Last year, I stood in front of my depot and asked myself: What is actually still missing?

Tech? Checked off. Dividends? Yes. Growth stocks? Also included.

But somehow I was still missing a real value stock with a defensive character. One that also sleeps peacefully when the stock market is rattling. 😴📉

💡 Then it occurred to me: "What always works - regardless of whether it's a crisis, war or consumer restraint?"

➡️ That's right: parcels.

And that's how I came across UPS.

What convinced me:

• 💰 Stable dividend (currently over 4% - a real haven of peace in times of uncertainty)
• 🌍 Global presence - not only in the B2C sector, but also strong in B2B & healthcare
• ⚙️ Efficiency programmes & digitalization - could stabilize margins in the long term

But of course there are also downsides:

• ⛽ Cost structure is high - energy, personnel, inflation...
• 📉 Parcel volume declining after the corona boom
• 🏋️‍♂️ Competition with Amazon is exerting pressure - they are constantly expanding their own delivery fleet

🔁 Conclusion for me:

Not a high flyer, but a solid anchor in the portfolio. I see $UPS (+2.09%) as a dividend play with turnaround potential, especially when the economy picks up again.

📬 What do you think: UPS - buy & hold or too old-fashioned in the age of drones & same-day delivery?

#Depotstory
#UPS
#Dividende
#Logistik
#ValueInvesting
#getquinCommunity

BEFORE: I have completely revised my portfolio review. There are now even more in-depth figures to see and I have greatly reduced the body text. Only my introduction is a little more detailed. The visual overview on Instagram has also been completely revamped. There is also a budget review, which I am not publishing here as a post. However, I have included a few key figures from this one in the portfolio review.

I am very happy about likes here at GQ and on both IG posts, as the complete renewal has cost me a lot of nerves and time. 🙃 If you also want to know how my personal finances have developed, I'd like to refer you to my personal budget review on Instagram.

In future, I will publish my detailed assessments on individual topics that were previously part of the review (such as crypto cycles or my succession strategy for crypto) separately in individual posts on GQ. Perhaps as a kind of supplementary post.

Are you missing important key figures or do you have suggestions for optimization? Constructive suggestions are always welcome.

For me, May was characterized by calm and composure, because I kept the noise of the markets and US trade policy away from me. I can do no more than simply buy more. I like to refer here to the stoic way of thinking, which focuses on prioritizing what you can influence. And that is my personal development. So that meant doing sport (at home with YouTube cardio and strength, abs, core, running), stockpiling Instagram posts so that I have some breathing space in the summer and delving deeper into the topic of AI. And the tax return was also completed. Meanwhile, dividends have been stable with the second strongest month ever, which was April. Time for a deep dive into my figures.

Overall performance

My portfolio performed well in May. Bit by bit, we are fighting our way up from the tariff lows. The key performance indicators are

• TTWROR (month of May): +4.83 %
• TTWROR (since inception): +65.84 %
• IZF (month of May): +74.24 %
• IZF (since inception): +9.94 %
• Delta: +€3,368.39
• Absolute change: +4,486.96 €

Share allocation & performance

Which shares performed particularly well in May? Which are at the top of the chain and which at the bottom? Which were the biggest losers?

Size of individual share positions by volume

Share: Share of total portfolio in % (portfolio)

• $AVGO (-0.64%) : 2,71 % (main share portfolio)
• $NFLX (-2.25%) : 2,12 % (main share portfolio)
• $WMT (-1.05%) : 1,83 % (main share portfolio)
• $SAP (-1.07%) : 1,69 % (main share portfolio)
• $FAST (+1.99%) : 1,59 % (main share portfolio)

Smallest individual share positions by volume:

Share: Share of total portfolio in % (securities account)

• $SHEL (+0.77%) : 0,44 % (crypto follow-on portfolio)
• $HSBA (+1.52%) : 0,54 % (crypto follow-on portfolio)
• $TGT (+2.93%) : 0,62 % (main share portfolio)
• 
  $DHR (+3.37%) : 0,66 % (main share deposit)
• 
  $NKE (+2.57%) : 0,67 % (main share portfolio)

Top-performing individual shares

Share: Performance since first purchase % (securities account)

