S&P 500 Rallies to Levels Unseen Since 2007

Its now been more than 5 years since we've seen these levels in the Dow and S&P 500 indices. Not coincidentally, bond yields and the VIX have also reached 5 year highs and 5 year lows, respectively.

Recent data shows bond funds are experiencing the highest outflows, and equity funds experiencing the highest inflows, in years. Is this the beginning of a shift to equities, or is this another case of the retail investor getting back in near market tops?

Dividend Growth Portfolio, December and FY2012

We're well into the 2013 year now, and I've been neglecting my blog... Hopefully as January rolls by I will have more time to dedicate towards informative or update posts.

December (and early January) brought a flurry of activity for me. Some of it was fiscal cliff risk driven, and some of it was simple top ups or just taking advantage of dwindling market opportunities. Let me list my transactions for the month, then I'll go over them.

New Purchases
Coca Cola - $56.10
Kinder Morgan Inc - $72
CSX - $70

New Transfers In
Fidelity Spartan 500 Index Fund - $84.82

Sales
Western Union - $87.50

Intrinsic Dividend Changes
Boeing - $25.56 (quarterly dividend increase 10.2% from 44 cents to 48.5 cents)


November 2012 Annualized Dividend: $4237.20

+ $198.10 (from new purchases)
+   $84.82 (from new transfers in)
-    $87.50 (from sales)
+ $25.56 (from intrinsic changes)

December 2012 Annualized Dividend: $4458.18
End of 2012 Goal: $3800 to $4000
Whisper Goal: $4400