Portfolio Update October 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 Oct 31, 2015:

Ticker	Current Price	Shares Held	Cost basis	Market Value	Weight	Dividend Yield TTM
BDX	$142.52	155.80	$13,487.61	$22,204.62	4.86%	1.68%
VWO	$34.84	615.82	$24,965.34	$21,455.17	4.70%	3.09%
AFL	$63.75	245.27	$12,690.27	$15,635.96	3.42%	2.45%
XOM	$82.84	179.68	$15,723.80	$14,884.69	3.26%	3.43%
EXC	$27.93	464.84	$14,307.78	$12,982.98	2.84%	4.44%
MCD	$112.25	104.80	$9,640.55	$11,763.80	2.58%	3.03%
AZN	$31.89	344.45	$7,612.35	$10,984.51	2.41%	4.39%
EMR	$47.23	216.76	$12,082.20	$10,237.57	2.24%	3.98%
LMT	$219.86	44.57	$4,715.95	$9,799.16	2.15%	2.73%
BRK.B	$136.09	62.26	$7,013.59	$8,472.96	1.86%	0.00%
MHFI	$92.64	86.58	$4,390.47	$8,020.77	1.76%	1.39%
BMTC	$29.13	272.53	$6,954.97	$7,938.80	1.74%	2.68%
WMT	$57.26	130.33	$8,762.09	$7,462.70	1.63%	3.41%
INTC	$33.86	193.62	$4,933.44	$6,555.97	1.44%	2.79%
NSC	$80.03	80.87	$6,360.43	$6,472.03	1.42%	2.92%
CVX	$90.89	71.00	$7,016.93	$6,453.19	1.41%	4.71%
MSFT	$52.64	115.86	$4,125.77	$6,098.87	1.34%	2.36%
UL	$44.45	136.78	$5,699.62	$6,079.87	1.33%	2.97%
HPQ	$26.97	221.25	$4,135.16	$5,967.11	1.31%	2.49%
MAT	$24.58	240.82	$7,202.93	$5,919.36	1.30%	6.18%
SON	$42.69	137.76	$5,088.85	$5,880.97	1.29%	3.14%
PEG	$41.29	139.91	$4,947.22	$5,776.88	1.27%	3.73%
PEP	$102.21	55.75	$4,428.78	$5,698.21	1.25%	2.66%
ESLT	$79.53	70.54	$2,576.83	$5,610.05	1.23%	1.75%
MOCO	$13.71	400.43	$5,982.42	$5,489.90	1.20%	3.21%
CINF	$60.23	91.00	$4,684.68	$5,480.93	1.20%	3.02%
T	$33.53	162.93	$5,319.66	$5,463.04	1.20%	5.61%
PG	$76.40	66.68	$4,586.92	$5,094.35	1.12%	3.45%
SAN	$5.55	915.31	$6,260.72	$5,079.97	1.11%	8.03%
VEA	$38.04	126.04	$3,940.01	$4,794.56	1.05%	2.87%
VIG	$78.71	60.71	$3,646.24	$4,778.48	1.05%	2.29%
CHL	$60.31	78.05	$3,717.52	$4,707.20	1.03%	3.11%
OGZPY	$4.18	1,123.78	$7,461.90	$4,697.40	1.03%	5.39%
YORW	$23.18	197.60	$4,027.09	$4,580.37	1.00%	2.58%
NUE	$42.30	107.00	$4,684.46	$4,526.10	0.99%	3.52%
ABBV	$59.55	76.00	$4,684.64	$4,525.80	0.99%	3.39%
BAMM	$3.17	1,396.15	$4,928.41	$4,425.80	0.97%	0.00%
ED	$65.75	67.00	$4,684.64	$4,405.25	0.96%	3.92%
HCP	$37.20	113.00	$5,202.52	$4,203.60	0.92%	6.02%
