Weekly recap: Stocks that were up and down more than 5%

Notable stocks that were up more than 5% last week. 

$CVNA Carvana Co                             11.28%

$GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.             9.08%

$ACN Accenture Plc                             7.92%

$ELF elf Beauty Inc                             7.73%

$ORLY O'Reilly Automotive Inc             7.42%

$DKNG DraftKings Inc                     7.33%

$INTU Intuit Inc                                     7.17%

$EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp     6.63%

$CRM Salesforce Inc                             6.47%

$STLD Steel Dynamics Inc                     6.45%

$CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc.             6.39%

$LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp.             6.35%

$SYF Synchrony Financial             6.34%

$BKR Baker Hughes Co                     6.22%

$SLB Schlumberger NV                     5.84%

$DELL Dell Technologies Inc             5.58%

$CHTR Charter Communications Inc     5.58%

$CCL Carnival Corp                             5.57%

$AZO Autozone Inc                             5.48%

$MANH Manhattan Associates Inc     5.48%

$WDAY Workday Inc                             5.45%

$IBN ICICI Bank Ltd                     5.44%

$NKE Nike Inc                                     5.36%

$GE General Electric Co                     5.20%

Stocks that were down more than 5% last week:

$GME GameStop Corp         -16.56%

$ENPH Enphase Energy Inc -13.59%

$ALB Albemarle Corporation -8.20%

$BALL Ball Corp                 -8.17%

$AVGO Broadcom Inc                 -7.64%

$COIN Coinbase Global Inc -6.03%

$FSLR First Solar Inc                 -5.67%

$RIVN Rivian Automotive Inc -5.24%

Stocks bought and sold in August 2019

In August 2019, I have sold some of my low yield stocks. I am preparing myself for recession and I have decided to lower my positions in low yiled dividend stocks and investing in high yield stocks so that I can get some appreciation when the market will be down. Below is the chart which shows the stocks that I sold. I made my position to half for the stocks below.

I am long with HON, MA, and V. However, the prices are quite high now so if any recession comes by next year they will drop a lot. I will then take the opportunity to add more MA, V, and HON. I have took a good profit from these stocks. 

I have added a few stocks which are really in good discount and also pay dividends with high yields. I have purchased MMM, ABBV, PFE, JNJ, EMR, KHC, and ALB stocks. This month I have initiated my position in Exxon Mobil (XOM) for the first time.

My dividends reduced $36.4 due to the selling of those stocks. However, I increased my dividends $84.7 from purchasing new stocks in August 2019.

I have increased $28 and $16 by adding MMM and KHC respectively.