Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Theoretical Family 2.0 Part 2

The Theoretical Family has some work ahead of them...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.

The assumption here is that the Theoretical Family in their late 20s start fixing their finances and that by age 35 they have their $600 a month profit. 6-8 years seems reasonable to me with what I discuss in the video.


Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Theoretical Family Part 1

I'm revamping the blog. Its no longer about me but about the Theoretical Family...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.



-$664 a month. Wow they have dug themselves into a big hole. I don't think this situation is really that rare judging from what I have seen in my own life and in polls, surveys and on the news. Its very easy to do too. We get out of college and have no real concept of the consequences of the debt being shoved in front of us. Buy this house, buy this car, use this card to fulfill your dreams.

It can seem pretty hopeless and useless to try to reverse once you find yourself in this position. A lot of families never even try or just given up. My next entry will be in how the Theoretical family gets out of this mess.

Mr and Mrs Theoretical have their full budget on their own tab now.

Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Week 61 update

The year is half over. How am I doing?

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.



Weekly Activity
$150 deposit into Savings
$66.44 deposit into Trading
$1.74 dividend from ERF

Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,625.78
Estimated Monthly Income: $0
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $16.25
Portfolio stop (3% account): $48.75

Investing Account: $3,554.13
Estimated Monthly Income: $9.88 ($0.283 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76 ($0.006 from DRIP)
     AFL: $0.63 ($0.005 from DRIP)
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.011 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.78 ($0.016 from DRIP)
     ERF: $0.90 ($0.059 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.10 ($0.039 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.14
Bonds
     JNK: $1.70 ($0.101 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.16 ($0.045 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $1,250.44

Savings Account: $1,675.12
Emergency Fund: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $325.12
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $100
     Investing Account: $250


Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Book Review: Intelligent Investor Part 1

I had planned for only a quick review but as I was reading my notes kept getting longer and longer.

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.




Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Model Portfolio 2.0 details


EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.



Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Week 60 update

Possible game changers in Europe...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.





Weekly Activity
$100 deposit into Investing
ERF cut the dividend -50%

Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,559.34
Estimated Monthly Income: $0
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $15.59
Portfolio stop (3% account): $46.77

Investing Account: $3,527.43
Estimated Monthly Income: $9.87 ($0.268 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76 ($0.006 from DRIP)
     AFL: $0.63 ($0.005 from DRIP)
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.011 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.78 ($0.016 from DRIP)
     ERF: $0.89 ($0.048 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.09 ($0.035 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.14
Bonds
     JNK: $1.70 ($0.101 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.16 ($0.045 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $1,250.44

Savings Account: $1,525.12
Emergency: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $225.12
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $50
     Investing Account: $250




Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Enerplus (ERF) cut their dividend


EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.



Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Week 59



EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.



Weekly Activity
$100 deposit into Investing
TCAP increased dividend 6.3%

Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,559.34
Estimated Monthly Income: $0
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $15.59
Portfolio stop (3% account): $46.77

Investing Account: $3,441.50
Estimated Monthly Income: $10.75 ($0.307 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76 ($0.006 from DRIP)
     AFL: $0.63 ($0.005 from DRIP)
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.011 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.78 ($0.016 from DRIP)
     ERF: $1.79 ($0.097 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.09 ($0.035 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.14
Bonds
     JNK: $1.69 ($0.091 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.16 ($0.045 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $1,150.44

Savings Account: $1,525.12
Emergency: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $225.12
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $50
     Investing Account: $250



Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Portfolio Management stop on Forex trading

I knew that 4 losses to start off June was a bad sign...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


So I have to stop trading for the week which means no trades today or tomorrow. If I was trading live money the next deposit would have to go into the Trading account to ensure that it grows. That is very critical at this point. Otherwise I could be trading making $5 here and $2.50 there for quite awhile. By having the deposits cover strings of losses I will still be increasing my portfolio while I am learning. Once I deem myself ready to trade with real money the learning process doesn't stop. It takes years to master a skill and the markets are always changing. I know a commodity trader who has been trading for 16 years starting up Forex and still learning.

As I mention in the video, I do want to hear your ideas on future Trading account rule changes. Hitting the $3,500 mark isn't as far off as it sounds. If I push hard that could be 3 months with the extra monthly deposits.


Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

May Forex Trading update



EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.

Overall I am pretty happy with how May went. June is starting out rough with 4 losses in a row.

