Per my plan, I invested roughly $1,000 in LTC on payday circa June 7th, 2019, the year of our Lord. LTC is basically my only stock performing this year on the basis of appreciation. On January 3rd, I bought shares at $40.52. Today, LTC is trading around $46.20. So of course, the stock will appreciate while I buy it but the second I’m done pouring money into it, I’m sure it will slowly find its way back down to $40.00 for the rest of time. However, this is a long term hold and despite the price, LTC is still paying a monthly dividend. I have about 14 more paydays until I’m done investing in LTC, so hopefully this stock will cool down before breaking out into more 52-week highs.

Additionally, I added two new columns to the table. First, I added Today. Today is merely

Shares Acquired * Today’s Price

In contrast, Cash Paid is

Shares Acquired * Settlement Price

Today represents the current value of that transaction.

The second column I added is Today - Paid, which, you guessed it, is Today - Cash Paid. On June 7th, I bought $989.54 shares worth of LTC, and on June 25th, those shares are worth $1016.40.

I use LTC for this illustration because it is my only stock that has a positive value for Today - Paid and it makes me feel better about myself.