New purchases

Initially for May I was planning on investing in Canada, but the recent events concerning Home Capital (TSE:HCG) has made me hesitant. Instead I decided to increase my position in some of the companies I already own.

• 5 T for $ 38.95 per share for a yield of 5.03 %, new average cost $ 40.80
• 3 EMR for $ 56.93 per share for a yield of  3.37 %, new average cost $ 58.37
• 4 PG for € 86.4 per share for a yield of 3,09 %, new average cost $ 87.29
• 3 KMB for € 127.99 per share for a yield of 2.95 %, new average cost $ 131.32

They all pay a quarterly dividend and this will add more dividend for me. For T $ 7.35, EMR $ 4.32, PG $ 5.352 and for KMB $ 5.82. This results in an added $ 22.842 to my expected dividends this year.

I've updated my portfolio and as always it can be found here. I also added a calculation for my total yield of my portfolio. At the moment it is 3.86 %.

New purchases

Today I invested the last part of my salary.

• 10 T for $ 41.72 per share and a yield of 4.65 %.
• 7 EMR for $ 58.99 per share and a yield of 3.25 %.
• 5 ABBV for $ 60.16 per share and a yield of 4.25 %.

They all pay a quarterly dividend and these purchases will give me $ 14.7, $ 13.44  and $ 9.6 for at total amount of $ 37.74. The total amount is quite a bit lower than my earlier purchases, but this is because I will only receive dividend from T and ABBV for three quarters. Next year will be bettter :). I've updated my portfolio and as always it can be found here.

If my calculations are correct this means that the purchase made in January will give me $ 143.16 this year. With the current exchange rate that is 1345 SEK which gives me a yield of 4.48 %. 

Short term watchlist

I still have some money from my salary to invest. This is list is an update of an earlier blog post. My portfolio will be in "diversification mode" for a long time, meaning I will increase the number of companies that I invest in. From March and onward I will broaden my geographical search area to include the Nordic countries as well. I'm thinking that I will invest half in dividend aristocrats and the other half in quality stocks from a certain country, so stay tuned.

This time I will choose from (ticker, yield, eps):

• T, 4.69, 17.79
• EMR, 3.19, 24.43
• MCD, 3.10, 22.67
• PG, 3.08, 24.62
• ABBV, 4.16, 16.5

Do you have any thoughts or comments on my plans?