The next one will hopefully follow at €175 😎

After I increased my $VWCE (-1,18%) a few days ago, I decided to build up a small position $SNPS (-0,05%) was on my watchlist for a long time 😬 If it continues to go downhill, I will add to it 👀

unfortunately I can't see a function where I can display all my purchases at once so that I don't spam the community 😅

but with $MSFT (-0,47%)
$GOOGL (+0,01%)
$UNH (+1,83%)
$AMZN (-3,25%) I have also stocked up a bit 😬

$GOOGL (+0,01%)
$AMZN (-3,25%)
$MSFT (-0,47%)
$AAPL (-0,26%)

And another record: in 2024, companies worldwide paid out dividends worth a total of 1.75 trillion dollars, which is 5.2% more than in the previous year.

The major US tech stocks, which previously paid out nothing at all for many years, played the leading role. Alone $META (-3,72%) Meta (Facebook ), Amazon $AMZN (-3,25%) and the Chinese online retailer Alibaba $BABA (-0,61%) were responsible for a fifth of the increase. And $MSFT (-0,47%) Microsoft once again paid the highest dividend worldwide at 22.90 billion dollars. In second place is $XOM (+1,93%) Exxon Mobil with 15.60 billion dollars and only just behind it $HSBA (-7,54%) HSBC with 15.40 billion dollars (see table).

Overall, the top group is heavily dominated by American and Chinese companies. Just under half of the increase comes from the financial sector.

Dividends are particularly important for investors who value current income. The key indicator here is the dividend yield, i.e. the payout in relation to the share price. A high percentage can be based on earnings strength and a shareholder-friendly corporate policy. However, very high dividend yields in particular are sometimes the result of falling share prices and therefore indicate a lack of confidence in the earnings power and therefore also in the medium and longer-term ability to continue to pay high dividends. Therefore, this figure alone can never be a good reason to buy.

Source (excerpt) & chart: Handelsblatt

In my opinion, it is currently the best stock among the MAG7s, which is why I will make several tranches at regular intervals.

Following the recent price declines, I bought a first small tranche of Amazon $AMZN (-3,25%) at around USD 200. Despite strong long-term growth prospects, I still see uncertainties that could put pressure on the share in the short term.

I therefore plan to add in stages in the event of further setbacks, in 10-dollar increments at USD 190, 180 and 170, should it come to that. At the same time, I remain cautious and would currently only make larger additional purchases if you have a sufficiently high cash position in order to remain flexible and be able to react well to further price falls.

How are you handling additional purchases in the current market phase? Are you waiting for lower prices or have you already taken advantage of the setbacks?

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Mag7s in particular are correcting nicely at the moment, and I would now like to place the first tranche at $AMZN (-3,25%) now. The last Q4 figures were strong and they would be a long-term investment for me. Do you think I should wait until Friday?

(Trump's address to the nation and the FED report are still to come).

In the next 3 weeks I am going to increase my portfolio by about 2.000€ and I would like to make a couple of new purchases to keep for the long term

Among them:

$NFLX (-8,09%) As a long term growth investment taking advantage of the 8-10% drop from highs.

$AMZN (-3,25%) After selling 100% of my position at $230 I see a good opportunity after the 10-15% drop.

$VICI (-1,2%) As a value investment focused on the real estate market and with a low PE, good dividends and being a well-established company.

What other stocks do you guys have your eye on right now? 🤔