Hey,

It feels like I wrote the last report just yesterday. But October is actually already over. The vet bill is paid, my birthday is over, and now we’re heading toward Christmas.

📈 Performance:

S&P 500: +0.27%

MSCI World: +0.05%

DAX: +2.46%

Dividend portfolio: +5.25%

My top and bottom performers in October were (Top 3/Bottom 3):

🟢 ($IMB (-1,44%) ) Imperial Brands +23.27%

🟢 ($LLY (+0,03%) ) Eli Lilly +21.79%

🟢 ($AMT (-2%) ) American Tower +18.29%

🔴 ($2768 (-2,65%) ) Sojitz -9.08%

🔴 ($ADM (-0,02%) ) Archer Daniels Midlands -10.53%

🔴 ($RIO (+1,62%) ) Rio Tinto -11.70%

Dividends:

October 2026: €151.60

October 2025: €96.89

Change: +56.47%

Sales:

🟥 None

Purchases:

🟩 ($Z74 (-1,22%) ) Singapore Telecommunications (€1,014)

🟩 ($DTE (+0,5%) ) Deutsche Telekom (€239)

Investment plans:

($MSFT (+1,13%) ) Microsoft (€25)

What else happened?

Apart from the vet and my birthday, nothing. October was actually very quiet, so I took the time to get my finances up to date and, most importantly, do some calculations for the future to figure out what I need to save or pay, when, where, and how. There’s nothing like good financial planning.

🥅 Goals for 2026:

I’m trying to reach €85,000 in my dividend portfolio this year. Currently, I’m at around €86,140. I’m expecting about €364 in net dividends this year (according to getquin).

So I’ve already hit my goal.

I’m curious to see how things will go from here and am keeping one eye on the €90,000 mark.

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This is a partial sale. The shares were sold a few weeks ago. The capital freed up was reallocated to a stock in which I currently see more potential. More on that in the next post.

Morningstar published its list, and 14 of the 16 companies are British. I ran the 13 I’ve already analyzed through my tool:

🟢 EXCELLENT (4)

• $NWG (-1,1%) NatWest - 5.06%, P/E ratio 8.68x, quality 75/100

• $RKT (+0,09%) Reckitt - 4.16%, P/E ratio 11.6x

• $HSBA (+1,16%) HSBC - 3.70%, P/E ratio 10.36x

• $LLOY (+0,2%) Lloyds - 3.58%, P/E ratio 15.6x

🟣 WATCH (3)

• Relx, AstraZeneca, and Unilever ($REL (-1,88%) , $AZN (+0,83%) , $ULVR (-1,31%) ). Quality businesses, but valuations no longer offer room to run

🟠 CAUTION (4)

• BP (4.87%), Shell (3.39%), Rio Tinto (4.52%), and Barclays ($BP. (+0,55%)
$SHEL (-0,19%) , $RIO (+1,62%) , $BARC (-1,46%) ). High returns that mask cyclicality. The 78% marginal tax rate on oil in the UK doesn’t help

🔴 LOW THRESHOLD (2)

• Rolls-Royce $RR. (+4,21%) : It’s on Morningstar’s list, but pays 0.39%. Quality 35, Opportunity 5

• Glencore $GLEN (+0,43%) : Quality 10/100. A high yield can also mask a declining business

$RIO (+1,62%)

Good morning, everyone,

What do you think of Rio Tinto’s capital action?

If I understand this correctly, a direct reinvestment would only be worthwhile if the reinvestment price were below the current stock price. But the reinvestment price hasn’t been announced yet...

Will the reinvestment be in newly issued shares? That would lead to earnings dilution and wouldn’t be great for the stock price.

Best regards ✌🏻

Hello, I’ve sold my next property. I’d like to invest the profit as follows:

$TSWE (+0,85%) 36k,

$VHYL (+0,45%) 36K,

$ISPA (-0,29%) 36K,

$JEPQ (+2,35%) 36K,

$TDIV (-0,37%) 36K,

$LDGL (+0,36%) 30k

I'm also considering

$BHP (+1,82%) 20K,

$RIO (+1,62%) 20K, and

$O (+1,14%) 20K

$BRK.B (+0,91%) 30K

or directly in $BRK.B (+0,91%) 90k, since commodity stocks are trading a bit high for me right now! This position is like a high-risk money market account for me, which should be reallocated countercyclically.

My goal is to combine further dividend growth with modest portfolio growth. I no longer need high performers myself. I can still work for another 25 years, health permitting, and perform at a high level myself.

For me personally, individual stocks belong in my portfolio. Like the icing on the cake.

However, I will continue to focus on expanding my ETF positions through future asset reallocations.

In three years, my last major property in Germany will likely be sold. By then, the portfolio should be structured to enable my children to live a free, independent life anywhere on the globe.

What do you think? Would you change anything about the ETF positions? Wait on commodities too? Or put everything into SpaceX?

Thanks for the feedback.

Rio Tinto ( $RIO (+1,62%) ) paid again today. To be honest, I'm surprised that the share hasn't suffered more in the current market so far. That's fine by me, but for me it's a long-term position anyway.

(Illustration with Lovart.ai, modified in Photoshop)

A small find from the weekend in the $LIT (+1,78%)

The charts and also the RSIs look juicy at the moment, exactly how you want to see it. The weekly RSI has turned upwards again for the first time after 4 years of correction, and quite strongly at that. After the next retest of the averages, things could get really interesting.

The composition of the stocks in the $LIT (+1,78%) is absolutely wild.

$RIO (+1,62%) , $ALB (+1,74%) , $0L2T (+0,39%) , $3750 (+0,68%) , $TSLA (+6,12%) , $1211 (+0,73%) ....that always reminds me of the legendary DSF indoor tournaments with Ailton and co. The ETF could also be called Budenzauber.

Otherwise, charts from $ALB (+1,74%) look similar. Nice breakout above the moving averages and could become interesting after the next correction.

Does anyone else happen to be watching these stocks?

Even on days like these, there is always something nice to see in the depot...

...last year shortly after the IPO in Hong Kong $3750 (+0,68%) and expanded further with the first setback, and now, barely a year later, the doubling.

However, I would not take any profits here now and would also like to expand further, because in my opinion there is still room for further upside in the long term, but there should be a small setback first and if not, the position will simply continue to run (long-term runner)...

...nevertheless, CATL is now an integral part of the global energy supply and can no longer be easily replaced in this respect.

In January 2026 alone, the global market share in the EV sector was expanded to a whopping 45.2%, followed by the official inclusion in the HSI (09.03.26) and the business figures from 10.03.26 also speak a clear language...

...there have also been other positive aspects recently, such as a cooperation with $RIO (+1,62%)
$RIO (-0,11%) for the electrification of mining, a deepening of the cooperation with, among others $BMW (-2,3%) in the EV sector, further partnerships and expansion in the area of swap stations and smart cities, the introduction of alternative battery concepts in the EV sector and further progress in the area of solid-state batteries, but the expansion of the maritime sector should also be kept on the radar here.

All in all $3750 (+0,68%) is not only benefiting from its own structures, but is also becoming an integral part of the global energy infrastructure in all areas.

I have just bought another 5 pieces to get to a more or less even number in the portfolio (now 250 pieces).

As you know, I have a roof defect.

I was surprised to see that the portfolio value has fallen quite a bit today. But this is mainly due to the ex-days of $RIO (+1,62%) and $TDIV (-0,37%) which coincide on one day and make up a large chunk of my portfolio as positions.