Investing Update 1/22/2016

The market seemed to stabilize a little bit this week. There were days of heavy selling, but I saw a bit more green this week than last week. By green, I mean stock prices going up. I think the common mentality of dividend investors is that market swings don't concern us. Concern sets in when a company reduces the amount of money that is paid out for their dividend.

Year-To-Date Update

	1/1/2016	1/22/2016	Change since Jan 1st
Robinhood Portfolio Value	$607.87	$663.36	$55.49
Money from my pocket	$550.00	$625.00	$75.00
Dividends	$9.79	$11.07	$1.28
Gains/Realized & Unrealized	$48.08	$27.29	-$20.79

The table above shows the change in my Robinhood portfolio since the start of 2016.

Robinhood Portfolio Value = (Money from my pocket) + (Dividends) + (Gains/Realized & Unrealized)

Dividends

I didn't receive any dividends this week.

Stock Purchase

Stock	Ticker	Shares	Buy Price	Avg. Price/Share	Upcoming Div.	Div. Yield at Purchase
International Paper	IP	1	$34.40	$34.40	$0.44	5.12%
Total			$34.40

IP was on my list of stocks to buy for my 2016 Investing Mission. It has an upcoming ex-dividend date around February 11th. I think I read recently that the stock was downgraded, but I still bought the stock. I'm interested in this stock due to their sustainability efforts. When I was working as an engineer, my company worked with IP, so I have some working knowledge of the company.


2016 Investing Missions

• Purchase and hold 25 different stocks that pay dividends: 13/25 - 56% Completed (Not counting Disney stock)

• Receive $75 in dividends: $1.28/$75.00 - 1.71% Completed.

You can click on the investing tab or here to see what stocks I currently have in my Robinhood portfolio.

Signed,

Mitch