1Yr·

Dear community, unfortunately I can't manage to add multiple photos (maybe too old 🤷🏻‍♀️), hence 3in1... I tested this new feature a while ago, it's not that meaningful for me now, because no, I don't have a 'dividend portfolio' (although it's decent, but more as a side effect), but rather my own mix of really everything that doesn't correspond to any 'strategy'.

My personal bestseller this year is actually $UUU (-0.91%) ... A much 'hated' share, so I'll just share that now. I bought shares of this in 2009 for around €4000... I had just been paid out money (because someone drove my car to a total loss) and shortly afterwards I stumbled across the founding of 3U-Solar, looked into the company and thought I'd get in (for €0.38 per share, without dividends at the time), 11,000 shares in total.

This May, as I think everyone knows, there was a one-off 'super dividend' of €3.20, the rally started from the announcement in the spring and I was really amazed at how many people, including here, bought quickly because of the dividend. I don't recommend that. I also briefly considered selling at the peak of the run (i.e. shortly before the dividend), but decided against it, I felt somehow ungrateful 😅

9 Comments

John@Transporter

1Yr

Very cool story. You did everything right. Congratulations

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JUNl@JUNl

1Yr

@Transporter Thank you, the special dividend was really more than luck (I almost fainted when I heard about it), but the pure share price performance with the small dividend up to then was already good before that.

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Kevin E.@KevinE

1Yr

Dividend yield 36%? Something doesn't quite fit?

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JUNl@JUNl

1Yr

@KevinC Exactly, you have to read, one-time event.

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Kevin E.@KevinE

1Yr

@JUNl I have. So $UUU is such a big part of your portfolio... ok.

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JUNl@JUNl

1Yr

@KevinC Yes, I bought it by mistake, so to speak, in 2009 and left it lying around.

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JUNl@JUNl

1Yr

@KevinC I just checked, my dividend yield is usually much lower, almost a tenth of this year, more like 4%.

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Kevin E.@KevinE

1Yr

@JUNl that's actually very decent 😅 I also invest dividend-oriented, but have just under 2% (many growth stocks).

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JUNl@JUNl

1Yr

@KevinC For me, this is really more of a coincidence, or rather a development, as I've been in the business for well over 20 years and since then I've had a few positions that have somehow developed into stable dividend payers and the share price has also increased considerably over the decades. That wasn't actually 'intended' as I actually prefer to trade. I think it's the mix that makes the difference

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