DV	$23.56	167.07	$3,695.59	$3,936.17	0.86%	1.53%
VALE	$4.36	894.24	$9,532.60	$3,898.89	0.85%	2.23%
BCR	$186.35	20.50	$2,047.34	$3,820.18	0.84%	0.49%
GIS	$58.11	62.42	$2,741.49	$3,627.23	0.79%	2.98%
K	$70.52	50.78	$2,881.77	$3,581.01	0.78%	2.79%
NKE	$131.07	27.05	$2,450.19	$3,545.44	0.78%	0.85%
JNJ	$101.01	32.90	$2,058.55	$3,323.23	0.73%	2.87%
LUKOY	$36.25	89.42	$4,412.88	$3,241.48	0.71%	6.79%
RBCAA	$25.43	118.94	$2,508.44	$3,024.64	0.66%	3.03%
VFC	$67.52	43.56	$2,899.79	$2,941.17	0.64%	1.90%
DGS	$37.06	78.87	$3,507.35	$2,922.92	0.64%	3.44%
CSX	$26.99	108.27	$2,272.59	$2,922.21	0.64%	2.52%
BUD	$119.36	24.08	$2,649.52	$2,874.19	0.63%	2.93%
WBA	$84.68	33.43	$1,243.26	$2,830.85	0.62%	1.62%
KO	$42.35	65.51	$2,700.32	$2,774.35	0.61%	3.06%
SKM	$23.56	110.63	$1,454.78	$2,606.44	0.57%	4.00%
BBL	$32.25	79.90	$3,641.84	$2,576.78	0.56%	7.69%
FNDE	$20.47	121.85	$3,038.94	$2,494.27	0.55%	1.55%
HIMX	$5.92	421.22	$1,069.90	$2,493.62	0.55%	5.07%
CEO	$113.68	21.29	$3,080.88	$2,420.25	0.53%	6.47%
LLY	$81.58	28.91	$1,065.91	$2,358.48	0.52%	2.44%
PNY	$57.31	41.11	$1,535.87	$2,356.01	0.52%	2.29%
AGNC	$17.83	130.35	$2,639.59	$2,324.14	0.51%	14.13%
PPL	$34.40	65.78	$2,020.76	$2,262.83	0.50%	4.35%
SBRCY	$6.11	346.00	$2,138.28	$2,114.06	0.46%	0.53%
BP	$35.70	57.32	$2,236.63	$2,046.32	0.45%	6.72%
SGTZY	$5.50	371.00	$2,392.95	$2,040.50	0.45%	1.84%
PAYX	$51.58	38.69	$1,449.71	$1,995.63	0.44%	3.10%
TOT	$48.23	40.71	$2,123.84	$1,963.44	0.43%	5.78%
SC	$18.01	105.00	$1,840.65	$1,891.05	0.41%	0.00%
TESS	$21.84	85.92	$1,060.25	$1,876.49	0.41%	3.66%
BVN	$6.41	282.50	$2,607.48	$1,810.83	0.40%	0.36%
RDS.A	$52.46	34.17	$2,178.68	$1,792.56	0.39%	7.17%
CIG.C	$1.78	1,001.67	$3,405.68	$1,782.97	0.39%	8.55%
HCBK	$10.12	153.92	$1,471.48	$1,557.67	0.34%	1.19%
VMI	$108.44	14.24	$1,657.96	$1,544.19	0.34%	1.38%
TLK	$39.76	36.14	$1,162.62	$1,436.93	0.31%	2.84%
APOL	$7.26	194.00	$3,686.00	$1,408.44	0.31%	0.00%
PKX	$40.03	35.13	$1,930.74	$1,406.25	0.31%	1.05%
IBM	$140.12	10.02	$1,522.74	$1,404.00	0.31%	3.43%
TLSYY	$19.20	72.99	$1,087.55	$1,401.41	0.31%	5.85%
OGS	$48.84	28.52	$1,032.99	$1,392.92	0.31%	2.42%
PBR	$4.88	285.38	$2,562.71	$1,392.65	0.30%	0.00%
VIAB	$49.31	27.87	$1,599.74	$1,374.27	0.30%	2.96%
