Recent Buy - AAPL

I purchased 10 shares of Apple Inc (AAPL: NYSE) on 4/27/16 for $96.61/share.

Apple Inc declared their earnings on Tuesday, 4/26 after the close and missed estimates. I pounced on the opportunity to pick up a few shares lower than my initial cost basis of approximately $99.089

In hindsight I could have waited for lower prices as we did see during the 1st half of May 2016. I jumped the gun and I intend to add another 20-25 shares if the prices get lower than $90.

Apple also declared a $0.57/share quarterly dividend. a 9.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.52.

Dividend Yield = 2.39%
Annual Payout = $2.28 
Payout Ratio = 27.4%
Dividend Growth = 3 years
52 Week High = 7/20/2015| 132.97
% Off 52 Week High = -28.5%
Beta (5 Yr) = 0.99
Payable = $0.57 - QRTR
Transaction fees = $9.99


This purchase adds $22.80 to my annual dividend income, based on the current $0.57 quarterly dividend.

I currently own 40 shares of Apple Inc and hence my dividends from AAPL = $91.20 per year.


My dividend stock portfolio will pay $1107.46 in dividends over the next 12 months.

Dividend Income Update - April 2016

Welcome to my dividend income update for April 2016. 

Each month I post dividends received to keep track of earned passive income. Opening a new position or adding to an existing position on a regular basis causes increases in income on a monthly or quarterly basis.

April 2016 Dividends -  

Macy's Inc (M) - $10.10
Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) - $12.74
W.P. Carey (WPC) - $15.59
General Electric (GE) - $2.30
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) - $6.53
Coca-Cola Co. (KO) - $3.56
BHP Billiton Plc (Britain) - $2.56
Nike Inc (NKE) - $0.25


Total dividends received during the month of April 2016 = $53.63 

This has been a 353.34% increase as compared to dividend earnings of $11.83 in April 2015. 

Thanks for reading!

Loyal3 Purchases - 4/19, 4/26 and 5/03

As per my strategy of investing periodically i.e. weekly, every Tuesday this post highlights purchases made on 4/19, 4/26 and 5/03.

Very recently I've been adding growth stocks as well, in addition to dividend paying stocks. My goal is to eventually have a 70:30 ratio of Dividend vs Growth stock portfolio.

4/19:
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - 1.7781 shares @$56.24 ($100)
Nike Inc (NKE) - 1.6798 shares @$59.53 ($100)
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) - 0.1281 shares @$780.73 ($100)

$300 of new capital invested and adding $3.63 to my annual dividend income.


4/26:
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - 1.9417 shares @$51.50 ($100)
Macys Inc. (M) - 2.4679 shares @$40.52 ($100)
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) - 0.1357 shares @$736.81 ($100)

$300 of new capital invested and adding $6.34 to my annual dividend income.

5/03:
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - 2.0020 shares @$49.95 ($100)
Target Corp. (TGT) - 1.2513 shares @$79.92 ($100)
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) - 0.1405 shares @$711.70 ($100)

$300 of new capital invested and adding $5.68 to my annual dividend income.

These purchases increase my total annual projected dividends to $1,051.372