Summary of Recent Buys - Week of August 23

My weekly summary of buys from around the blogging community for the week of August 16, 2015.

This weeks totals:

• 55 Total Purchases
• 35 Uniquely Different Stocks Bought 
• 21 Different Bloggers Posted Buys

A total of $39,355 was invested in dividend stocks this week.

Bloggers increased forward yearly dividends by  $1,374! Nice work bloggers!

Top 3 Purchased Stocks this week:

1. JNJ - 5 Buys
2. PG - 5 Buys
3. UNP  - 4 Buys

JNJ was the hot stock this week with 5 bloggers posting buys. The market recovered nicely since Monday's deeply red opening. There are still a lot of good values out there. Here are the F.A.S.T Graphs for the top 3 stocks. A nice decline recently in all 3 is pulling them back into better valuations.

Here is the summary of stocks, amount invested, and which blogger posted the buy.

Week of August 23
Sector	Ticker	Yield	Amount	Blogger
3	AAPL	1.84%	1400	Dividend Hustler
5	ABT	2.09%	300	Young Dividend
1	BBL	7.13%	250	Accumulating Assets
4	BNS	4.78%	428	A Frugal Family's Journey
1	BP	7.21%	350	Accumulating Assets
3	CL	2.40%	350	Young Dividend
4	COF	2.07%	783	Well Rounded Investor
1	CVX	5.32%	100	Dividend Growth Journey
1	CVX	5.32%	300	Accumulating Assets
1	CVX	5.32%	1161	My Dividend Growth
6	DE	2.91%	80	Dividend Lord
7	DIS	1.29%	149	Dividend Swan
7	DIS	1.29%	100	Dividend Growth Journey
6	EMR	3.91%	485	Well Rounded Investor
6	GE	3.66%	249	Well Rounded Investor
3	GM	4.96%	250	My Dividend Pipeline
8	IBM	3.51%	1871	My Dividend Pipeline
5	JNJ	3.15%	200	Young Dividend
5	JNJ	3.15%	1850	Dividend Hawk
5	JNJ	3.15%	100	Dividend Growth Journey
5	JNJ	3.15%	250	My Dividend Pipeline
5	JNJ	3.15%	796	Div4Son
3	KMB	3.28%	200	Young Dividend
1	KMI	6.01%	240	My Dividend Pipeline
1	KMI	6.01%	990	Passive Income Mavericks
3	KO	3.35%	250	My Dividend Pipeline
3	KO	3.35%	50	My Dividend Growth
6	MMM	2.84%	700	I Want To Retire Soon
7	NSC	2.98%	793	Well Rounded Investor
4	O	4.96%	414	Redeemed Finance
7	PAYX	3.74%	250	My Dividend Pipeline
3	PG	3.72%	1511	Dividend Hustler
3	PG	3.72%	1879	FabSavings
3	PG	3.72%	100	Young Dividend
3	PG	3.72%	250	My Dividend Pipeline
3	PG	3.72%	1400	Pollies Dividend
3	PM	4.98%	1991	Dividend Empire
1	RDS.b	7.15%	350	Accumulating Assets
7	SBUX	1.15%	1325	Roadmap2Retire
4	TD	4.03%	387	Well Rounded Investor
3	TIS	5.78%	987	Passive Income Mavericks
4	TROW	2.87%	1152	Financial Freedom
1	TRP	4.53%	1099	Dividend Hustler
7	TWX	1.94%	1430	Dividend Empire
3	UL	3.31%	50	My Dividend Growth
3	UL	3.31%	1592	Dividend Growth Journey
3	UL	3.25%	630	Passive Income Mavericks
7	UNP	2.53%	884	Well Rounded Investor
7	UNP	2.53%	1358	Dividend Hustler
7	UNP	2.53%	250	My Dividend Pipeline
7	UNP	2.53%	1350	Dividend Mantra
4	WFC	2.80%	1544	Dividend Growth Journey
7	WMT	3.02%	1747	Dividend Hustler
7	WMT	3.02%	250	My Dividend Pipeline
7	WMT	3.02%	150	My Dividend Growth

Sector Information:

For the Sector information, I use FinViz.com when possible as it is easy to find a consistent sector list. Here are the Sector codes I use in the chart (# is the number of each stock purchased in that sector):

ID	Sector	#	Amount
3	Consumer Goods	16	12890
7	Services	13	10036
1	Basic Materials	9	4840
4	Financials	6	4708
5	Healthcare	6	3496
8	Technology	1	1871
6	Industrial Goods	4	1514
9	Utilities	0	0
2	Conglomerates	0	0
	TOTAL	55	39,355

Which of these stocks are you looking to buy next week? Any surprises in this list?

I cross referenced my data with A Frugal Family's Journey's page about Collection of Recent Buys. They provide a link to the individual posts as well as the amount invested. I  stuck with shares purchased this week but I may start to include the amount invested in future posts. 
Disclaimer: I am not a licensed investment professional. I am not liable for any losses suffered by any parties. Any information on this site is my opinion only and should not be used for investments of any kind.