Portfolio Update March 2015

The time has come for my monthly portfolio update. At the end of every month, I will update my portfolio and comment on any changes. I do that for accountability and also so you may glean some ideas on how I allocate my capital. You have the opportunity to learn from what I do well, so you can do the same, as well as what I do poorly, so you will not have to repeat my mistakes.

My Current Portfolio Holdings, as of April 1, 2015:

Ticker	$ Current Price	Shares Held	$ Cost Basis	$ Market Value	% Weight	% Dividend Yield TTM
VWO	41.42	578.82	23,691.10	23,974.72	5.47	2.74
BDX	141.95	148.94	12,513.94	21,142.03	4.82	1.58
AFL	63.57	219.40	11,110.42	13,947.26	3.18	2.38
EXC	32.85	421.03	12,896.15	13,830.84	3.16	3.73
XOM	84.46	141.78	12,672.30	11,974.74	2.73	3.26
AZN	68.79	172.22	7,612.12	11,847.01	2.70	3.85
MHFI	104.91	85.98	4,331.67	9,020.16	2.06	1.13
LMT	198.76	44.57	4,715.95	8,858.73	2.02	2.78
EMR	55.89	155.11	9,050.67	8,669.10	1.98	3.18
BRK.B	143.45	49.76	5,313.37	7,138.07	1.63	0
BMTC	30.74	228.88	5,660.20	7,035.77	1.61	2.47
HPQ	31.29	220.13	4,101.02	6,887.87	1.57	1.97
SAN	7.52	915.31	6,260.72	6,883.13	1.57	9.91
NSC	102.96	65.02	5,037.75	6,694.46	1.53	2.06
MOCO	16.67	350.32	5,202.25	5,839.83	1.33	2.68
DV	34.00	167.07	3,695.59	5,680.38	1.30	0.98
OGZPY	4.93	1,123.75	7,461.70	5,540.09	1.26	7.25
SON	45.63	119.06	4,300.45	5,432.71	1.24	2.82
INTC	30.81	174.04	4,331.86	5,362.17	1.22	2.92
T	32.89	162.93	5,319.66	5,358.77	1.22	5.57
PG	82.32	65.07	4,457.95	5,356.56	1.22	3.04
ESLT	73.38	70.54	2,576.12	5,176.23	1.18	1.86
CVX	104.79	49.00	5,184.69	5,134.71	1.17	4
CHL	65.32	78.03	3,715.79	5,096.92	1.16	3.04
VEA	40.11	126.04	3,940.01	5,055.46	1.15	3.45
NUE	46.31	107.00	4,684.46	4,955.17	1.13	3.14
PEG	41.26	119.29	4,097.61	4,921.91	1.12	3.56
VIG	80.24	60.71	3,646.24	4,871.37	1.11	1.91
CINF	53.27	91.00	4,684.68	4,847.57	1.11	3.26
UL	41.83	108.72	4,499.92	4,547.76	1.04	3.37
WMT	80.71	56.28	3,912.59	4,542.36	1.04	2.32
PEP	95.09	47.45	3,625.18	4,512.02	1.03	2.75
ABBV	57.10	76.00	4,684.64	4,339.60	0.99	2.9
HCP	43.60	99.00	4,684.68	4,316.40	0.98	5.18
LUKOY	47.67	89.40	4,411.89	4,261.70	0.97	5.74
ED	61.15	67.00	4,684.64	4,097.05	0.93	4.13
MSFT	40.72	100.53	3,426.06	4,093.58	0.93	2.75
MAT	23.08	170.76	5,602.64	3,941.14	0.90	6.33
VALE	5.58	700.22	8,549.69	3,907.23	0.89	2.11
YORW	24.08	162.22	3,244.40	3,906.26	0.89	2.36
BAMM	2.75	1,396.15	4,928.41	3,839.41	0.88	0
MCD	96.29	39.08	3,749.73	3,763.01	0.86	3.42
CSX	33.45	108.27	2,272.59	3,621.63	0.83	1.82
APOL	18.70	187.00	3,567.96	3,496.90	0.80	0
GIS	56.48	60.99	2,662.21	3,444.72	0.79	3.07
BCR	165.24	20.45	2,038.05	3,379.16	0.77	0.51
