Aloha Investors!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week! 10 days until Christmas and 17 days until New Year’s!
This paycheck I was able to put away a bit more since I was a little behind on my Roth IRA contributions this year. I added another $520.00 to my Roth IRA, so that I was able to hit that $6,500 mark for 2023. If anyone was wondering what I would invest in for my Roth IRA, it would be Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO). This ETF has a very diversified portfolio and it also has a good dividend return which means you are always making money on your investment. The ETF also has a hefty price tag of $433.46 a share, so only invest in this once you gain enough capital.
Since I wasn’t able to buy 2 shares of Apple, I decided to purchase more shares of Google. Right now Apple is slowly going up, but it seems all the short sellers are still selling the stock off for profit. I would love to take the profits from Apple, but by following Apple’s history investors know that Apple likes to split and do buy backs. The funny thing is even in the movie Forrest Gump, Lieutenant Dan told Forrest to buy stake in the “fruit company”. I think today that stake according to Google would be worth $90.9 billion in today’s money based on Apple’s current valuation. This would of made Forrest and Dan the 13th richest people in the world. It is really never too late to invest and become a millionaire by just living below your means.
My Investments for Friday, December 15, 2023
Combined Value of – $283,767.00
Apple Savings Account (4.15% APY) – $2,025.18
Individual Stock Account – $162,678.37
Starting buying power: $393.70
Buying power remaining: $15.27
Apple (AAPL) – Purchased 1 share
Price per share – $197.355 = $197.36
Google (GOOGL) – Purchased 1 share
Price per share – $131.4879 = $131.49
AT&T Inc (T) – Purchased 3 shares
Price per share – $16.525 = $49.58
Dividends for December
Qualified Dividend Intel Corp (INTC) – $14.17
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.3384 INTC @ 41.8794
Qualified Dividend General Motors Co (GM) – $5.71
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.1588 GM @ 35.9597
Roth IRA – $85,521.90
Starting buying power: $762.16
Buying power remaining: $12.55
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) – Purchased 1 share
Price per share – $432.77 = $432.77
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) – Purchased 2 shares
Price per share – $111.225 = $222.45
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) – Purchased 2 shares
Price per share – $47.195 = $94.39
Dividends for December
No dividend payouts for December as of 12/15/2023
Traditional IRA – $33,541.55
No shares bought at this time
Next investment: 12/29/2023
Buying power remaining: $137.40
Dividends for December
No dividend payouts for December as of 12/15/2023
It’s Never Too Late To Start Investing!