My first purchase for 2019. After my recent sale of Kirkland Lake Gold (KL.TO), my cash position has increased substantially and I decided that I could use some of those funds invested and reap dividends while I play the waiting game.
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A quick update on a a recent purchase in my portfolio.
After some continued weakness overall in the markets and the financial sector, I added 20 shares of Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO) @ CAD$92.76. The current yield is approx 4.3% and will add CAD$80.00 to my forward dividend income.
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A quick update on a a recent purchase in my portfolio.
Hard to ignore some crazy cheap valuations in the precious metals mining sector. Last week, I nibbled a bit and added more to my already largest position in portfolio. I added 100 shares of Kirkland Lake Gold (KL.TO) @ CAD$23.00. I have been buying KL (and its pre-merger Newmarket Gold) for a while now. The company has been one of the best performing stocks in TSX (and my portfolio) and executing even better than expected. Management continues to make fantastic progress with their revenue and earnings quarter after quarter, started issuing dividends last year (and has tripled them since!), news flow has been stellar every few months where higher/better/richer resources discovered in their existing mines. It’s hard to find a fault with this company.
Lately, the company has come under selling pressure and was a head scratcher for everyone. Finally, it was revealed last week that Van Eck (the ETF company) was dropping KL from its junior index (GDXJ) and promoting it to the senior index (GDX). GDXJ’s top holding was KL and this explained why there was so much selling over the past few weeks. It was also announced that Sep 21 would be the final day of selling out from GDXJ. When the market provides you fat pitches, you have to swing! I decided to wait until this window was closing and added to my position on the last day of selling. It has also been noted that insiders have started buying below CAD$25.00, so I think it provides good valuation at the current price. Current yield is close to 0.5% and with this purchase, I add $12 to my forward dividend income.
Full Disclosure: Long KL.TO. Our full list of holdings is available here.
A quick update on a a recent purchase in my portfolio.
The recent strength in US$ has sent commodities and precious metals plunging, and with it all gold focused equities have taken a beating. This provided an ample opportunity to add to one of my core positions in probably the best company in the space. I added 50 shares of Franco Nevada (FNV.TO) @ CAD$79.90. FNV is a streaming and royalty company, with lucrative deals in the gold, silver and oil&gas space. The deal structure is so good, that Franco has to literally do nothing for the next 30 years and will have increasing revenue and will be able to pay a rising dividend to shareholders. Now that is a sleep-well-at-night kind of stock. Franco Nevada is also a dividend grower, having raised dividends for 10 consecutive years. Current yield is close to 1.5% and with this purchase, I add US$48 to my forward dividend income.
I also hold Franco Nevada for my daughter’s Nest Egg portion of portfolio. I will earmark 15 shares from this purchase for her. See further details on her portfolio here.
Full Disclosure: Long FNV.TO. Our full list of holdings is available here.
A quick update on a a recent purchase in my portfolio to close out the month of August.
I had put in a low-ball offer a few weeks/months ago, which got executed just before the market closed last Friday. In this purchase, I added 100 shares of Inter Pipeline Ltd (IPL.TO) @ $24.00. IPL is a pipeline company that I have been a shareholder in for a long time and continue to build my position over the years. I have doubled my position since the start of 2018 with these purchases. IPL now makes a substantial position in my portfolio and will possibly look at limiting any more build-up since I do not want to own too much portfolio concentration in a single stock. With a current yield of 7%, this purchase adds CAD$168 to my forward dividend income.
Full Disclosure: Long IPL.TO. Our full list of holdings is available here.