K	66.18	50.08	2,836.53	3,314.29	0.76	3.01
JNJ	99.15	32.90	2,058.55	3,262.04	0.74	2.73
SKM	27.78	110.61	1,453.42	3,072.75	0.70	0.39
DGS	44.69	67.87	3,069.08	3,033.11	0.69	2.9
RBCAA	24.80	118.05	2,486.13	2,927.64	0.67	3.05
WBA	84.26	33.43	1,243.26	2,816.81	0.64	1.5
AGNC	21.46	130.35	2,639.59	2,797.31	0.64	14
HIMX	6.35	421.22	1,069.90	2,674.75	0.61	3.94
CEO	144.76	17.28	2,608.93	2,501.45	0.57	5.14
VFC	75.03	33.11	2,150.16	2,484.24	0.57	1.55
SC	23.34	105.00	1,840.65	2,450.70	0.56	0.65
FNDE	23.89	100.85	2,578.73	2,409.31	0.55	1.36
BUD	123.49	18.91	2,050.03	2,335.20	0.53	2.65
BBL	43.88	52.85	2,665.23	2,319.06	0.53	5.4
SGTZY	6.19	371.00	2,392.95	2,296.49	0.52	2.75
BP	39.50	57.32	2,236.63	2,264.14	0.52	5.91
BVN	10.55	205.50	2,106.38	2,168.03	0.49	0.31
NKE	99.55	21.51	1,850.72	2,141.32	0.49	1.02
PPL	33.67	63.52	1,948.16	2,138.72	0.49	4.34
LLY	71.53	28.91	1,065.91	2,067.93	0.47	2.59
KO	40.68	50.61	2,099.81	2,058.81	0.47	3.06
RDS.A	60.19	34.16	2,178.04	2,056.09	0.47	6.11
CRC	7.95	255.00	1,259.70	2,027.25	0.46	0.14
TOT	49.76	40.70	2,123.32	2,025.23	0.46	6.03
TESS	23.96	84.38	1,026.06	2,021.74	0.46	3.02
PAYX	49.49	38.06	1,418.88	1,883.59	0.43	2.89
PDLI	7.17	255.36	1,544.93	1,830.93	0.42	8.23
PBR	6.35	285.38	2,562.71	1,812.16	0.41	0
TLSYY	24.07	72.99	1,087.55	1,756.87	0.40	4.92
ESI	6.71	245.00	1,901.20	1,643.95	0.38	0
RYAM	15.31	106.33	2,883.67	1,627.91	0.37	1.41
HCBK	10.41	153.92	1,471.48	1,602.31	0.37	1.54
DO	26.95	59.44	2,031.06	1,601.91	0.37	1.81
SBRCY	4.53	346.00	2,138.28	1,567.38	0.36	6.63
TLK	43.27	36.14	1,162.62	1,563.78	0.36	3.13
MBT	10.33	142.00	1,525.08	1,466.86	0.33	11.86
POT	32.24	43.84	1,278.37	1,413.40	0.32	4.32
MPC	101.76	13.03	290.44	1,325.93	0.30	1.88
HCN	77.20	16.74	1,039.22	1,292.33	0.29	4.06
OIBR	1.85	682.30	3,008.94	1,262.26	0.29	0
OGS	43.54	28.13	1,016.06	1,224.78	0.28	2.66
OAOFY	31.67	38.00	1,086.42	1,203.46	0.27	4.16
CIG.C	4.23	278.66	1,415.59	1,178.73	0.27	9.49
PTR	112.76	10.30	1,085.72	1,161.43	0.26	4.82
PKX	53.65	21.12	1,388.64	1,133.09	0.26	0.86
SB	3.54	314.89	2,260.91	1,114.71	0.25	4.92
BCMXY	21.17	52.00	835.64	1,100.84	0.25	4.99
SBS	5.69	187.00	1,006.06	1,064.03	0.24	6.1
OJSCY	4.30	236.00	1,109.20	1,014.80	0.23	6.11
EZPW	9.30	109.00	997.35	1,013.70	0.23	0
NAT	12.18	82.75	1,617.76	1,007.90	0.23	6.32
MDLZ	36.29	27.29	486.03	990.35	0.23	1.67
MRK	56.86	17.24	597.71	980.27	0.22	3.04
TLKGY	26.86	36.34	711.90	976.09	0.22	0
CTL	35.50	27.47	1,068.03	975.19	0.22	6.12
IBM	159.18	6.02	962.66	958.26	0.22	2.7
DTEGY	18.33	50.94	637.26	933.73	0.21	3.64
MYTAY	7.37	124.00	1,634.32	913.88	0.21	0
STRA	55.00	16.00	768.00	880.00	0.20	0
FTD	29.11	30.00	967.50	873.30	0.20	0
