Week in Review 37/19

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividend Income - August 2019

Summer is over, autumn has begun and it is time to report my dividend income. In August 2019 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

Extraordinary dividends received from:
				€	$
Tele2 B (TEL2-B)				125.28	137.97
Quarterly dividends received from:
	€	$		€	$
AT&T Inc. (T)	141.67	158.10	Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)	19.65	21.60
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI)	45.07	50.00	Eaton Corporation plc (ETN)	19.20	21.30
ONEOK, Inc. (OKE)	39.95	44.50	Lazard Ltd (LAZ)	42.42	47.00
General Mills, Inc. (GIS)	26.52	29.40	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI)	109.91	122.10
AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)	67.42	74.90	Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (SKT)	47.44	53.25
CVS Health Corporation (CVS)	51.36	57.50	Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO)	83.19	92.36
WestRock Company (WRK)	28.74	31.85	Emera Incorporated (EMA.TO)	51.60	57.54
Monthly dividends received from:
				€	$
Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)				42.42	26.65
LTC Properties Inc. (LTC)				16.86	19.00
Realty Income Corp (O)				17.31	19.25
Inter Pipeline Ltd. (IPL.TO)				31.47	34.89
Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV)				66.88	75.12
P2P Loans				70.05	77.13
TOTAL				€1,126.31	$1,251.41

Dividend Increase – Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)

Today, September 11th the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.14 to $ 1.17 per share that’s payable October 11, 2019 to holders of record September 25, 2019. This represents a 2.63% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $ 74.54 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 6.28%.

Since I own 85 shares of PM, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by $ 7.60.

This increase raises my YOC to 5.59%.

Dividend Increase – Fortis Inc. (FTS)

Today, September 10th the Board of Directors of Fortis Inc. announced its 46th consecutive year of increased dividends. The Board declared a common share dividend of CA$ 0.4775 per share, an increase of from CA$ 0.45 per share that’s payable December 1, 2019 to holders of record November 19, 2019. This represents a 6.11% increase to regular quarterly dividends. In addition, the Corporation has targeted average annual dividend per common share growth of approximately 6% through 2024 based on an annualized dividend of $1.80.

With current price CA$ 55.43 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.45%.

Since I own 140 shares of FTS, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by CA$ 11.47.

Week in Review 36/19

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Week in Review 35/19

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Recent Buy - AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)

On Friday, August 23, I bought 10 shares of  AbbVie Inc. at $ 66.45 per share plus commission.

My overall cost basis of this position decreases from $ 68.87 to $ 68.61 per share. I totally hold now 80 shares of ABBV and my yield on cost is 6.24%. You can look at my first purchase of ABBV here.