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ISA Dividends for July
[Context - Portfolio size around £72k, been investing since 2015]
As most would have seen, share prices were up this month - portfolio was £70k last month and I only added extra £120 capital and reinvested dividends.
Average yield for the portfolio is now running at around 6%.
Progression over the years:
Hope you all had a great dividend month for July!
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July Dividends:
- GLAD £19.74
- GOOD £17.72
- FSK £7.84
- FSK £83.70
Total: £129.00
Getting closer to the target of £200 monthly average,
No need to rush, some rebalancing is needed and gets priority.
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In his last video, Ramin Nakisa deep dives into high dividend yield funds (here)
He is openly biased against high dividend stocks during the accumulation period, for some very good reasons. However, there are dividend investors able to beat the market and they are incredibly popular on US platforms like Seeking Alpha.
Any thoughts on Ramin’s recommendations?
1st category: High Dividend Yield Stock Funds. At present, I prefer to invest directly in a few individual high income stocks, so I’ve added the funds to my low priority wishlist for future consideration (6-12 months).
2nd category: Real Estate and Infrastructure Funds. I own some small UKW and SUPR positions that I’m willing to grow. All the other funds are interesting and on wishlist (especially TRIG).
I’ve never seriously considered the last 3 categories, something to look into:
3rd category: High Yield Corporate Bonds.
4th category: Emerging Market Sovereign Bonds.
5th category: Covered Call Funds.
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Only invested in 2nd category (real estate and infrastructure investment trusts), one ETF (IUKD), rest in individual stocks.
Not really interested in any other categories which are mentioned, other than the covered calls ETF, which I didn’t even know existed.
Might buy a few to see how they go, even though I wasn’t intending to add any new holdings!
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Some suggestions
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Seeking Alpha allows to access and easily compare and export a huge amount of indicators. This is particularly valuable for dividend investors focusing on NYSE and NASDAQ (IMHO). Without subscribing any of their plans, just by signing up for free.
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Some of Seeking Alpha analysts are very active on youtube, I personally follow 3 of them Jussi Askola (mainly REITs), Mark Roussin, and Samuel Smith (dividend stocks). All of them regularly analyse individual dividend stocks and relevant trends.
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Measure volatility is no joke, I use various variants of Beta on Yahoo Finance and Seeking Alpha. Happy to share the little knowledge I have and learn more.
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ISA divis for August
[Context - Portfolio size around £73k, been investing since 2015]
Average yield currently running at around 5.9%
Progression over the years:
Have included my annual dividend target in the graph. Where did I get this number? It’s 5% more than what I got last year.
Hope everyone had a good dividend month!
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Any thoughts on replacement for BCPT?
This is one of my fave topics I love watching all your grows. Even though I don’t div invest I do have a few that give.
Its nice though to see what kind of cash you get on a monthly basics given a portfolio size.
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Only just gotten round to reading the announcement. I’m not sure - the easiest would be to split funds across some of my existing holdings.
Or I may search for another investment which pays a monthly income like BCPT. Need to do some research!
Maybe have a look at SMIF, I hold that IT and it is monthly paying. Going to check out SDIV (ETF) too. BCPT is one of my major holdings currently.
How about Realty Income ?
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Yes, I’ll probably look at SMIF again I think, can’t remember the reasons why I didn’t invest in it originally.
I might also do some research on that Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLP) which also pays monthly - it would be something different in my income portfolio.
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I did have this a while back, when this stock first became available on the app but I decided in the end that I didn’t want US stocks in my income portfolio as I didn’t want to pay tax on the dividends.
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If you’re looking for a monthly payer, have a look at SDIP
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Had a look at this one recently. Too much capital loss for me.
Please check The Average Joe Investor channel on YouTube. He has published plenty of videos analyses of Global X ETFs based on the covered call strategy and QYLD in particular (dollar denominated version of of QTLP).
Somebody advised to check it on the T212 Forum as QYLD is not what is seems. It may turn out to be a disappointment on the long run, if you look for some degree of appreciation.
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Thanks @Simon3, I will check out the channel.
Certainly will be going into QYLP with open eyes, the high yield is already a bit of a flag but am aware that capital appreciation is unlikely to be a key factor for this ETF. May just allocate a smaller amount (not all the funds I will get from BCPT) just to see how it goes.
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Forgot to add the link, this is one of the videos:
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