Recent content by valuepack

Just tried to do some number crunching and got the following: *My calculation (not sure if its correct and does not include dividends): (48,787.67 + 11,109.78 - 9,000 – 30,000) ÷ 30,000 = 0.6966 **Couldn’t find a live chart for the ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index, so just used...

Thanks for that info, I didn't take the other subsidiaries into account when looking at that weighting. How did you come up to that 20% figure? BRK total listed equities holdings is ~$100B therefore other unlisted subsidiaries worth ~$400B?

Not sure if it this really relates to your thread on risk premium as this is for US stocks but I just wanted to share this a graph I created of S&P 500 Index vs dividend yield vs earnings % (1 ÷ PE Ratio) vs inflation vs T-Bond 10 year rate: Based on data from...

Yeah I agree on the skewed weighting but it was one of the risk I was willing to take. It also just so happen that those were the only stocks during that period (01/14 - 03/14) that fit my stock filters. BHP, RIO & WES were all yielding around 4 - 5.5% (inclusive of franking) during that...

Nice to see like minded strategies. That is also my intention as well, to live off dividends but I dont think current levels are sufficient for me. What is your current portfolio allocation to bonds (if any)? Some of the stocks like IAG and SUN had forecasted reducing dividends in future...

Haven’t really thought of one yet. As long as the central banks around the world keep a low interest rate environment and I am getting a risk premium on the dividend yields of those stocks vs the current highest online savings rate (seems to be always higher than the Aus Gov 10 year bond...

Hello all, My first post, please be gentle. I would like to start documenting my investment journey along with others who have started doing it on this forum. Historically I have dabbled with stocks, CFDs (forex, commodities, indices, foreign stocks), hedge funds, mutual funds, index funds...