In the past that would have distracted me, bummed me out, perhaps even made me start questioning myself and what I was doing. After having the string of losses from my coin flip experiment its a lot easier to handle now.


Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Week 58 update


EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


I'll have a follow up video in the next couple days with a trading update. Although youtube allows my to do videos longer the 15 minutes I've always felt that was a good maximum for 1 video.


Weekly Activity
$100 deposit into Savings
$1.15 dividend from PCY
$1.88 dividend from AFL
$2.31 dividend from COP
$1.75 dividend from WMT
$0.33 interest for Investing cash
$0.12 interest for Savings cash


Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,559.34
Estimated Monthly Income: $0
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $15.59
Portfolio stop (3% account): $46.77

Investing Account: $3,256.83
Estimated Monthly Income: $10.62 ($0.307 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76 ($0.006 from DRIP)
     AFL: $0.63 ($0.005 from DRIP)
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.011 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.78 ($0.016 from DRIP)
     ERF: $1.79 ($0.097 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.09 ($0.035 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.01
Bonds
     JNK: $1.69 ($0.091 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.16 ($0.045 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $1,050.44

Savings Account: $1,525.12
Emergency: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $225.12
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $50
     Investing Account: $250




Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Lets start a Book Club

The first rule about Book Club is you don't talk... wait... sorry wrong club....

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.

This is an idea I have been thinking about for awhile and now that a new month has started it seemed like a good time.

I'll be honest with you guys, I started reading the Intelligent Investor and knew I was grasping fully all the parts. Now I am no Einstein but I like to consider myself as not a dumb ass. If I was having difficulty then surely other were too. This is a way we can share ideas, process, and insight from our own investing and trading experiences.

Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Dividend Investing 8 - DRIP

DRIP, aka dividend reinvestment plans, offer some options and decisions for the dividend investor...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


There are enough pros and cons for both DRIP and cash dividends that I do not think there is a right or wrong choice, its personal preference.

For the Model Portfolio, once there is $250 of cash made a month I will probably turn DRIP off and take my dividends in the form of cash. That is the current size of each of my stock orders. This way I can roll my dividends back into my portfolio monthly but take advantage of the weakest of them. At this point in time where I am getting $10 a month it would take 2 years before I reinvest the first dividend and that is too much compound interest that I am losing.

Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Week 57


I hit a wide range of topics in this weeks update...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


Weekly Activity
$100 deposit into Investing
$111.38 deposit into Trading
$1.72 dividend from ERF


Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,559.34
Estimated Monthly Income: $0
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $15.59
Portfolio stop (3% account): $46.77

Investing Account: $3,278.45
Estimated Monthly Income: $10.60 ($0.283 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76 ($0.006 from DRIP)
     AFL: $0.63
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.007 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.77 ($0.007 from DRIP)
     ERF: $1.79 ($0.097 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.09 ($0.035 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.01
Bonds
     JNK: $1.69 ($0.091 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.15 ($0.040 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $1,050.11

Savings Account: $1,425
Emergency: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $125
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $50
     Investing Account: $250


Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

What to do with a "bad" investment 2

I wanted to share a little bit more on portfolio management...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


Protection. Safety. Risk control. Notice everything in the video was all about "What can go wrong with this investment? How could I be wrong with my theory that HGT is a good investment?" I want to be in a win win scenario.

So why not put everything into ERF if its so great in the first place and get even better yield? Why bother with diversification? This goes back to why I have done so much research on HGT and ERF and everything I listed in the video.... what if I am wrong? 5 bad events happened leading up to this point (Natural gas price drop, oil price drop, 3 different lawsuits). What if I am wrong a 6th time? Sure the odds are low but this isnt a video game where I can reload my save game and start over. I cannot afford to be wrong and suffer large penalties.

One thing I did not talk about in the video that does need to be mentioned.  I owned HGT for 19 months. I got $1.89 from each $20 share. That certainly helps on recouping some of the loss and taking some of the sting out of the drop. I got 9.5% of my original money back before the share price drops. I didn't have to sell to get that.



Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Calling it quits at Week 56

Everyone has to know their limitations...

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.




Ok I admit I had fun with the title. The Model Portfolio will go on. If anything my recent job instability is a reminder how important it is to get an alternate income stream for financial security.  Its kind of funny how people will say how risky the financial markets are, how its gambling. Yet they are going "all in" and letting their entire future ride on one dice roll.... that they will have a job next paycheck.


