Solid companies delivering real cash
Those dividends, paid even during a period of increased geopolitical turmoil, provide key signals of strength from the companies that pay them. That signal — plus the cold, hard cash itself — help the iPIG portfolio stay invested even as Middle East tensions threaten to flare up again.Put together an entire portfolio based on companies like that, and you wind up with something like the table below, which shows a snapshot of the iPIG portfolio as of last Friday’s close:
| Company Name | Purchase Date | Total Investment (Including Commissions) | Current Value | Current Yield |
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| 12/10/2012 | $1,464.82 | $1,801.80 | 2.14% |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) | 12/12/2012 | $1,519.40 | $1,452.36 | 3.15% |
| The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) | 12/13/2012 | $1,483.45 | $1,804.38 | 2.19% |
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| 12/21/2012 | $1,476.47 | $1,771.23 | 2.79% |
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| 12/21/2012 | $1,504.96 | $1,732.68 | 2.49% |
| 12/26/2012 | $1,499.15 | $1,837.00 | 2.75% | |
| 12/28/2012 | $1,520.60 | $1,959.94 | 3.51% | |
| 12/31/2012 | $1,504.72 | $1,969.80 | 3.24% | |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) | 1/2/2013 | $1,524.00 | $1,711.60 | 2.90% |
| 1/4/2013 | $1,501.80 | $1,922.80 | 2.62% | |
| 1/7/2013 | $1,515.70 | $1,795.40 | 2.93% | |
| 1/22/2013 | $805.42 | $921.24 | 2.06% | |
| 1/22/2013 | $712.50 | $836.74 | 2.44% | |
| 1/24/2013 | $1,499.64 | $1,509.76 | 3.26% | |
| 1/31/2013 | $1,518.64 | $1,752.84 | 2.03% | |
| AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) | 2/5/2013 | $1,466.35 | $1,560.33 | 2.42% |
| 2/11/2013 | $1,510.99 | $1,736.38 | 2.78% | |
| 2/22/2013 | $1,473.91 | $2,036.07 | 2.92% | |
| 4/3/2013 | $1,548.12 | $1,690.36 | 2.72% | |
| Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) | 5/30/2013 | $1,525.48 | $1,519.96 | 2.92% |
| 6/21/2013 | $1,518.37 | $1,593.06 | 4.22% | |
| Cash |
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| $345.09 |
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Data from the iPIG portfolio’s brokerage account as of Aug. 30, 2013.
The article Own Solid Companies in Troubling Times originally appeared on Fool.com.
Chuck Saletta owns shares of Aflac, Texas Instruments, Microsoft, McDonald’s, Genuine Parts Company, United Technologies, Wells Fargo, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Emerson Electric, Becton Dickinson, Walgreen, Union Pacific, Hasbro, United Parcel Service, CSX, J.M. Smucker, Air Products & Chemicals, Mine Safety Appliances, Raytheon, Kinder Morgan, and NV Energy. The Motley Fool recommends Aflac, Becton Dickinson, Emerson Electric, Hasbro, Kinder Morgan, McDonald’s, Mine Safety Appliances, United Parcel Service, and Wells Fargo. It owns shares of CSX, Hasbro, Kinder Morgan, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Raytheon, and Wells Fargo.
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