• $AVGO (-0.64%) : +245 % (main share portfolio)
• $NFLX (-2.25%) : +190 % (main share portfolio)
• $SAP (-1.07%) : +108% (main share portfolio)
• $WMT (-1.05%) : +79% % (main share portfolio)
• $RSG (-0.46%) : +60 % (main share portfolio)

Flop performer individual stocks

Share: Performance since first purchase % (securities account)

• $DHR (+3.37%) : -58 % (main share portfolio)
• $TGT (+2.93%) : -40 % (main share portfolio)
• $NKE (+2.57%) : -39 % (main share portfolio)
• $CPB (-0.82%) : -34 % (main share portfolio)
• $UPS (+2.09%) : -30 % (main share portfolio)

ETFs vs. shares

The breakdown of ETFs vs. shares across all portfolios is 38.8% to 61.2%. This differs slightly from the breakdown of my ETFs to equities savings plans (43% to 57%).

Investments and subsequent purchases

Here is a small overview of what I have invested via savings plans according to my fixed planning.

• Planned savings plan amount from the fixed net salary: €1,030
• Planned savings plan amount from the fixed net salary, with reinvested dividends: €1,140
• Savings ratio of the savings plans to the fixed net salary: 49.75

In addition, there were the following additional investments from returns, refunds, cashback, etc. as one-off savings plans/repurchases:

• Subsequent purchases as a cashback annuity from refunds: € 70.50
• Dividend automatically reinvested by broker: € 2.99

Additional purchases: as one-off savings plans as part of my cashback pension, reinvested discounts from previous grocery and drugstore purchases and a refund from the health insurance bonus program.

• Number of additional purchases: 2
• 30.00 € for $JEGP (-0.44%)
• 
  40.50 € for $GGRP (+0.86%)

If you want to know how my cashback pension tops up the share and ETF pension, please let me know.

Passive income from dividends

My income from dividends amounted to € 163.13 (€ 89.68 in the same month last year). This corresponds to an increase of +42.32 % compared to the same month last year. The following is further key data on the distributions:

• Number of dividend payments: 11
• Number of payment days: 21 days
• Average dividend per payment: € 14.83
• average dividend per payment day: € 7.72

The top payers are:

• $DHL (+0.54%)
• 
  $IMEU (+0.19%)
• 
  $IWDP (+0.63%)

My passive income from dividends (and some interest) mathematically covered 21.08% of my expenses in the month under review.

Crypto performance

My crypto investments also moved a little:

• Monthly performance portfolio: +0.72%
• Performance since inception: +70.90%
• Proportion of holdings for which the tax holding period has expired: 100%. This means that there have been no additional purchases for over a year.
• Crypto share of the total portfolio: 2.23%

I find the topic exciting, but it is very underrepresented in my overall portfolio due to my strategy. Profits have long since been realized, my focus here has long been elsewhere. Accumulation will take place in the coming bear market.

Performance comparison: portfolio vs. benchmarks

A comparison of my portfolio with two important ETFs shows:

• TTWROR (current month): +4.83%
• $VWRL (+0.45%) +6.10%
• $VUSA (+0.61%) : +6.89%

Outlook and conclusion

According to the tax estimate, I can expect a tax refund. When this arrives, part of it will be donated and the rest will of course be reinvested. May was also a no-spend month for me and, as a convinced frugalist, this went off without a hitch. I was able to reflect more closely on my spending behavior and even found further potential despite my basic low spend attitude. Now I'm preparing a Hartz IV/citizen's allowance experiment for at least 3-4 months (or more) for the second half of the year. Simply because I feel like challenging myself. My planned expenses and provisions according to the budget only just exceed my theoretical entitlement to citizen's allowance. More info coming soon on Instagram. After March and April, I was again able to record expenses of less than €1,000 per month in May. This will change in June due to a large annual insurance premium, but maybe I'll be lucky and stay at a maximum of €1,100 to €1,200. As in the previous months, I will continue to use the early summer in June for hiking, swimming and day trips.

