Hello Investors!
It is almost 2025! I wish everyone a safe and wonderful New Years! This is the last blog for 2024.The next blog will be in 2025! I am very excited to see what 2025 brings to the stock market. There will be a lot of changes next year that I am looking forward to.
Today was a pretty good buying day since most of the stocks were down which meant buying your favorite stock at a discounted price. I am excited to see that Apple is getting really close to becoming a $4 trillion company. Once I see that I know that the tech stocks are not dead going into the new year. I do want to see Amazon, Nvidia, and Google hit higher market caps because they are leaders in their fields. I am looking forward to seeing the new technology these companies release in 2025. I do know that AI will start becoming something we use everyday once all the big tech companies start integrating AI into their apps. I am also looking forward to seeing what Tesla brings out in 2025 with AI and We Robot services.
This paycheck I was only able to buy two shares of Apple since my Roth IRA account did not have enough to buy my one share of VOO. If Apple’s stock stays around the same price I am hoping that Mid to late February I will have my thousand shares of Apple. Then I can move into Amazon and Nvidia in 2025. If Apple decides to keep growing in 2025 I will hold out on my plans to buy into real estate because I will gain a lot more with Apple than real estate due to the amount of shares I have. I want to start diversifying my investments more into other sources because if you can find good rates of return for your investments you should always take chances.
A word of advice going into 2025 is always invest in yourself, so that you will always learn new things to better yourself. You may use new skills to make more passive income or help others become a better person. I have learned that knowledge and experiences is one of the best things to spread amongst others.
Until next time…Have a wonderful weekend and remember it is never too late to start investing! See you in 2025!
Current Goals:
Individual Stock Account + Traditional IRA Account – 995/1000 shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Individual Stock Account – 20/100 shares of Nvidia Corp. (NVDA)
Roth IRA Account – 73/100 shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Future Goals:
Individual Stock Account – 41/100 shares of Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
Individual Stock Account – 22/100 shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
Roth IRA Account – 58/100 shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF (VONE)
My Investments for Friday, December 27, 2024
Combined Value of – $389,552.45
Apple Savings Account (3.90% APY) – $987.73
Yen (Average Rate 145.38 USD/JPY) – JP¥335000
Individual Stock Account – $232,310.11
Starting buying power: $691.55
Buying power remaining: $178.23
Apple (AAPL) – Purchased 2 shares
Price per share – $256.6593 = $513.32
Dividends for December
Qualified Dividend Microsoft Corp (MSFT) – $11.00
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.0242 MSFT @ 454.35
Qualified Dividend Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) – $8.22
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.0423 GOOGL @ 194.3557
Qualified Dividend Nvidia Corp (NVDA) – $0.20
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.0015 NVDA @ 135.7429
Roth IRA – $112,414.54
Starting buying power: $486.46
Buying power remaining: $486.46
No shares bought at this time
Next investment: 01/10/2025
Dividends for December
Qualified Dividend Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) – $103.48
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.8069 VYM @ 128.24
Qualified Dividend Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA) – $180.05
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 3.7487 VEA @ 48.03
Qualified Dividend Vanguard FTSE Emerging Market ETF IV (VWO) – $55.28
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 1.2364 VWO @ 44.71
Qualified Dividend Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) – $6.75
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.0754 VNQ @ 89.49
Qualified Dividend Vanguard Mid Cap Value ETF (VOE) – $11.72
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.0717 VOE @ 163.57
Qualified Dividend Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) – $40.03
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.1351 VTI @ 296.34
Qualified Dividend Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF (VONE) – $49.32
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.1807 VONE @ 272.9011
Qualified Dividend Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) – $33.71
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.1966 VTV @ 171.44
Qualified Dividend Vanguard Small Cap Growth ETF (VBK) – $8.82
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.0307 VBK @ 286.97
Qualified Dividend Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) – $127.24
Dividend Reinvestment (DRIP) – Bought 0.2303 VOO @ 552.4699
Traditional IRA – $43,840.07
Starting buying power: $134.18
Buying power remaining: $134.18
No shares bought at this time
Next investment: 01/10/2025
Dividends for December
No dividend payouts for December as of 12/27/2024
It is never too late to start investing!