SBS	$4.39	307.00	$1,510.44	$1,347.73	0.30%	0.00%
NAT	$15.28	82.75	$1,617.76	$1,264.42	0.28%	9.03%
MDLZ	$46.16	27.29	$486.03	$1,259.71	0.28%	1.34%
OAOFY	$32.30	38.00	$1,086.42	$1,227.40	0.27%	3.09%
DO	$19.88	59.44	$2,031.06	$1,181.67	0.26%	2.52%
PDLI	$4.58	255.36	$1,544.93	$1,169.55	0.26%	13.10%
BCMXY	$22.35	52.00	$835.64	$1,162.20	0.25%	4.94%
HCN	$64.87	17.15	$1,067.24	$1,112.52	0.24%	5.04%
CICHY	$14.48	73.00	$995.72	$1,057.04	0.23%	6.80%
CRC	$4.04	255.00	$1,259.70	$1,030.20	0.23%	0.74%
MBT	$7.03	142.00	$1,525.08	$998.26	0.22%	11.62%
RYAM	$9.22	106.83	$2,890.82	$984.97	0.22%	3.04%
SB	$3.08	314.89	$2,260.91	$969.86	0.21%	2.60%
DTEGY	$18.66	50.94	$637.26	$950.54	0.21%	3.02%
VSS	$94.96	10.00	$878.20	$949.60	0.21%	2.76%
MRK	$54.66	17.24	$597.71	$942.34	0.21%	3.29%
OJSCY	$3.85	236.00	$1,109.20	$908.60	0.20%	3.75%
BEN	$40.76	22.00	$960.08	$896.72	0.20%	1.47%
POT	$20.24	43.85	$1,278.67	$887.52	0.19%	7.37%
ARLP	$21.44	41.00	$1,093.88	$879.04	0.19%	12.24%
MYTAY	$6.90	124.00	$1,634.32	$855.60	0.19%	0.00%
FTD	$28.32	30.00	$967.50	$849.60	0.19%	0.00%
STRA	$52.92	16.00	$768.00	$846.72	0.19%	0.00%
GSH	$25.84	31.59	$597.37	$816.29	0.18%	1.58%
PTR	$78.63	10.31	$1,086.57	$810.68	0.18%	3.24%
FSBK	$8.01	100.29	$453.31	$803.32	0.18%	1.25%
CTL	$28.21	27.47	$1,068.03	$774.93	0.17%	7.66%
BFR	$23.25	33.32	$369.85	$774.69	0.17%	0.00%
ITYBY	$107.77	7.16	$448.36	$771.63	0.17%	3.87%
KHC	$77.97	9.58	$312.40	$746.95	0.16%	0.71%
TLKGY	$20.09	36.34	$711.90	$730.07	0.16%	3.44%
EZPW	$6.66	109.00	$997.35	$725.94	0.16%	0.00%
EVEP	$5.62	123.76	$1,211.61	$695.53	0.15%	40.46%
AEO	$15.28	45.30	$549.94	$692.18	0.15%	3.27%
SCL	$52.93	13.00	$499.98	$688.09	0.15%	1.36%
MPC	$51.80	13.03	$290.44	$674.95	0.15%	2.07%
DRI	$61.92	10.22	$460.92	$632.82	0.14%	3.55%
KSS	$46.12	13.63	$650.15	$628.62	0.14%	3.77%
SWRAY	$11.60	53.35	$610.32	$618.86	0.14%	4.36%
OIBR.C	$0.85	682.30	$3,008.94	$579.96	0.13%	0.00%
IDCBY	$12.65	45.00	$548.10	$569.25	0.12%	6.61%
PB	$51.38	11.00	$499.73	$565.18	0.12%	2.12%
CPLP	$7.41	75.76	$646.23	$561.38	0.12%	12.63%
MWE	$43.68	12.26	$258.69	$535.52	0.12%	8.29%
PNW	$63.51	8.43	$368.98	$535.39	0.12%	3.79%
BACHY	$11.79	45.00	$495.00	$530.55	0.12%	6.59%
