Sunday, June 5, 2016

Dividend Income Update - May 2016

Welcome to my dividend income update for May 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.

May 2016 Dividends -  

Apple Inc (AAPL) - $22.80
AT&T Inc (T) - $24.96
Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI) - $8.75
Proctor & Gamble Co. (PG) - $13.39
Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) - $26.38
AbbVie  Inc (Abbv) - $10.26
HCP Inc (HCP) - $17.25
Starbucks Corp (SBUX) - $2.54



Total dividends received during the month of May 2016 = $126.33

This has been an approximately 167% increase as compared to dividend earnings of $47.18 in May 2015. 

Thanks for reading!

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Loyal3 Purchases - 5/10, 5/17, 5/24 and 5/31

As per my strategy of investing periodically i.e. weekly, every Tuesday this post highlights purchases made on 5/10, 5/17, 5/24 and 5/31.

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

5/10:
Facebook Inc. (FB) - 0.8345 shares @$119.83 ($100). Yield = 0.0%
Gap Inc (GPS) - 5.2632 shares @$19 ($100). Yield = 4.84%
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) - 0.1360 shares @$735.29 ($100). Yield = 0.0%

Invested $100 in Gap Inc since the stock got hammered on the day falling from $21.81 to $19.30 and lower. 
$300 of new capital invested and adding $4.82 to my annual dividend income.


5/17:
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - 1.9623 shares @$50.96 ($100). Yield = 2.82%
Nike Inc (NKE) - 1.7461 shares @$57.27 ($100)Yield = 1.11%
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) - 0.1371 shares @$729.50 ($100)

$300 of new capital invested and adding $3.94 to my annual dividend income.


5/24:
Facebook Inc. (FB) - 0.4276 shares @$116.92 ($50). Yield = 0.0%
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) - 1.9508 shares @$51.26 ($100)
Starbucks Corp (SBUX) - 0.9069 shares @$55.13 ($50). Yield = 1.33%
McDonald's Corp (MCD) -  0.4027 shares @$124.16 ($50). Yield = 1.33%
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) - 0.0686 shares @$728.89 ($50)

$300 of new capital invested and adding $4.90 to my annual dividend income.
I spread out money in multiple stocks thereby opening a new position in McDonald's Corp.


5/31:
McDonald's Corp (MCD) -  0.4094 shares @$122.14 ($50). Yield = 1.33%
Starbucks Corp (SBUX) - 1.8268 shares @$54.74 ($100). Yield = 1.33%
Nike Inc (NKE) - 1.8070 shares @$55.34 ($100)Yield = 1.11%
PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - 0.4936 shares @$101.30 ($50). Yield = 2.80%

$300 of new capital invested and adding $4.01 to my annual dividend income.

These purchases increase my total annual projected dividends to $1,125.13