Weekly Activity
$100 deposit into Investing
$2.27 dividend from ABT
$1.10 dividend from O


Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,447.96
Estimated Monthly Income: $0 (Not ready to trade until Phase 1 completed)
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $14.47
Portfolio stop (3% account): $43.41

Investing Account: $3,143.23
Estimated Monthly Income: $10.58 ($0.264 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76 ($0.006 from DRIP)
     AFL: $0.63
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.007 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.77 ($0.007 from DRIP)
     ERF: $1.77 ($0.078 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.09 ($0.035 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.01
Bonds
     JNK: $1.69 ($0.091 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.15 ($0.040 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $950.11

Savings Account: $1,425
Emergency: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $125
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $50
     Investing Account: $250



Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

What to do when you have a "bad" trade


EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.

I placed the word bad in the title in quotes for the same reason I did it for the bad investing video. A losing trade where my account has a loss of money is not a bad trade it was a losing trade.
As traders we will have losses. We do our best to plan the trade and predict the market direction and we will be wrong. That can be calculated in. What can be controlled and needs to be controlled is making stupid choices that we know we shouldn't

While this trade was important and shouldn't be blown off as no big deal it also shouldn't be made more then it is. It was one bad trade. It was a learning experience which is what the demo account is for. You can be sure I will take this trade with me for quite awhile.


Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Week 55 Update



EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


I can recall back in September 2010 thinking how Greece is going to pull down the markets and getting cash heavy for it. Here we are nearly 2 years later and there are still concerns but no catastrophe (yet?). This should really be a surprise that it takes this long. We are going through the worst financial crisis in 80 years. It will take time to play out.


Weekly Activity
$100 deposit into Investing
$1.69 dividend from JNK


Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,447.96
Estimated Monthly Income: $0 (Not ready to trade until Phase 1 completed)
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $14.47
Portfolio stop (3% account): $43.41

Investing Account: $3,126.17
Estimated Monthly Income: $10.57 ($0.254 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76
     AFL: $0.63
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.007 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.77 ($0.007 from DRIP)
     ERF: $1.77 ($0.078 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.09 ($0.031 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.01
Bonds
     JNK: $1.69 ($0.091 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.15 ($0.04 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $850.11

Savings Account: $1,425
Emergency: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $125
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $50
     Investing Account: $250



Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

What to do with a "bad" investment

So its time to talk about Enerplus (ERF)

EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


As I mention in the video, its easy to sit back and say you will do something or that you won't care or be effected. There are plenty of books that we can read telling us to not give in to emotions.
Its an entirely different matter when you have money on the line.

So to answer the question.. what to do with a bad investment. Treat is as you did when you first entered it.
Why did you get into the position in the first place. Has that changed. Does selling now cause more harm then holding on.

Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Week 54 Update


EDIT: At the time this blog entry was posted I had a Youtube video here. That has been removed but I want the rest of my content to be remain. Nothing hidden no past mistakes ignored. All out in the open.


One thing I forgot to mention, the 2 in a row tab on the spreadsheet will show errors in its formulas until a loss comes in due to how things are calculated.


Weekly Activity
$100 deposit into Trading


Model Portfolio Totals

Trading Account: $1,447.96
Estimated Monthly Income: $0 (Not ready to trade until Phase 1 completed)
Max loss per trade (1% of account): $14.47
Portfolio stop (3% account): $43.41

Investing Account: $3,039.26
Estimated Monthly Income: $10.56 ($0.243 from DRIP)
Stock
     ABT: $0.76
     AFL: $0.63
     WMT: $0.59 ($0.007 from DRIP)
Energy
     COP: $0.77 ($0.007 from DRIP)
     ERF: $1.77 ($0.078 from DRIP)
     PSX: $0.12
REITs
     O: $1.09 ($0.031 from DRIP)
BDCs
     TCAP: $2.01
Bonds
     JNK: $1.68 ($0.080 from DRIP)
     PCY: $1.15 ($0.035 from DRIP)
Maneuvering Cash: $750.11

Savings Account: $1,425
Emergency: $1,000
General/Car Fund: $125
Portfolio Protection
     Trading Account: $50
     Investing Account: $250



Disclaimer: The investments and trades in my videos and blog entries are not recommendations for others. I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant, or tax adviser. The financial actions I talk about are for my own portfolio and money and only suited for my own risk tolerance, strategy, and ideas. Copying another person's financial moves can lead to large losses. Each person needs to do their due diligence in researching and planning their own actions in the financial markets.