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Then follow me on Instagram:

📲 As well as the depot and budget review, there's also: @frugalfreisein

• One-pagers and carousel posts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on topics such as wealth accumulation, frugalism and minimalism
• more story insights in the future
• Mindset, motivation & money-saving life hacks for your own journey

How was your May at the depot? Do you have any tops & flops to share? Leave your thoughts in the comments!

I used these courses to expand the logistics area. The course from $UPS (+2.09%) was simply too tempting.

Another nice, reliable dividend stock.

In the S&P 500, 224 out of 500 shares are in the red this year. "Welt" has analyzed which stocks have the potential to catch up.

The criteria:

The stocks must have lost at least 20 percent in price since the beginning of the year, have at least double-digit price potential according to analysts' estimates and also be recommended as a buy by at least 50 percent of augurs.

The candidates (selection):

$UNH (+0.69%) - United Health

$DECK (+1.26%) - Deckers Outdoor

$UPS (+2.09%) - UPS

$HAL (+1.39%) - Halliburton

$MRK (+2.24%) - Merck

$NCLH (+4.43%) - Norwegian Cruise Line

$IQV (+4.07%) - IQVIA Holdings

Source: Welt, 14.05.25 (excerpt) | Image: ChatGPT

Hello dear community,

I've cracked 60k and now I need to implement more ideas. I was planning to add a bit more dividend. I still have 20k cash and would like to invest around 15k. My ideas are $MRK (+1.19%)
$HNR1 (-1.15%) and $UPS (+2.09%)

Do you have 1 or 2 more ideas? I would have real estate $PLD (+3.43%) in mind.

Happy Saturday everyone and good investing.

Here's to Xi and Trump having a good day today ;)

How do you do?

Here are a few stocks that I currently have on my watchlist. I have already bought a few tranches.

$TGT (+2.93%)
$PEP (+1.73%)
$NOVO B (+2.63%)
$UPS (+2.09%)

I think they are all quality companies and they also pay a dividend.

Novo Nordisk is possibly associated with more growth and the other three stocks are rather boring. However, I think the demand for the products and services will definitely not decrease.

I would be interested to know what you think of the companies mentioned. Do you have any of them on your watchlist, are you invested or do you want to get in? 😊👍🏻

In uncertain times, it is important to keep a watchlist so that you can pick up stable shares at bargain prices. I hope we go down a few more levels, another -20% would be nice, even if the short to medium-term price losses hurt.

I currently have almost 30 stocks on my watchlist, some of which are attractive in terms of price, while others are still far too high for me. I have not listed stocks that are already in my portfolio and that I would like to buy (in order of dividend amount):

Hercules Capital $HTGC (+1.07%) or Main Street Capital $MAIN (+2.13%)
Chevron $CVX (+1.34%)

Vinci SA $DG (-1.48%)
United Parcel Service $UPS (+2.09%)
3i Infrastructure $3IN (-1.03%)
Iron Mountain $IRM (-0.39%)
Micro Star International $MSS
Nextera Energy $NEE (+1.31%)
Partners Group $PGHN (+1.23%)
Itochu Shoji $8001 (-1.17%)
Canadian National Railway $CNR (+2.17%)
Svenska Cellulosa $SCA B (+2.7%)
VAT $VAT
Investor AB $IVSB
Assa Abloy $ASSA B (+1.83%)
Linde $LIN (+0.25%)
John Deere $DE (+3.85%)
Landstar Systems $LSTR (+3.28%)
Dover Corporation $DOV (+2.78%)
Alimentation Couche-Tard $ATD (+1.39%)
ASML $ASML (+1.52%)
Infineon Technologies $IFX (+0.7%)
Sherwin-Williams $SHW (+1.32%)
Tencent $700 (-0.51%)
Microsoft $MSFT (-0.24%)
S&P Global Inc. $SPGI (+0.96%) or Moody's Corp. $MCO (+0.95%)
Visa $V (-0.07%) or Mastercard $MA (+0.4%)
Ferrari $RACE (+1.32%)

Which stocks do you have on your watchlist?

#aktien
#watchlist
#crash
#stock
#market

🧠 "If you're in a hurry, walk slowly." - Confucius

Many investors dream of early retirement - financed by regular dividend payouts. But which strategy will get you there faster? A high dividend yield or a consistent dividend increase? The answer depends heavily on individual goals, the investment horizon and personal circumstances.

