Week in Review 38/17

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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.

Dividend Increase – McDonald's Corp. (MCD)

Yesterday McDonald's announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.94 to $ 1.01 per share that’s payable December 15, 2017 to holders of record December 1, 2017. This represents a 7.45% increase to regular quarterly dividends.

McDonald's has raised its dividend each and every year since paying its first dividend in 1976. With current price $ 159.03 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.54%. 

Since I own 20 shares this will increase my yearly net dividends by $ 4.17.

That increase rises my YOC to 4.28% 

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Recent Buy - Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. (SKT)

Yesterday September 20, I bought 50 shares of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. at $ 24.19 per share plus commission.

My overall cost basis of this position decreases from $ 25.54 to $ 24.92 per share. I totally hold now 100 shares of SKT and my yield on cost is 5.50%. You can look at my first purchase of SKT here.

Week in Review 37/17

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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 - LTC Properties Inc. (LTC)

Yesterday September 14, I bought 25 shares of LTC Properties Inc. at $ 48.29 per share plus commission.

My overall cost basis of this position increases from $ 46.81 to $ 47.25 per share. I totally hold now 95 shares of LTC and my yield on cost is 4.83%. You can look at my first purchase of LTC here.

Dividend Increase – Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)

Today Philip Morris International announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.04 to $ 1.07 per share that’s payable October 12, 2017 to holders of record September 28, 2017. This represents a 2.88% increase to regular quarterly dividends. The new annualized dividend rate is $ 4.28 per common share, representing a yield of 3.67% based on PM’s opening stock price of $ 116.74 on September 13, 2017. This is the tenth consecutive year in which PMI has increased its dividend, representing a total increase of 132.6%, or a compound annual growth rate of 9.8%, since PMI became a public company in 2008.

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

That increase rises my YOC to 5.11%

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

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Week in Review 36/17

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.