August Stock Portfolio

Here is my portfolio as of August 2008. You can see that I have since sold off my position in Freddie Mac, which proved to be a very smart move. I then used my cash to purchase Pengrowth Energy Trust, which pays me an annual Dividend of 14.5% or about 1% per month.

This portfolio performance currently sits at a 3% unrealized return this year, which I am proud of since the stock market in general has been doing so poorly because of this recession. With that being said, I'm more focused on my dividend return which is currently fetching me around $3,000 annually regardless of my portfolio performance. I'd like to eventually reach around $5,000 annually so the search continues for additional forms of income.

Symbol	% of Assets	Description	Dividend Yield	Industry
CU	32.97	United Breweries Company, Inc.	6.83	Alcoholic Drinks
BRK.B	15.59	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	0.00	Insurance
GOOG	9.44	Google, Inc.	0.00	Online Services
CSCO	5.26	Cisco Systems, Inc.	0.00	Data Networking
JOYG	4.15	Joy Global, Inc.	0.84	Construction Machinery
WMT	3.49	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	1.69	Discount Stores
SCHW	3.40	Charles Schwab Corp.	1.10	Securities
JNJ	3.36	Johnson & Johnson	2.69	Drugs
PGH	12.01	Pengrowth Energy Trust	14.50	Oil & Gas
ADM	1.77	Archer Daniels Midland	1.80	Agriculture
STKL	2.62	Sunopta, Inc.	0.00	Agriculture
PXD	2.05	Pioneer Natural Resources	0.47	Energy
CASH	3.89	Cash	2.66	Cash