Monday, June 1, 2020

Stock Of The Month: MSFT...And Also AGG, HYLB, USHY (The Those Aren't Stocks - Those Are Bond ETFs! Edition)

One additional sale was triggered by stop-loss after last month's mega-sale: Nike (NKE), which had been part of the portfolio since 2013 and added to four times thereafter, for an overall 87% gain (9% annualized).

The proceeds went to Microsoft (MSFT), as June is a dividend stock month and it is now almost the same in allocation to Apple (AAPL) as the 4th and 5th of my core holdings; and once again, equal amounts of my bond ETFs (AGG, HYLB, USHY).

As a stretch goal: for dividend income purposes, I'd like this portfolio to eventually be as much as a 50/50 split between stocks and bonds. As seen below, it is currently 96/4 - and even if tomorrow all of my stop-loss trigger orders were executed, it would be just 74/26.

I am in no rush to flip into bonds. I would rather let my winners run forever. However, if in any given month I see no stocks that present themselves as especially good buying opportunities, I have no reservations in simply adding to my bond ETFs. It is truly a month-to-month situation (as it has always been!).

For the foreseeable future, I not only want to track which of my Big Five I buy in a given month - I want to track those that I don't buy.

Amazon (AMZN)
  • $1.23T market cap
  • no dividend
  • $296.3B revenue
  • 26% revenue growth
  • $49.3B cash
  • $63.7B debt
  • $39.7B operating cash flow
  • $40.7B free cash flow

Apple (AAPL)
  • $1.40T market cap
  • 1.1% dividend yield
  • $268.0B revenue
  • 1% revenue growth
  • $94.1B cash
  • $109.5B debt
  • $75.4B operating cash flow
  • $45.7B free cash flow

Microsoft (MSFT)
  • $1.39T market cap
  • 1.1% dividend yield
  • $138.7B revenue
  • 15% revenue growth
  • $137.6B cash
  • $84.0B debt
  • $58.1B operating cash flow
  • $36.2B free cash flow

NVIDIA (NVDA)
  • $216.6B market cap
  • 0.2% dividend yield
  • $10.9B revenue
  • 41% revenue growth
  • $10.9B cash
  • $2.6B debt
  • $4.8B operating cash flow
  • $3.2B free cash flow

Tesla (TSLA)
  • $166.5B market cap
  • no dividend
  • $26.0B revenue
  • 32% revenue growth
  • $8.1B cash
  • $15.2B debt
  • $2.6B operating cash flow
  • $1.6B free cash flow


Here's my current portfolio (buy and hold). As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.

Tesla (TSLA) 21.00%
NVIDIA (NVDA) 16.97%
Amazon (AMZN) 13.58%
Apple (AAPL) 11.36%
Microsoft (MSFT) 11.33%
Alphabet (GOOGL) 4.36%
Facebook (FB) 3.09%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 2.42%
Adobe (ADBE) 2.19%
Salesforce (CRM) 1.63%
Visa (V) 1.57%
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) 1.54%
Costco Wholesale (COST) 1.48%
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (USHY) 1.45%
Intel (INTC) 1.45%
Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB) 1.44%
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) 1.40%
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 0.98%
Autodesk (ADSK) 0.77%