I did not buy any new stocks this week.
Below is information on my year-to-date (YTD) investing numbers.
MITCH Investing - 2015 | ||
Friday Date | 12/11/2015 | 12/4/2015 |
Dividends Received | $8.28 | $5.91 |
$'s Gained | $47.92 | $56.20 |
Dividend % of Gain | 17.28% | 10.52% |
Overall % Gain | 9.58% | 11.24% |
You can click on the investing tab or here to see what stocks I currently have in my Robinhood portfolio.
Signed,
Mitch
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