August 2013 Dividend Update

Bit of a sell off this month with the S&P losing 3.1% and off 4.5% from the high set on Aug 2.

Dividends Received

Total dividends received during the month were $651.84:

• KMR $131.04
• ABBV $110.18
• PG $82.78
• KMI $78.09
• CAT $56.01
• PAYX $49.66
• AAPL $46.51
• VZ $41.97
• ABT $38.11
• CLX $17.49

Purchases

This months purchases:

• $900 of PM at $86.12. Yield 3.95%.
• $650 of RDS.A at $64.39. Yield 5.59%.
• $450 of KMR at $79.64. Yield 6.63%.
• $200 of KMI at $37.01. Yield 4.32%.
• $200 of CAT at $82.40. Yield 2.91%.
• $200 of INTC at $22.46. Yield 4.01%.

Also reinvested all dividends.
 
$3,251.84 in total new capital added (including reinvested dividends) with initial yield of 4.60%. 

Dividend Increases

• MO 9% raise. +$56.74 annual income.
• BBL 3.5% raise. +$20.15 annual income.
• BHP 3.5% raise. +$2.38 annual income.

All together, annualized dividend income increased by $229 from last months total of $10,316 to $10,545. This means my dividend stocks will pay $10,545 in dividends over the next 12 months.