Dividend Income Update - January 2016

Each month I will 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.

January 2016 Dividends -  

Macy's Inc (M) - $9.09

Walt Disney Co (DIS) - $14.20

Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) - $9.24

W.P. Carey (WPC) - $15.43

General Electric (GE) - $2.30

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) - $5.59

PepsiCo (PEP) - $2.11

Total dividends received during the month of January 2016 = $57.96 

This has been a 109% increase as compared to dividend earnings of $27.69 in January 2015. 

One of my goals is to receive $1,000 in dividend income during this calendar year. 

Thanks for reading!

Loyal3 Purchases - 12/8, 12/15, 12/22 and 12/30

Apologies for the late Loyal3 'buy' updates. 
I just got back from a month long vacation and during the time I purchased stocks weekly. 

12/08:
Macys Inc. (M) - 2.5799 shares @$38.76 ($100). Yield = 3.71%
Target Corp. (TGT) - 1.3699 shares @$73 ($100). Yield = 3.06%
PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - 0.9983 shares @$100.17 ($100). Yield = 2.80%

$300 of new capital invested and adding $9.58 to my annual dividend income.

12/15:
Target Corp. (TGT) - 1.3618 shares @$73.43 ($100). Yield = 3.05%
PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - 1.0139 shares @$98.63 ($100). Yield = 2.85%
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) - 1.6678 shares @$59.96 ($100). Yield = 3.26%

$300 of new capital invested and adding $9.16 to my annual dividend income.

12/22:
Target Corp. (TGT) - 1.3837 shares @$72.27 ($100). Yield = 3.10%
PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - 1.0106 shares @$98.95 ($100). Yield = 2.84%
Starbucks (SBUX) - 1.6720 shares @$59.81 ($100). Yield = 1.33%

$300 of new capital invested and adding $7.27 to my annual dividend income.

12/30:
Macys Inc. (M) - 2.8055 shares @$35.64 ($100). Yield = 4.04%
Starbucks (SBUX) - 1.6372 shares @$61.08 ($100). Yield = 1.31%
Nike Inc. (NKE) - 1.5733 shares @$63.56 ($100). Yield = 2.01%

$300 of new capital invested and adding $7.36 to my annual dividend income.



These purchases increase my total annual projected dividends to $1,053.68

Dividend Income Update - December 2015

Each month I will 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.

December 2015 Dividends -  

Flushing Financial Corporation (FFIC) - $8.00
Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) - $7.50
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - $7.50
Emerson Electric Co (EMR) - $13.30
3M (MMM) - $12.30
Unilever (UL) - $2.57
Target (TGT) - $0.75
Microsoft (MSFT) - $1.44
Coca-Cola Co. (KO) - $3.36


Total dividends received during the month of December 2015 = $56.72. 
This has been a 655% increase as compared to dividend earnings in December 2014 of $7.50

One of my goals is to receive $400 in dividend income during this calendar year. I've received a total of $553.41 this year corresponds to a % age increase of 38.35%.

Thanks for reading!