Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Recent Buy - Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI)



27th April 2015 I Bought 45 shares of OHI at $37.93 per share plus commission.


Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. is a real estate investment firm. The firm invests in the real estate markets of United States. It invests in healthcare facilities, primarily in long-term healthcare facilities in order to create its portfolio. Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Maryland, United States.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Week in Review 17/15




Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Recent Buy - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)


Yesterday on 23th April I added 20 shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) at $99.94 per share plus commission ($5.00). My overall cost basis of this position increases from $100.15 to $100.17 per share. I totally hold now 40 shares of JNJ and my yield on cost is 2.99%. (after yesterday's dividend increase) You can look at my first purchase of JNJ here.


At today's exchange rate, this purchase 20 shares of JNJ will increase €41.39 ($44.70) of my expected annual net dividend income and will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income to €9300.00. 

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Full Disclosure: Long JNJ

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Dividend Increase – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)


Today the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.70 to $0.75 per share that’s payable June 9, 2015 to holders of record May 26, 2015. This represents a 7.1% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $100.50 (todays open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.99%. 

Since I own 40 shares, (I bought 20 more earlier today) this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by $5.96.

That increase rises my YOC to 2.99%.

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Income and Expenses, Savings Rate for Q1 2015



At the beginning of the year I started to keep track of my monthly income and expenses much more closely than in the past. From now on, like many other bloggers whom I follow, I'm going to report my income and expenditure here, but I will do it on a quarterly basis. This will give me a better view of the overall situation and hopefully will inspire some of my blog readers.





Sunday, April 19, 2015

Week in Review 16/15




Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Dividend Increase – Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI)


Yesterday Kinder Morgan Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.45 to $0.48 ($1.92 annualized) per share that’s payable May 15, 2015 to holders of record April 30, 2015. This represents a 14.3 % increase over the first quarter 2014 dividend of $0.42 per share ($1.68 annualized) and a 6.67 % increase over for the first quarter 2015 of $0.45 per share ($1.80 annualized)

With current price $43.43 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.42%. 

Since I own 200 shares this will increase my yearly net dividends by $17.88.

That increase rises my YOC to 5.83 %.

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Full Disclosure: Long KMI

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Recent Buy - T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW)



7th April 2015 I Bought 25 shares of TROW at $80.92 per share plus commission.


T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. The firm provides its services to individuals, institutional investors, retirement plans, financial intermediaries, and institutions. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It also invests in alternative markets, including currency markets. The firm employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up approach. It utilizes in-house and external research to make its investments. The firm employs socially responsible investing with a focus on environmental, social, and governance issues. It was previously known as T. Rowe Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland with additional offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Owings Mills, Maryland, San Francisco, California, Los Angeles, California, Tampa, Florida, Toronto, Ontario, Hellerup, Denmark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, London, United Kingdom, Sydney, New South Wales, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Japan, and Singapore. (Yahoo Finance)

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Week in Review 15/15




Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Week in Review 14/15




Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Dividend Income - March 2015

In March 2015 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

Semiannual dividend received from:

NCC AB (NCC-B) - €193.19 ($208.62)

Quarterly dividends received from:

Intel Corporation (INTC) - €85.23 ($96.00)
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) - €49.75 ($56.00)
ConocoPhillips (COP) - €19.58 ($21.90)
Prosafe SE (PRS.OL) - €37.53 ($43.20) 
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - €13.09 ($14.00) 
Avance Gas Holding Ltd (AVANCE.OL) - €359.89 ($400.00)   
Chevron Corporation (CVX) - €60.90 ($64.20) 
Target Corporation (TGT) - €49.33 ($52.00)
McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - €16.09 ($17.00)  
Ensco plc (ESV) - €21.24 ($23.25) 
TAL International Group Inc. (TAL) - €65.61 ($72.00) 
Golar LNG (GLNG) - €91.74 ($101.25) 
Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR) - €94.00 ($102.00)