Saturday, July 26, 2014

June 2014 Update

Dividends Received

Total dividends received during the month were $1,488.39:
  • RDS.B $164.87
  • RDS.A $104.29
  • INTC $157.38
  • LMT $142.47
  • JNJ $124.69
  • EXC $100.29
  • TEVA  $107.31
  • AFL $81.85
  • BDX $74.18
  • FAF $131.54
  • MCD $74.78
  • CVX $77.61
  • EMR $32.39
  • GS $17.32
  • FTR $2.03
  • V $1.87

Purchases

This months purchases ($1,550):
  • $550 of V at $211.53.  Yield  .76%.
  • $400 of PG at $79.81. Yield 3.23%.
  • $350 of AFL at $62.22. Yield 2.38%.
  •  $250 of CVX at $123.19. Yield 3.47%.
Also reinvested all dividends.
 
$2,974.07 in total new capital added (including reinvested dividends) with initial yield of 2.70%. 

Dividend Increases

  • CAT 16.7% raise. +$46.09 annual income.

Annualized Dividend Income

All together, annualized dividend income increased by $123 from last months total of $12,989 to $13,113. This means my dividend stocks will pay $13,113 in dividends over the next 12 months.

Other

  • Lending Club interest received: $255.99
  • Bank interest received: $36.97

Total passive income: $1,781.35


Note:
Saw my largest 1 month total ever in Lending Club interest.  I have about $26k in the account and have been investing with Lending Club for over 4 years.

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- ACN, AFL, KMR

Reporting my weekly buys that went through earlier this week.

This weeks purchases 7/15 (Dow 17,061):
  • $125 of ACN at $79.63. Yield 2.34%
  • $100 of AFL at $62.89. Yield 2.36%.
  • $100 of KMR at $77.45. Yield 7.13%.
$325 of new capital invested adding $12.41 to my annual dividend income.

Note: With the quickly escalating world turmoil that is occurring as we speak, we may be looking at lower stock prices coming in the near future if today's sell off is any indication.  

On my radar for next week: MCD, PM, GE, CVX

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- ACN, KMR, PM

Reporting my weekly buys that went through today.  Market was down 118 points to close at 16,907.
2/3 of the purchases were up for the day.

Today's buys: 
  • $125 of ACN at $81.03. Yield 2.30%.
  • $125 of KMR at $77.22. Yield 7.15%.
  • $125 of PM at $86.56. Yield 4.34%.
$375 of new capital invested adding $17.24 to my annual dividend income.

Note: $19 away from $1200 annual go-forward dividends from PM.  Should be able to close on that goal within the next month or so.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- V, AFL, PG, PM, GE

Reporting my weekly purchases that went through this week and last week.

Last weeks purchases 6/24 (Dow 16,818):
  • $200 of V at $210.30. Yield .76%.
  • $100 of AFL at $62.93. Yield 2.35%.
  • $100 of PG at $79.37. Yield 3.24%. 
$400 of new capital invested adding $7.11 to my annual dividend income.


This weeks purchases 7/1 (Dow 16,956):
  • $125 of PM at $84.50. Yield 4.45%.
  • $125 of GE at $26.49. Yield 3.32%.
  • $125 of PG at $79.30. Yield 3.25%.
 $375 of new capital invested adding $13.77 to my annual dividend income.


Note: Added to PM for first time in a while after their recent pullback.