OK, it’s Friday 2nd November 2007. We got past a very interesting October with all the gloom and doom folks predicting the worst. But, we are Investors and we don’t care about the day to day share prices. We are looking down the track 2 to 3 years ahead. Having said all that, where are we with our investment strategy right now?
At the end of trading on Friday 02 November, our initial investment of $100,000 on 31 July 2007 in shares were worth:
Share Value $115,047 (That’s 15.05% for the three months or about 60.12% gain on an annual basis).
Plus:
Dividends of $1919.17 announced to be paid as follows:
ANZ announced 74 cents per share dividend to be paid in December ($261.22).
BHP announced 33.63 cents per share dividend to be paid in September ($90.80).
BBI announced 7.25 cents per share “dividend” to be paid in September ($408.54).
BNB announced 21.40 cents per share dividend to be paid in October ($75.97).
NHC announced a 5.5 cents a share dividend to be paid in November ($258.28).
LEI announced 65.00 cents per share dividend to be paid in September ($165.75).
SUN announced 55.00 cents per share dividend to be paid in October ($283.80).
WDC announced 53.25 cents per share dividend to be paid in August ($279.56).
WOR announced 32.50 cents per share dividend to be paid in September ($95.87).
There is no excuse for not investing your earnings wisely.
Your family and your future well-being depend on the decisions that you make now.