Week in Review 19/15

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.

Dividends from My Portfolio Holdings:

• On May 4 I received a dividend of € 98.25 from AT&T Inc.
• On May 5 I received a dividend of € 207.14 from Gjensidige.

Dividend income reported after the deduction of taxes. I have also updated my Monthly Dividend sheet.  

News from My Portfolio Holdings:

May 4, 2015

• McDonald's Corporation: McDonald's Announces Initial Steps In Turnaround Plan Including Worldwide Business Restructuring And Financial Updates

May 5, 2015

• Ensco plc:  ENSCO 110 and ENSCO 104 Each Contracted for Three-Year Terms
• Golar LNG: Ophir Energy plc appoints Golar as Midstream Partner forFortuna FLNG Project in Equatorial Guinea
• Golar LNG: Golar commences negotiations for the Company's third GoFLNG vessel
• Baxter International Inc. Baxter Declares Quarterly Dividend
• Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Digital Realty Reports First Quarter 2015 Results
• HCP Inc. HCP Announces Results for Quarter Ended March 31, 2015

May 6, 2015

• Fortum Corporation: EU Horizon 2020 programme grants EUR 17 million for wave power research project coordinated by Fortum 

May 7, 2015

• TELUS Corporation: TELUS reports strong results for first quarter 2015
• American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. ARCP Announces First Quarter 2015 Operating Results

 

May 8, 2015

• Gjensidige: First quarter 2015: Solid start to the year
• Oriflame: Interim report 1 January - 31 March 2015
• McDonald's Corporation: McDonald's Reports Global Comparable Sales For April

Articles that caught my attention: 

• Destination: 2015 Berkshire Hathaway Annual ShareholdersMeeting by Dividend Mantra
• Why The Confusion? REITs Aren't Bonds by Brad Thomas on Forbes
• Biotechnology for dividend stocks? by Get Financially Integrated
• The Dividend Growth Wide Moat 7 From Canada by Dale Roberts on Seeking Alpha
• 3M Co. (MMM) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L on Dividend Growth Stocks
• The Shocking Truth About Share Buybacks by Chuck Carnevale on Seeking Alpha
• Dividend Stock Analysis Of Ameriprise Financial by Dividend Growth Investor on Seeking Alpha
• Microsoft – a Little bit Late for the Party, Still Growth toCome from the Clouds by DivGuy on Dividend Monk
• How to be an Intelligent Dividend Investor by Dividend Growth Investor
• Top 5 Low Dividend Yield, High Dividend Growth Stocks by Dividend Diplomats
• 5 High yield FTSE 100 shares with progressive dividends by John Kingham on UK Value Investor
• The Best Guarantee To Get Dividends Over 100 Years by Tom Roberts on Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment
• The Perfect Storm For STAG by Brad Thomas on Seeking Alpha
• Growing a Dividend Forest by Ben Reynolds on Sure Dividend
• 3M Company (MMM) Dividend Stock Analysis 2015 by Dividend Growth Investor
• It's Time To Buy Omega Healthcare Investors Inc by Roadmap2Retire on Seeking Alpha

I wish all readers a nice next week.