September & October 2014 Update

Happy Thanksgiving all!  A little late in my September and October numbers but I guess better late then never.

Quick September summary:

• Dividends received $1868.98:  BBL $326.87, BHP $38.18, RDS.B $164.87. RDS.A $90.90, INTC $158.67, LMT $143.64, JNJ $125.53, EXC $101.13, TEVA  $105.53, AFL $89.63, BDX $74.52, FAF $132.67, MCD $86.94, CVX $80.45, EMR $32.60, GS $17.38, V $3.19, FTR $2.07 
• Purchases $2450: $850 of MCD at $92.69, $500 of PM at $83.95, $400 of BBL at $58.31, $350 of AFL at $59.81
• $4319 in total new capital including reinvested dividends
• Dividend increases +$174.46
• Annualized dividend income increased $328 from $13,465 to $13,795
• Lending Club & interest income $245.53
• Total passive income $2,114.51

Now for the October numbers:

Dividends Received

Total dividends received during the month were $739.93

• PM $327.18
• MO $194.63
• GE $209
• IDGTX $9.12

Purchases

This months purchases ($3200):

• $900 of CVX at $114.55. Yield 3.74%
• $850 of BBL at $53.61.Yield 4.63% 
• $500 of MCD at $91.45. Yield 3.72%
• $250 of DEO at $115.63. Yield 2.99%
• $250 of ACN at $77.27. Yield 2.64%
• $200 of GE at $24.50. Yield 3.59%

Also reinvested all dividends.
 
$3,940 in total new capital added (including reinvested dividends) with initial yield of 3.99%. 

Dividend Increases

• ABBV 16.7% raise. +$80.51 annual income.
• GS 9.1% raise. +$6.31 annual income.
• KMI 2.3% raise. +$14.01 annual income. 
• KMR .7% raise. +$7.25 annual income.

Annualized Dividend Income

All together, annualized dividend income increased by $265 from last months total of $13,795 to $14,060. This means my dividend stocks will pay $14,060 in dividends over the next 12 months.

Other

• Lending Club interest received: $290.20
• Bank interest received: $45.55

Total passive income: $1,075.60


Note: After today's huge sell-off in oil, I will be going heavy into oil names in December.

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- BBL, BP, CVX, DEO, PM, AFL

Reporting my weekly buys that went through today.

This weeks purchases 11/25 (Dow 17,815):

• $350 of BBL at $50.22. Yield 4.94%

• $250 of BP at $41.75. Yield 5.75%

• $150 of CVX at $115.85. Yield 3.69%

• $100 of DEO at $119.66. Yield 2.89% 

• $100 of PM at $86.60. Yield 4.62%

• $100 of AFL at $60.02. Yield 2.60%

$1050 of new capital invested adding $47.31 to my annual dividend income.

Note: Continue to average down on BBL.  Today's buy basically at 5% and is my lowest buy point.

INTC dividend increase

In a bit of a surprise, today, Intel announced that it is raising it's quarterly dividend from $.225 to $.24.

This represents a 6.6% raise and is the first raise since May 2012 when the quarterly dividend went from $.21 to $.225.

Since I own 707 shares, this will increase my annual go-forward dividends by $42.42.

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- BP, BBL, CVX, DEO

Reporting my weekly buys that went through earlier this week.

This weeks purchases 11/18 (Dow 17,688):

• $500 of BP at $41.28. Yield 5.81%

• $250 of BBL at $52.20. Yield 4.76%

• $200 of CVX at $115.42. Yield 3.71%

• $200 of DEO at $119.05. Yield 2.91%

$1150 of new capital invested adding $54.20 to my annual dividend income.

Note:  Energy continues to be attractive and I will keep on adding.

Sharebuilder DRIP Purchases- BBL, DEO

Reporting my weekly buys that went through today.

This weeks purchases 11/4 (Dow 17,384):

• $250 of BBL at $51.54. Yield 4.81%.

• $250 of DEO at $115.67. Yield 2.99%

$500 of new capital invested adding $19.51 to my annual dividend income.

Note: My lowest priced buy of BBL.  Will keep adding at these levels.