KRFT	90.70	9.58	312.12	868.91	0.20	3.47
PNY	37.11	21.76	805.99	807.51	0.18	3.42
PTGCY	0.57	1,416.00	2,421.36	807.12	0.18
FSBK	8.04	100.29	453.31	806.33	0.18	1.24
MWE	65.42	12.26	258.69	802.05	0.18	5.77
CIG	4.21	184.44	959.09	776.49	0.18
AEO	16.92	45.30	549.94	766.48	0.17	2.93
GSH	23.60	31.59	597.37	745.52	0.17	2.57
SWRAY	13.73	53.32	609.98	732.08	0.17	3.34
DYN	30.30	24.00	764.16	727.20	0.17	0
MRO	26.64	27.26	514.40	726.21	0.17	3.13
CPLP	9.57	75.76	646.23	725.02	0.17	9.47
NUS	59.36	12.07	490.04	716.48	0.16	2.37
DRI	67.47	10.22	460.92	689.54	0.16	3.3
BFR	20.60	33.32	369.85	686.39	0.16	0.09
TSCDY	10.80	63.00	504.00	680.40	0.16	4.98
IDCBY	14.95	45.00	548.10	672.75	0.15	5.75
BACHY	14.75	45.00	495.00	663.75	0.15	5.51
ITYBY	90.51	7.16	448.36	648.05	0.15	4.48
CICHY	16.75	36.00	504.00	603.00	0.14	5.8
PB	52.61	11.00	499.73	578.71	0.13	1.94
SCL	41.61	13.00	499.98	540.93	0.12	1.74
PNW	64.04	8.26	358.90	528.97	0.12	3.59
NGLS	41.00	12.50	212.00	512.50	0.12	8.12
TPUB	19.42	26.00	494.00	504.92	0.12	0.94
VIAB	67.31	7.50	550.05	504.83	0.12	1.89
ABEV	5.92	85.02	510.97	503.32	0.11	3.05
HNNMY	7.93	61.56	403.22	488.17	0.11	3.59
CLD	5.88	82.00	993.02	482.16	0.11	0
ICE	230.92	2.03	173.02	468.77	0.11	1.1
PM	76.07	6.00	493.50	456.42	0.10	4.88
ISH	12.26	37.06	796.42	454.36	0.10	7.91
E	34.94	13.00	518.44	454.22	0.10	7.5
RAVN	20.23	22.00	497.20	445.06	0.10	2.33
EVEP	13.54	32.76	711.55	443.57	0.10	21.44
APA	60.63	7.03	475.93	426.23	0.10	1.68
CQP	30.50	12.93	223.17	394.37	0.09	5.58
NTT	30.83	11.12	248.42	342.83	0.08	2.65
OPTI	0.55	600.00	1,392.00	330.00	0.08	0
CACQ	6.83	48.00	504.00	327.84	0.07	0
POM	26.79	12.14	194.36	325.23	0.07	4
IEMG	49.00	6.25	316.44	306.25	0.07	2.25
IAG	2.03	150.00	253.50	304.50	0.07	0
LGCY	10.19	29.19	439.89	297.45	0.07	24.2
QCCO	2.18	113.87	412.21	248.24	0.06	0
LYG	4.73	50.00	162.00	236.50	0.05	0
KSS	78.16	2.74	149.80	214.16	0.05	2.14
TGT	82.09	2.57	149.75	210.97	0.05	2.45
ELNK	4.59	45.36	369.68	208.20	0.05	4.54
VMI	121.82	1.64	199.88	199.78	0.05	1.13
AMC	34.76	5.56	100.08	193.27	0.04	2.24
LC	19.09	10.00	150.00	190.90	0.04	0
BND	83.51	2.23	177.82	186.23	0.04	2.49
BCS	14.94	11.00	163.13	164.34	0.04	2.65
WPG	16.44	7.00	123.13	115.08	0.03	5.22
MVC	9.51	11.69	105.56	111.17	0.03	5.64
CEL	4.66	23.13	644.40	107.79	0.02	0
ZA	0.75	118.00	200.60	88.50	0.02	0
BK	40.21	1.08	27.26	43.43	0.01	1.68
GOOGL	549.49	0.05	27.24	27.47	0.01	0
HSY	100.89	0.26	25.09	26.23	0.01	2.05
BKS	23.20	1.00	8.70	23.20	0.01	0
ALN	1.29	15.00	31.65	19.35	0.00	0
LPHIQ	0.10	130.10	870.37	13.01	0.00
BPI	9.72	1.00	17.85	9.72	0.00	0
BBEP	5.46	1.50	20.36	8.19	0.00	29.25
NUOT	0.22	10.00	5.00	2.20	0.00	0
			389,460.96	438,278.98	100.00	3.12