🔹 Dividend yield

The dividend yield indicates what percentage of the current share price is paid out as a dividend. Companies with a high dividend yield often pay out a large proportion of their profits and cash flow to their shareholders. This is particularly common for large companies and in sectors such as utilities, telecommunications or REITs.

🚨 Attention:

A high payout may mean that the company has hardly any growth opportunities or does not know how to use the capital efficiently. There is also a risk of dividend cuts in difficult economic times.

🔹 Dividend increase

Dividend growth measures how strongly a company's distributions grow over the years. Companies with a high dividend growth rate often start with a lower initial yield, but offer a higher personal dividend yield in the long term.

✅ Advantages:

These companies are usually smaller, grow faster and only pay out a moderate proportion of their profits. This leaves more capital for expansion and future dividend increases. In the long term, investors benefit not only from rising dividends, but often also from a better share price performance.

Which strategy is better for early retirement?

There is no one-size-fits-all answer - the choice depends on the individual situation:

✅ Short-term income strategy:

Those who already want to live off dividends today are more likely to focus on companies with high dividend yields.

✅ Long-term wealth accumulation:

If you have the time, you can focus on dividend growth to generate a strong passive income in the long term.

My personal approach

I pay attention not only to the dividend yield and increase, but also to sustainable growth in profits and sales. It is also crucial that the dividend is covered by free cash flow. For investment-intensive sectors, I use the operating cash flow as a benchmark, for REITs the funds from operations (FFO).

Practical example: $UPS (+2.09%)
vs. $ODFL (+3.19%)
🚚

To compare theory with practice, I compare UPS and ODFL - two industry-related companies from the transportation sector.

📌 UPS stands for a company with a higher dividend yield.

📌ODFL on the other hand, stands for a company with a higher dividend increase.

As can be seen from the charts, the pattern described is confirmed:

📉 UPS offers an attractive dividend yield in the short term, but in view of the weak share price performance, this could be seen more as "pain and suffering".

📈 ODFL on the other hand, is growing more dynamically, continuously increasing its dividend and at the same time showing a significantly better and more stable share price performance.

➡️ Conclusion:

At first glance, the high dividend yield strategy may appear more tempting, as it generates higher payouts in the short term. However, a look at the long-term development shows a different picture.

Anyone who has invested in the last 10 years on $UPS (+2.09%) have actually been able to achieve a higher cumulative dividend yield.

But over a period of 20 years the ratio is reversed: Due to the steady increase in dividends, the payout grows at $ODFL (+3.19%) so strongly that the dividend yield calculated on the original investment is significantly higher than for $UPS (+2.09%) .

In addition to the higher dividend income, investors in $ODFL (+3.19%) also benefit from a significantly better and more stable share price performance, which further increases the overall return potential. This example shows that it pays off in the long term to invest in companies with solid dividend increases and sustainable growth.

💬 Which strategy do you prefer? High initial yield or long-term dividend growth? Let us know in the comments! 🚀💰

Disclaimer:

This analysis is for information purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy/sell financial instruments. It is not an invitation to trade in securities. Historical performance is not an indicator of future results. Investments in securities involve risks and should be carefully considered.

⚠️ Important note: The selected examples $UPS (+2.09%)
and $ODFL (+3.19%) serve to illustrate extreme contrasts between high dividend yields and high dividend growth. They are deliberately chosen to highlight the difference, but do not represent the entire market or every possible investment strategy.

Happy Sunday to the community. I am currently looking at $O (+0.09%) and things are not going so well for the REIT at the moment. The next quarterly figures will be announced on February 24th, so I'll wait and see. I will (hopefully) not make the mistake $UPS (+2.09%) I (hopefully) won't make the same mistake again. I took a look at the key interest rate in the USA and it is currently really high. On 27.07.23 it was at 5.5%, but it's currently falling again. Is this related to real estate rentals, or is it the mortgage rate? It is also currently over 7%. I'm sorry if I come across as a bit inexperienced, but I've only been involved in the real estate market for a short time😅

Sources:

Leitzins in den USA bis 2025 | Statista

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - Hypothekenzinssatz | 1990-2025 Daten