TSCDY	$8.37	63.00	$504.00	$527.31	0.12%	0.55%
RAD	$7.90	66.00	$528.00	$521.40	0.11%	0.00%
HSY	$88.69	5.81	$525.34	$515.29	0.11%	2.47%
ICE	$252.40	2.03	$173.02	$512.37	0.11%	0.85%
MRO	$18.38	27.26	$514.40	$501.04	0.11%	4.57%
HNNMY	$7.76	61.56	$403.22	$477.71	0.10%	3.05%
DYN	$19.43	24.00	$764.16	$466.32	0.10%	0.00%
BRGYY	$15.97	29.00	$493.00	$463.13	0.10%	1.80%
NUS	$38.20	12.07	$490.04	$461.07	0.10%	3.65%
E	$32.60	13.00	$518.44	$423.80	0.09%	6.52%
ABEV	$4.87	85.02	$510.97	$414.05	0.09%	0.73%
NTT	$36.73	11.12	$248.42	$408.44	0.09%	2.01%
RAVN	$18.21	22.00	$497.20	$400.62	0.09%	2.86%
ELNK	$8.55	45.36	$369.68	$387.83	0.08%	2.34%
NGLS	$30.00	12.50	$212.00	$375.00	0.08%	10.93%
CQP	$28.01	12.93	$223.17	$362.17	0.08%	6.07%
CIG	$1.95	184.45	$959.14	$359.68	0.08%	0.00%
CACQ	$7.32	48.00	$504.00	$351.36	0.08%	0.00%
APA	$47.13	7.03	$475.93	$331.32	0.07%	2.12%
POM	$26.63	12.14	$194.36	$323.29	0.07%	4.06%
OPTI	$0.52	600.00	$1,392.00	$312.00	0.07%	0.00%
IAG	$1.80	150.00	$253.50	$270.00	0.06%	0.00%
IEMG	$42.34	6.25	$316.44	$264.63	0.06%	2.56%
TPUB	$9.44	26.00	$494.00	$245.44	0.05%	7.42%
CLD	$2.97	82.00	$993.02	$243.54	0.05%	0.00%
LYG	$4.58	50.00	$162.00	$229.00	0.05%	2.01%
TGT	$77.18	2.57	$149.75	$198.35	0.04%	2.75%
BND	$81.79	2.23	$177.82	$182.39	0.04%	2.44%
QCCO	$1.55	113.87	$412.21	$176.50	0.04%	0.00%
CEL	$7.63	23.13	$644.40	$176.48	0.04%	0.00%
BCS	$14.23	11.00	$163.13	$156.53	0.03%	2.80%
AMC	$27.36	5.56	$100.08	$152.12	0.03%	2.92%
LC	$14.18	10.00	$150.00	$141.80	0.03%	0.00%
LGCY	$3.99	29.19	$439.89	$116.47	0.03%	48.12%
SOUHY	$5.14	20.00	$180.00	$102.80	0.02%	0.00%
MVC	$8.32	11.69	$105.56	$97.26	0.02%	6.49%
WPG	$11.62	7.00	$123.13	$81.34	0.02%	6.45%
ISH	$2.03	37.06	$796.42	$75.23	0.02%	29.56%
ZAHLY	$0.60	118.00	$200.60	$70.80	0.02%	0.00%
TLN	$8.68	8.00	$123.52	$69.44	0.02%	0.00%
BK	$41.65	1.08	$27.26	$44.98	0.01%	1.63%
GOOGL	$737.39	0.05	$27.24	$36.87	0.01%	0.00%
ALN	$1.16	15.00	$31.65	$17.40	0.00%	0.00%
BKS	$12.99	1.00	$8.70	$12.99	0.00%	2.31%
BPI	$7.75	1.00	$17.85	$7.75	0.00%	0.00%
BBEP	$2.29	1.50	$20.36	$3.44	0.00%	38.53%
NUOT	$0.05	10.00	$5.00	$0.50	0.00%	0.00%
LPHIQ	$0.00	130.10	$870.37	$0.00	0.00%	0.00%
			$441,648.74	$456,662.13	100.00%	3.31%

