Recent Buy - Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI)

Yesterday July 27,  I purchased 35 shares of OHI at $ 32.09 per share plus commission. 

My overall cost basis of this position decreases from $ 35.95 to $ 35.25 per share. I totally hold now 185 shares of OHI and my yield on cost is 7.26%. The first OHI acquisition I made in April 2015, which you can look at here.

Dividend Increase – ONEOK, Inc. (OKE)

Yesterday, July 26 ONEOK, Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.615 to $0.745 per share that’s payable August 14, 2017 to holders of record August 7, 2017. This represents a 21.1 % increase to regular quarterly dividends.

With current price $55.59 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.36%.  

OKE's latest dividend increase was almost two years ago, in October 2015.

Since I own 50 shares of OKE this will increase my yearly net dividends by $19.37.

That increase rises my YOC to 7.63 %.

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Full Disclosure: Long OKE

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Week in Review 29/17

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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 - CVS Health Corporation (CVS)

Tuesday July 18, I continued my purchase program of CVS Health Corporation and picked 14 shares of it at $ 77.85 per share plus commission.

My overall cost basis of this position increases from $ 78.08 to $ 78.13 per share. I totally hold now 40 shares of CVS and my yield on cost is 2.56%. You can look at my first purchase of CVS here.  

Dividend Increase – Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI)

Yesterday Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced that it expects to declare an annual dividend of $0.80 per share for 2018, a 60 percent increase from the expected 2017 dividend. The first 2018 increase is expected to be the Q1 2018 dividend. Additionally, the company plans to increase its dividend to $1.00 per share in 2019 and $1.25 per share in 2020, a growth rate of 25 percent annually. Finally, the board authorized a $2 billion share buyback program, which represents approximately 5 percent of KMI’s current market capitalization.

Before 2016, the company made a bold statement and guided for 6% to 10% dividend growth through 2020. However, Kinder Morgan ran into some trouble with its debt and in an effort to conserve capital and maintain an investment grade rating, it ended up slashing its dividend by 75%, with the yield on shares plummeting, from over 10% to less than 3%. Time will show, if management can be trusted to keep its word this time!

If the planned increase is realized, with current price $ 19.67 (yesterdays close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.07%. 

I hold my shares despite the cut in the dividend at the end of 2015 and now I own 200 shares of KMI. If this plann happens, I am a little skeptical, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by $ 44.70 and rises my YOC to 2.43%.

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Income and Expenses, Savings Rate for Q2 2017

The second quarter has already passed and it is time to look at how it went and how I managed in my saving goals and how my journey towards financial independence is progressing. Since this is the third year when I keep a stricter control of my spending, I also made a comparison with last year's results. As I mentioned in my first income / expenditure report, I will make a summary on a quarterly basis, because my months in the case of income are very different. This will give me a better view of the overall situation and hopefully will inspire some of my blog readers.

Week in Review 28/17

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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.