Recent Buy - Agrium Inc. (AGU)

28th December 2015 I Bought 25 shares of Agrium Inc. at $ 91.51 per share plus commission.

Agrium Inc. (Agrium), incorporated on December 21, 1992, is a Canada-based producer and marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. Agrium is a retailer of agricultural products and services in the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay and a multi-national producer and wholesale marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. The Company operates through its two business units: Retail and Wholesale. Agrium Wholesale owns 16 production facilities in North and South America across the nitrogen, potash and phosphate spectrum; two mines; and a distribution and storage network throughout North America and internationally through Agrium Europe. Agrium Retail operates 57 terminals, 8 plants and 18 distribution centers in North and South America, as well as Australia. The company was formerly known as Cominco Fertilizers Ltd. and changed its name to Agrium Inc. in 1995. Agrium Inc. was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Recent Sell - Golar LNG Ltd. (GLNG)

23 December 2015 I Sold 75 shares of GLNG at $15.50 per share minus commission.

Golar LNG Limited, a midstream liquefied natural gas (LNG) company, engages in the transportation, regasification, liquefaction, and trading of LNG. The company operates in three segments: Vessel Operations, LNG Trading, and FLNG. It is involved in the acquisition, ownership, operation, and chartering of LNG carriers and floating storage regasification units (FSRUs); and the development of LNG projects. As of August 18, 2015, the company, together with the fleet held by Golar LNG Partner LP, owned and managed 26 LNG carriers and FSRUs. Golar LNG Limited was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. (Yahoo Finance)

Week in Review 52/15

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.

Summary of Dividend Cuts

Christmas Eve, Christmas Ham and Mulled Wine! What could be a more appropriate moment to go through the notified dividend cuts of my portfolio holdings during this year. 

At the moment, my portfolio contains 47 shares from different companies, of which 5 have announced dividend cuts or temporary interruption of the dividend payments. Moreover, if commodity prices remain at that level for a long time, for me, it shouldn't be a big surprise if some other in my portfolio companies, announces the same things.

Week in Review 51/15

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.

Dividend Increase – AT&T Inc. (T)

Yesterday AT&T Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.47 to $0.48 per share that’s payable February 1, 2016 to holders of record January 8, 2016. This represents a 2.1% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $33.60 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.71%. 

Since I own 310 shares this will increase my yearly net dividends by $9.24.

That increase rises my YOC to 5.42%

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Recent Buy - Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD, TSE:TD)

14th December 2015 I added 35 shares of Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) at CA$52.87 per share plus commission (CA$5.00).

My overall cost basis of this position decreases from CA$53.98 to CA$53.76 per share. I totally hold now 155 shares of TD and my yield on cost is 3.79%. You can look at my first purchase of TD here.

Dividend Increase – Pfizer Inc. (PFE)

The board of directors of Pfizer Inc. yesterday announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.28 to $0.30 per share that’s payable March 2, 2016 to holders of record February 5, 2016. This represents a 7.14% increase to regular quarterly dividends.

The first-quarter 2016 cash dividend will be the 309th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Pfizer.

With current price $32.18 (yesterday close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.73%. 

Since I own 200 shares this will increase my yearly net dividends by $11.92.

That increase rises my YOC to 4.19%

Week in Review 50/15

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.

Week in Review 49/15

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.

Dividend Income - November 2015

Again, one month passed and it is time to report my dividend income. In November 2015 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

Quarterly dividends received from:

AT&T Inc. (T) - €132.58 ($145.70)

ONEOK Inc. (OKE) - €28.54 ($30.75)

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) - €95.34 ($102.00)

Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) - €52.40 ($56.00)
The Kraft Heinz Co. (KHC) - €53.72 ($57.50) 

Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) - €15.50 ($16.50)

HCP Inc. (HCP) - €53.08 ($56.50)

Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) - €47.57 ($50.50) 

Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) - €139.27 ($149.50)