As of April 1, 2015 my portfolio contains 173 stocks, valued at $438278.98. This is an decrease of $9228.62, or 2.06%, over portfolio value a month ago.

My transactions in March are listed as follows:

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Stock	Action	Cost	Price per share	Impact
EXC	BUY	527.59	32.980000	0.12%
AZN	BUY	315.51	71.760000	0.07%
AFL	BUY	283.78	62.180000	0.06%
XOM	BUY	259.85	84.820000	0.06%
BMTC	BUY	192.41	29.840000	0.04%
SON	BUY	137.15	46.290000	0.03%
EMR	BUY	134.61	55.780000	0.03%
BDX	BUY	100.00	144.190000	0.02%
MAT	BUY	100.00	24.790000	0.02%
MOCO	BUY	100.00	16.000000	0.02%
NSC	BUY	100.00	104.040000	0.02%
PNY	BUY	100.00	36.925000	0.02%
VMI	BUY	100.00	124.040000	0.02%
YORW	BUY	100.00	22.365000	0.02%
PDLI	BUY	37.52	7.208300	0.01%
MHFI	BUY	28.74	101.439900	0.01%
AGNC	BUY	28.38	21.009600	0.01%
VIG	BUY	27.71	81.306200	0.01%
RDSA	BUY	26.96	62.550000	0.01%
BP	BUY	26.21	41.600600	0.01%
INTC	BUY	24.98	34.083000	0.01%
JNJ	BUY	22.87	98.691900	0.01%
K	BUY	21.95	63.060000	0.01%
CSX	BUY	17.24	34.390000	0.00%
MSFT	BUY	16.03	40.728000	0.00%
CTL	BUY	14.61	35.515900	0.00%
LLY	BUY	14.35	68.871900	0.00%
ISH	BUY	9.11	14.359900	0.00%
OGS	BUY	8.38	41.160000	0.00%
DO	BUY	7.40	30.360000	0.00%
MPC	BUY	6.48	96.219900	0.00%
SB	BUY	6.26	3.220000	0.00%
HCBK	BUY	6.13	9.884500	0.00%
MRO	BUY	5.68	25.924700	0.00%
PNW	BUY	4.87	63.240000	0.00%
NUS	BUY	4.23	57.300000	0.00%
LMT	BUY	3.49	205.657900	0.00%
BND	BUY	0.36	82.229400	0.00%
BBEP	BUY	0.12	5.959200	0.00%
		2,920.96		0.67%

Net cash inflow was $2920.96 during this period. Factoring out the cash inflow, my portfolio returned -2.71% in March.

Turnover was 0.67% in March. My transactions will be much simplified going forward, as I decided to stop automatic dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) and take cash instead in my two biggest brokerage accounts. It will cut down on record keeping, but require more a more active role to reinvest the cash. To DRIP or not to DRIP will be the subject of another post.

What do you think about my portfolio? Thanks for reading.