Saturday, September 24, 2016

Dividend Income Update - August 2016

Welcome to my dividend income update for August 2016. Apologies for the late post!

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.

August 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) - $3.09

Hashbro Inc. (HAS) - $0.63

Total dividends received during the month of August 2016 = $127.51

This has been an approximately 59.5% increase as compared to dividend earnings of $79.93 in Aug. 2015

Thanks for reading!


Saturday, September 3, 2016

Loyal3 Purchases - 7/26, 8/02, 8/17, 8/23 and 8/30

As per my strategy of investing periodically i.e. weekly, every Tuesday this post highlights purchases made on 7/26, 8/02, 8/17, 8/23 and 8/30.

7/26:
Unilever PLC (UL) - 2.1482 shares @$46.55 ($100). Yield = 3.029%
McDonald's Corp (MCD) - 0.8217 shares @$121.70 ($100). Yield = 2.92%

$200 of new capital invested and adding $5.95 to my annual dividend income.


8/02:
Starbucks Corp (SBUX) - 0.8822 shares @$56.68 ($50). Yield = 1.41%
Hasbro Inc. (HAS) - 0.6196 shares @$80.70 ($50). Yield = 2.52%
CoCa-Cola Co (KO) - 1.1511 shares @$43.44 ($50). Yield = 3.22%

$150 of new capital invested and adding $3.58 to my annual dividend income.


8/17:
PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - 0.9251 shares @$108.10 ($100). Yield = 2.78%

McDonald's Corp (MCD) - 0.8521 shares @$117.36 ($100). Yield = 3.03%
Target Corp. (TGT) - 2.1274 shares @$70.51 ($150). Yield = 3.40%

$350 of new capital invested and adding $10.92 to my annual dividend income.


8/23:
Target Corp. (TGT) - 1.0526 shares @$71.25 ($75). Yield = 3.37%
PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - 0.6957 shares @$107.80 ($75). Yield = 2.79%
Nike Inc (NKE) - 1.2663 shares @$59.23 ($75). Yield = 1.08%
McDonald's Corp (MCD) - 0.6508 shares @$115.25 ($75). Yield = 3.09%

$300 of new capital invested and adding $7.75 to my annual dividend income.


8/30:
Nike Inc (NKE) - 1.7138 shares @$58.35 ($100). Yield = 1.08%
CoCa-Cola Co (KO) - 2.3074 shares @$43.34 ($100). Yield = 3.22%

$200 of new capital invested and adding $4.33 to my annual dividend income.


These purchases increase my total annual projected dividends to $1,198.11