March is always one of my favorite months of the year. The weather starts getting nicer, an extra hour of daylight, March Madness, baseball season about to start, and my semi-annual dividend payments hit! Finished with my largest month ever as I broke the $1300 mark.
Dividends Received
Total dividends received during the month were $1,366.57:- EXC $160.34
- RDS.B $150.83
- RDS.A $9.93
- BBL $149.51
- BHP $33.35
- INTC $138.63
- LMT $117.35
- JNJ $104.72
- TEVA $77.07
- PEP $72.81
- BDX $65.73
- FAF $64.18
- AFL $60.98
- MCD $60.72
- CVX $53.23
- EMR $29.87
- GS $15.50
- FTR $1.82
Purchases
This months purchases:- $1420 of RDS.A at $65.82. Yield 5.47%.
- $1000 of BBL at $60.31. Yield 3.78%.
- $880 of AAPL at $431.86. Yield 2.45%.
- $500 of CAT at $87.04. Yield 2.39%.
- $500 of TEVA at $37.81. Yield 2.64%.
- $450 of AFL at $50.52 Yield 2.77%.
- $250 of INTC at $21.25. Yield 4.24%
$6,322 in total new capital added (including reinvested dividends) with initial yield of 3.70%.
All together, annualized dividend income increased by $233 from last months total of $9,225 to $9,457. This means my dividend stocks will pay $9,457 in dividends over the next 12 months.
AA, it is a great result. I like 1300 in dividends. It is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow, nice work! I like some of your acquisitions this past month, and you are marching pretty steadily to the 10k per year mark in dividends! Pretty spectacular!
ReplyDeleteAwesome month! I was thrilled to have broken $500/mo. $1300 is just incredible. We also had a lot of similar purchases recently.
ReplyDeleteI did have a question though. Why are you buying RDS.A over RDS.B? There's no foreign witholdings on RDS.B in a U.S. Account but there is with RDS.A. I know you can claim a credit but there is a chance you don't get the full credit back.
You are kicking butt, keep up the good work!
Martin,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! March and December are my big 2 dividend months as I collect some semi-annual payments. Looking forward to the day where I can collect $1300 in the other 10 months of the year!
cheers!
AA
Writing2Reality,
ReplyDeleteThanks man! My goal for 2013 is $12,000 go forward dividends by end of the year. Im a little behind now so will try to make up for lost ground.
Thanks for the comment!
AA
All About Interest,
ReplyDeleteYes, we do have similiar purchases. I think we both see some value in the same names.
There is no tax withholding if you auto reinvest the RDS.A dividends (which I do). Since I DRIP them, I started buying the A shares (they are cheaper and pay the same dividend as the B shares).
cheers!
AA
I should also say, if you want to buy and reinvest the A shares, check with your broker and make sure they participate in Shell's Scrip Dividend Program before you buy.
ReplyDeleteSharebuilder is.
AA,
ReplyDeletePhenomenal. Just phenomenal. Keep up the great work.
Those semi-annual dividends gotta feel great.
You're investing at a tremendous rate. You'll be earning a middle class salary from your dividends here pretty soon. Awesome!
This just goes to show how important consistency and persistence really are.
Best wishes!
Thanks DM.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I just keep plugging away. We will both be at FI one day but the journey to your goal is sometimes more rewarding then the end result.
cheers,
AA
Wow, that's a ton of dividend income. Nice work. I'm curious what you think about EXXON cutting their dividend 30% though? Do you plan on holding that stock ?
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Larry
OOps, I meant Excelon not Exxon
ReplyDeleteLarry,
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by. For now I am holding. It has bounced back nicely since they cut the dividend and I think management will eventually turn the ship around. EXC is the only utility I hold and makes up less then 4% of my portfolio.
Cheers,
AA