As of Oct 31, 2015, my portfolio contains 177 holdings, valued at $456,662.13. This is an increase of $18,635.45, or 4.25%, over portfolio value of $438,026.68 a month ago.

My transactions in October are listed as follows:

Stock	Action	Cost	Price per share	Impact
WMT	Add	$2,200.00	$61.83	0.48%
EMR	Add	$1,350.00	$46.31	0.30%
XOM	Add	$1,200.00	$78.35	0.26%
BRK.B	Add	$700.00	$131.03	0.15%
NSC	Add	$600.00	$80.36	0.13%
IBM	Add	$560.00	$140.00	0.12%
PM	Sold Out	-$539.99	$90.00	-0.12%
RAD	New Buy	$527.84	$8.00	0.12%
PTGCY	Sold Out	-$513.01	$0.36	-0.11%
EVEP	Add	$500.50	$5.50	0.11%
KSS	Add	$500.00	$45.94	0.11%
MAT	Add	$500.00	$21.62	0.11%
VIAB	Add	$500.00	$46.67	0.11%
VMI	Add	$354.10	$107.30	0.08%
MCD	Add	$300.00	$101.54	0.07%
VFC	Add	$250.00	$70.90	0.05%
AFL	Add	$200.00	$57.63	0.04%
UL	Add	$200.00	$41.26	0.04%
PEP	Add	$168.47	$99.26	0.04%
PEG	Add	$153.13	$41.61	0.03%
BMTC	Add	$150.00	$30.53	0.03%
YORW	Add	$130.18	$22.45	0.03%
PNY	Add	$112.66	$41.16	0.02%
BDX	Add	$100.00	$140.10	0.02%
BUD	Add	$100.00	$108.13	0.02%
INTC	Add	$100.00	$29.92	0.02%
KO	Add	$100.00	$39.93	0.02%
MOCO	Add	$100.00	$14.03	0.02%
MSFT	Add	$100.00	$47.34	0.02%
SON	Add	$100.00	$37.66	0.02%
PPL	Add	$24.55	$32.91	0.01%
BBL	Add	$1.08	$31.21	0.00%
CEO	Add	$0.83	$116.90	0.00%
CHL	Add	$0.55	$61.11	0.00%
SWRAY	Add	$0.11	$11.34	0.00%
		$11,884.00		2.60%

Net cash inflow was $11,884.00 during this period. Factoring out the cash inflow, my portfolio returned 1.54% in October.

Purchases
I added significant amount of money into stocks this month to reduce the cash from my annual bonus. I added to position in Walmart, Emerson Electric, and Exxon Mobil, Berkshire Hathaway, and Norfolk Southern, all of which are wide moat, high quality, part of my monthly investment plan and selling at low valuations and near 52 week lows. 

I also added to my positions in IBM, EV Energy, Partners, Kohl's, Mattel, Viacom, and Valmont, which were selling near 52-week lows. With the exception of IBM, which is high quality, these are higher risk speculations with low valuations.

I initiated position in Rite-Aid at $8.00, after Walgreens announced acquisition in cash for $9.00 per share. See this for more details. This is a 12.50% arbitrage. If the deal closes within a year, that is an acceptable return.

The rest of my purchases are either part of my monthly investment plan, or dividend reinvestment.

Sales

I sold out positions in Phillip Morris (high valuation at 52-week high) and in Pharol (tax loss harvesting). I should now have maxed out the 3000 capital loss limit for the year.

My monthly performance against the S & P 500 is shown below:

2015	My Portfolio Return	S & P 500 TR
Jan	-1.52%	-2.99%
Feb	1.90%	5.75%
Mar	-2.71%	-1.57%
Apr	3.25%	0.96%
May	-2.39%	1.29%
Jun	-3.59%	-1.93%
Jul	-4.05%	2.10%
Aug	-5.20%	-6.03%
Sep	2.97%	-2.47%
Oct	1.54%	8.50%
YTD	-9.78%	2.82%

I am trailing the index by 12.6% YTD.

Turnover was 2.6% in September, relatively high due to heavy cash deployment.

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