Investing Update 1/29/2016

There was quite a bit of green (prices going up) this week. It actually makes me a little sad, because it's better to buy stocks at lower prices. Preferably, I think we'd all like normal ups and downs, instead of these huge ups and downs we've had over the last 6 months.

Year-To-Date Update

	1/1/2016	1/29/2016	Change since Jan 1st
Robinhood Portfolio Value	$607.87	$704.84	$96.97
Money from my pocket	$550.00	$650.00	$100.00
Dividends	$9.79	$11.71	$1.92
Gains/Realized & Unrealized	$48.08	$43.13	-$4.95

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 received two dividend payments this week.

Company	Ticker Symbol	Dividend Amount	Stock Buy Price	Annualized Div Yield
Whole Foods Market, Inc.	WFM	$0.14	$33.00	1.70%
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS	$0.50	$40.45	4.94%
Total		$0.64

The annualized dividend yield = (Dividend Amount * 4) / Stock Buy Price.

The reason the dividend amount is multiplied by 4 is because these stocks pay dividends 4 times a year. So the yearly amount of dividends I'll receive divided by the cost of the stock equals the dividend yield.


Stock Purchase

I did not buy any stocks this week. Stock buying will probably slow down for a while.


2016 Investing Missions

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

• Receive $75 in dividends: $1.92/$75.00 - 2.56% Completed.

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

Signed,

Mitch